Album Of The Day: Jordan's Sister by Kendall Payne

Album Art of Kendall Payne's Jordan's Sister album - A very close-up photo of a young woman. She has her head leaning slightly to the left and is looking intently into the camera with orangish-red hair that isn't too long. The background is brightly lit, probably daylight, and it looks like she's maybe wearing some fur on her right shoulder and just a thin shirt on the left shoulder. Along the bottom it says her name in a light green, and to the right of that in much smaller, light blue lowercase text the album title.

"All I know is that I must be perfect by Thursday." Released 27 years ago today, this is the first album from California-based pop/rock singer-songwriter Kendall Payne. Released at 19 years old on Capitol Records, this debut was a big opening statement from this songwriter. Both the music and the lyrics sound like someone who has had more experience in life. Though there is a bit of railing against the the vices of Southern California and a few songs about relationships with men, there's a lot of insightful moments too. In "Closer To Myself" and "Honest" she longs to know herself better, while songs like "On My Bones" and "Never Leave" point to a higher power for insight and consolation. "Modern Day Moses" draws comparisons between the Biblical character and people like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa and encourages us to "change the course of history" through bold action. The whole album is a woman grasping at the beauty, struggle, and poetry of life, and it's still a good listen these decades later. I need to check out some of her other, later independent albums more too.

Release Year: 1999
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