Tindersticks
Working for the Man: The Greatest Hits (Koch)
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Fri., Dec. 30, 2005
Tindersticks
Working for the Man: The Greatest Hits (Koch)
Though London's merry-widow sextet jumped labels two albums ago, this previously overseas sampling of the Tindersticks' first four releases still marks its boundaries like a bleached skeleton. One bunny slipper from the Nenette et Boni soundtrack only hints at the 'Sticks tributaries (Lee Hazlewood, Townes Van Zandt), but when the Peter Gunn drama of "Her" meets the stringed elegance of "Tiny Years" in "Bathtime," Stuart Staples' impossibly rich narration leaves no doubt who's the Man.
