Minor Love

Lou Reed once quipped, ‰ÛÏI do Lou Reed better than anybody,‰۝ but Adam Green comes in a close second on Minor Love. A step up from the stylistically conflicted Sixes & Sevens, Green‰۪s sixth album finds the onetime Moldy Peaches member seguing into maturity, with an album that appropriates the baritone vocals and early-‰Û÷70s production style of Transformer (as well as Reed‰۪s street hood image, for the cover). Talk-sung ditties are delivered with charming apathy and recorded as stripped-down but glossy arrangements -- much like Bowie and Ronson‰۪s instrumentation on Transformer -- with seven accompanying musicians helping Green to create a smooth, snappy vibe. Considering that Green helped pen Juno's whimsical serenade ‰ÛÏAnyone But You,‰۝ it‰۪s only expected that there are some ridiculous lyrics thrown into the mix (‰ÛÏMind your pubis‰۝ and ‰ÛÏYou were the flatulent one,‰۝ for instance) -- but even so, compared to his earlier releases, Minor Love is less likely to get filed aw