ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
Copyright 1993 Denver Publishing Co.
DATE: FRIDAY    JUNE 4, 1993
PAGE: 23C
EDITION: FINAL
SECTION: ENTERTAINMENT/WEEKEND/SPOTLIGHT
LENGTH: MEDIUM
SOURCE: BY JUSTIN MITCHELL AND BOB KARLOVITS
MEMO: Justin Mitchell writes about popular music for the Rocky
Mountain News; Bob Karlovits writes for the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.

NO NEED TO CRY OVER JELLYFISH'S 'SPILT MILK'
     SPILT MILK
     JELLYFISH
     CHARISMA RECORDS
     GRADE: B+)
     Jellyfish has made two personnel changes since their 1990
debut album, Bellybutton, but the San Francisco-based quartet's
core - Andy Sturmer (lead vocals, guitar, drums) and Roger Manning
(piano, guitar, vocals) - aren't crying over spilt milk. What the
y've come up with in their second release is a lavishly produced
album that begs comparisons to the best of Queen, Supertramp,
Squeeze and Paul McCartney, remixed through Jellyfish's '90s
sensibilities. The song styles differ throughout, but what pulls th
e whole CD together is an unerring sense of superb melodies,
harmonies and a lush wall of instruments ranging from basic
guitars, bass and drums to the occasional banjo or woodwind section
flying through the mix. Symphonic but never pretentious, sweet but
 not cloying and crafted throughout with a sly, lyrical sense of
humor. - Justin Mitchell.

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