"Feed the Tree"

Belly
(Sire/Reprise, 1993)

Hearing Belly's first album was like watching your little sister blossom. Once the overlooked junior songwriter in Throwing Muses, Tanya Donelly was now evincing mystery, sexiness, and depth -- all of which came out beautifully in Belly's greatest hit. Behind the oft-misinterpreted title, the lyric was a demand for lifelong fidelity -- but let's face it, "Stay with me till I'm pushing up daisies" wouldn't have had the same ring.

-- Brett Milano