Lilith Fair: A Celebration Of Women In Music Volume 3 Atlanta GA

Lilith Fair: A Celebration Of Women In Music Volume 3

Various Artists

Nettwerk / Arista Records, 1999

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 06/03/1999

Gee, it seems like just yesterday we were talking about Lilith Fair: A Celebration Of Women In Music Volume 2... oh,wait, it was yesterday.

Released simulataneously with the second volume, Lilith Fair... Volume 3 might have been okay as the seconddisc to the set (kind of like the first volume in the series waspackaged last year). Instead, it stands out as being the weaker ofthe two discs, and the one that you might not need to rush out andpick up immediately.

Just from the artist list, this would seem like an excellentcollection. You've got Liz Phair, Suzanne Vega, Luscious Jacksonand the Indigo Girls - as well as tour founder Sarah McLachlan -all on one disc, so you would think this one would rock yourworld.

If only it did. Often, the performances dare to suggest that thesongs we fell in love with on the original albums or on the radiocan't be re-created live in the same fashion. Phair tries her bestwith "Never Said" - a song that I still think is one of her bestworks ever - but it just lacks the urgency that the studio versionhad. Likewise, Sixpence None The Richer fail to capitalize on theirrecent turn in the limelight with a half-hearted rendition of "KissMe" - a track I expected to blow me away live.