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Blessed--or is it cursed?--with a visage that's a distinctly haunting echo of her father's, Lisa Marie Presley has either spent most of her adult life assiduously avoiding a music career or engaged in Machiavellian schemes to secure one, depending on your spin source. But here it is, informed by no small amount of tabloid-ready living (three failed marriages, including two bizarre years the King's daughter spent playing Princess of Pop to Michael Jackson) and a slate of modern record-biz heavy hitters. The album's first single, "Lights Out," is a countryfied pop collaboration with Glen Ballard in which the singer's tough, bittersweet lyrics obliquely confront the daunting legacy of her father and the Memphis where her "family's buried and gone." Her husky alto isn't the only thing that recalls Sheryl Crow; the bristling textures of Andy Slater (Wallflowers) and Eric Rosse (Tori Amos) are a veritable textbook of modern-rock techniques, wed to some smart cover choices that bolster her music's moody, introspective bent. But that gloss sometimes makes Presley seem like a guest artist on her own album, making one curious to hear her in the setting where her father was so often riveting: Alone in the spotlight. They don't call it the gene pool lottery for nothing.
–Jerry McCulley
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Fille unique d’Elvis, Lisa Marie Presley illustre plus souvent les rubriques mondaines des tabloïds pour ses liaisons tapageuses (Michael Jackson, Nicholas Cage) que les pages musique. Dotée d'un charmant brin de voix, servie par la production soignée de Eric Rosse (bien connu des amateurs de Tori Amos) et du président de Capitol Records Andy Slater (collaborateur habituel de Fiona Apple ou Macy Gray), la riche héritière de Memphis enregistre à trente-cinq ans son premier album.
To Whom It May Concern, alliant mélodie pop et puissance rock, recueille les confidences de la fille du King, de ses peines de cœur à son héritage familial ("Lights Out"). Honnête, ce premier essai, parfaitement mainstream, ravira les fans de Sheryl Crow et d’Alanis Morissette.
--Sabrina Silamo
