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iTunes Music Review - Haunted (5 out of 5)

Haunted
- 5 out of 5
- Poe
- Reviewed by Darla Sasaki
- Dropping like a bomb on some of the blah musical offerings of her contemporaries, Haunted was one of the best albums of 2000, obliterating the competition.
  
  Ostensibly a tie-in to her brother's novel-within-a-novel, as well as a tribute to her late father, her emotions are close to the surface with every song. She brings it with each track, changing the mood while connecting all the songs with snippets of dialogue from her father.
  
  The one word to describe this album is "rich." Poe's vocals and textures are gorgeous...try out "Haunted," "Wild," or "Spanish Doll" to get a good feel for the album.
  - Darla Sasaki
Darla began playing the piano when she was eight. But she's lazy, so she switched to the clarinet in order to read only one line of music at a time. She then expanded to the alto and soprano sax to spice up her woodwind life. Meanwhile, she listens to everything from The Beach Boys to Boulderdash (which, if not interpreted alphabetically, is a lot of music, but is otherwise only the groups between "be-" and "bo-"). She places full blame on her friends for her eclectic tastes. In an ideal world, she would want an easy way to describe the music she loves, mix tapes would still be a hot hobby, and the RIAA would get over themselves.