Translated from Love * by Kelly Willis

Personnel: Kelly Willis (vocals); The Gourds, Bruce Robinson (vocals); Greg Leisz (acoustic 12-string guitar); Chuck Prophet (baritone guitar); Michael Hardwick (dobro); Tracy Seeger, Leigh Mahoney (violin); Stephanie Ames Asbell (viola); Sara Nelson (cello); Tosca String Quartet (strings); Michael Ramos (accordion); John Ludwick (bass guitar); Marc Pisapia (drums); Jules Shear, Bruce Robison (background vocals); Jimmy Smith , Kevin Russell , Max Johnston, Claude Bernard, Keith Langford. On her first album in a half decade, veteran alternative country singer Kelly Willis collaborates with producer Chuck Prophet (of Green On Red fame) and songwriter Jules Shear, a pair of inspired pairings that only someone with Willis's taste for both the rootsy and the sumptuously polished can maintain. Sweet gems like the wistful "Nobody Wants To Go To The Moon Anymore" and the randy "The More That I'm Around You" sit comfortably next to unexpected curves like a note-perfect cover of Iggy Pop's "Success," complete with...