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SOPHIE's Debut Album Is A Complex, Clamorous Pleasure

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Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has a review of the debut album by the British singer-songwriter and producer known as SOPHIE. The album is called "Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides." SOPHIE has produced music for Madonna, Lady Gaga, Vince Staples and others. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IT'S OKAY TO CRY") SOPHIE: (Singing) I don't mean to reproach you by saying this. I know that scares you. All of the big occasions you might have missed, no, I accept you. And I don't even need to know your reasons. It's OK. It's OK. It's OK. It's OK. I think you sometimes forget I would know you best. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I think your inside is your best side. Oh, was that a teardrop in your eye? KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: That's "It's Okay To Cry," and it leads off this debut album by SOPHIE called "Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides." A pretty ballad, "It's Okay To Cry" is the most conventional pop song on

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