Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now Record Store Day Lauryn Hill tailored The Miseducation

Lauryn Hill tailored The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill not as a crossover record but as a collection of overtly personal and political statements

to the insouciant British rapping on "Five Man Army" and title track "Blue Lines"

pop and dub – Lydon guided the band from their debut album First Issue in 1978 through to 1992’s That What Is Not

Liner notes by Everett True

Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now Record Store Day Lauryn Hill tailored The MiseducationAntony and the Johnsons' second full length recording, (and Mercury Award wiining) is the haunting and affecting I Am a Bird Now a far more intimate affair than their debut. Antony's bluesy parlor room cadence is more upfront here, resulting in a listening experience that's both exhilarating and disquieting. "Hope There's Someone" is a sombre opener, and its plea for companionship, augmented by a sparse piano vocal arrangement that rises into the air