I do not know where to start except to say that this is one of my top ten albums of all time. I have listened to Court and Spark dozens of times and find it relevant and timely each and every time. Her trenchant poetry and perfectly synched musical complexity manifest in a POP, R&B, jazziness that is generally unlike any other album out there. It isith well crafted productin and melody an album written by a brilliant women, talented musician and feminist par excellence. She draws on the most basic behaviors and attitudes of people, men and women; insecurity, fear, hopes and dreams. Yet there exudes a level of confidence that belies the guilt and shame of some of what life often throws at us. She seems to say we are victim of our own doings, our own lack of self esteem. The lyrics by themselves offer deep insite into her psychie but in combination with complex melodies and transitions produce an album that scores on to the bones of reality. The theme is consistant, love comes and goes, pain ensues, fear and lack of self worth, measures of beauty and imperfection haunt the general theme and make one relate to oneself anf one around you in a way that lends appreciation for the very fragility of who we are and what we strive for.