Kari Wuhrer - Shiny (1999)

Keeping in the vein of actresses turned singers, here we have the one and only album by actress Kari Wuhrer. Best known for her role on TV's Sliders and as an MTV host and VJ, as well as parts in tons of B movies, most people wouldn't know that she began her career as a singer. Once her acting career took off, she finally released a solo album on a small label. It's an interesting little album of trippy pop-rock, obviously trying to ride on the coattails of Alanis Morissette. However, Kari is no Alanis. While the lyrics are sometimes as ridiculous as Alanis' (with titles like Sunflower Man and Your Octopus, that's no surprise), she certainly doesn't have Alanis' vocal chops. Her voice is quite thin, actually pretty much what you'd expect from a pretty little starlet - not Paris Hilton thin, but somewhere in the J Lo (incidentally her co-star in Anaconda) range. It is a fun little experiment, but it's not surprising that a major label didn't pick it up. Once again, it's a good thing that she had an acting career to fall back on.

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1		There's A Drug
2		Normal
3		Your Octopus
4		Take Me Now
5		Come And Get It
6		Can't Cope
7		Sunflower Man
8		Little Birds
9		Hands Of Mary
10		Better Off