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Bush “Razorblade Suitcase” Interscope Records Grade: B After being on the road for two years, Bush returned with a little extra luggage. And you won’t believe what’s inside. Bush’s sophomore effort, “Razorblade Suitcase,” is an extension of what made their debut album so popular. The same nonsensical poetry and screaming guitar riffs that boosted “Sixteen Stone” to the top of the charts return but with a different goal in mind —credibility. Gavin Rossdale and company, hail ing from a little town called Shepherd’s Bush, search for that which eluded them in previous efforts. However, what they do gain in artistic style points is squandered on mainstream audi ences. The album’s mellow facade gives a First impression of redundancy and “Green Day Syndrome.” With some time, love and tenderness, “Razorblade” slowly reveals itself to careful listeners. The first single, “Swallowed,” has been reigning at No. 1 for three con secutive weeks on Billboard’s Modem Rock tracks, replacing “What I Got” from Sublime. Put simply, it could have been a b-side from “Stone,” with Nigel Pulsford’s power chords and Rossdale’s harsh, yet soothing vocals. The disc intros with Winston (Rossdale’s dog) panting and growling, to ward off any evil-doing critics. It then breaks right into the opening cut, “Personal Holloway,” a strong yet pre dictable collage of slashing guitars and a clever chorus. Blatant contradictions and para doxes comprise Rossdale’s lyrics in this album. Following the patented Seattle loud-quiet-loud formula, it has strong single prospects. Capitalizing on the wide-spread success of “Glycerine” are “Bonedriven” and “Straight No Chaser,” with soul-searching lyrics and sad violins. “Straight No Chaser” chalks one up for Rossdale in the cred ibility column and gives the band two more single possiblities. Piloting the soundboard for this endeavor is Steve Albini, best known for his work on PJ Harvey’s “Rid of Me” and Nirvana’s “In Utero.” His punk-favoring editing style shows through on songs like “A Tendency to Start Fires” and “Synapse.” As strangely as it opened, the al bum closes with a 61-second medley ranging from violins to feedback to a promising new song. As to Rossdale’s credibility, it’s just up the road and around the bend...but he’s on the right track. — Chris Thomas Mark Snow “The Truth and the Light: Music From ‘The X-Files”’ Warner Bros. Records Grade: A+ Mark Snow’s personal conspiracy is to make sure that the audience isn’t iware of his music. Snow, who composes between 40 ind 50 minutes of music for each epi sode of “The X-Files,” is one of those few people who knows how to hit his audience (and hit hard) just below the conscious level. So, when “Songs in the Key of X” :ame out earlier this year, the fact that the only piece of Snow’s music on it was the actual theme was a bit of a dis appointment. “The Truth and the Light” rectifies his in a big way. Yes, it does include he theme song, which is named “Ma eria Primoris: The X-Files Theme Main Title),” but it also includes much nore. The album is nearly 50 minutes ong, about the same length as an epi sode of the show. It is wall-to-wall nusic — a wall of sound, that is. Snow’s lush orchestrations, chock Till of eerie strings, hollow synthesiz ers and noises that can’t be explained, fill any episode, but they also stand extremely well alone. But the music isn’t the only thing on “The Truth and the Light.” The voices of Mulder, Scully, Skinner, Deep Throat, X, Cancer-Man and even “X-Files” creator Chris Carter litter this recording, working as another instru ment in the masterful mix. Memorizing the tracks can be a little tricky, however. The names of all 20 tracks are in Latin such as “Lamenta,” “Facetus Malum,” “Carmen Amatorium Ex Arcanum,” and “Exoptare Ex Veritas.” While Snow’s soundscapes can be called music, they almost evolve be yond that. Each track breathes with a haunting life of its own. Some tracks embody fear, others hate. Different tracks capture the sense of being alone in the world, others the sense of despair. All, however, always contain the backdrop of the conspiracy. That’s what this is, really. A soundtrack to a conspiracy. “The Truth and the Light” is a suc cessful experiment in shaping sound into a solid form, something tangible that’s almost real enough to scare the life out of someone. Listen to it with the lights off, be cause the truth is out there. — Cliff Hicks ' $3.25 pat day for 15 words on individual student and student organization ads. - - $4.50 par day for 15 words on non-student ads. $.15 each additional word. $.75 billing charge. Personal ads must be prepaid. 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