No Other Love
No Other Loveis the sixth album in a solo career that began when  California native Chuck Prophet split fromGreen on Redin 1990.  Green on Red helped lead the way for the insurgent country of the 1990s, but on  his own Prophet has grown far beyond the category. His previous album, 2000'sThe Hurting Business, was  a striking breakthrough--hip-hop scratching and samples added to his bedrock  country and R&B; influences.No Other Loveis maverick genre-bending in  the manner ofBeckandJim White, and the  stylistic variety suits Prophet's compositions, peopled by crazed desperados and  beautiful losers. The songs run the gamut from the raunchy horn-driven swagger  of "That's How Much I Need Your Love" to the stinging, pleading "Elouise," where  his ever-inventive guitar vies with Farfisa organ. Prophet enjoys spicing songs  with pop culture references, but his wry humor is counterbalanced by a strong  moral undertow in "I Bow Down and Pray to Every Woman I See" and the beautiful  "Summertime Thing." This is a Prophet with plenty of honor.--Gavin  Martin