Album review: Nelly Furtado goes for a jam-filled joyride on 'The Spirit Indestructible'

Nelly Furtadowould be more respected among tastemakers if her father were a Sri Lankan rebel, if she had been born and raised in a Brazilian favela or if she had burst out of Miami with the jumbo sound she presents on “The Spirit Indestructible.” But, alas, she’s Portuguese-Canadian and seemed to sneak onto the American charts like a Trojan horse, earning an early hit with “I’m Like a Bird” before gradually morphing into one of the more innovative and adventurous pop singers in North...

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