Blog: PopMatters

Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list , but at least one of our writers loves. Artist: Antony and the Johnsons Album: The Crying Light Label: Secretly Canadian Image: http://www.popmatters.com/imag es/blog_art/c/crying-light-200 .jpg Display Width: 200 It took Antony Hegarty four years to follow the breakthrough success of I Am a Bird Now with The Crying Light, but in terms of the internal thematic landscape of the songs, it feels light years ahead of its predecessor. Hegarty largely abandons issues of gender ambiguity here for a bruising, heartfelt examination of man and his relationship...