Working Hard To Step Out Of Gloria Loring's Shadow [The Last Word]

Our look at the closing lines of the biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Something Else, the new album by soul smoothie Robin Thicke: • "If Thicke doesn't offer the freshness or effortless fluidity of his influences, he's at least a savvy and resourceful student—and a great date, no doubt." [USA Today] • "It's not so much that Something's old-fashioned (both the sound and his videos clearly benefit from the best in current technology) as it i...

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