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Macy Gray: The Trouble With Being Myself/Mya
: Moodring


Carol Cooper, The Village Voice, 24 October 2003

BOTH WOMEN crouch nearly nude on their album covers, gazing with feral yet somehow fetal reproach at potential consumers, like naughty fairy changelings who've had wings snapped off. Similar to Shakespearean sprites, these fey creatures seem a little mean, dangerous to woo.

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