It isn’t uncommon for actors to make the jump from screen to a musical career, most of the times with a disastrous ending after a few hits (anyone remember Lindsay Lohan?). Well, on 2007 sexy Scarlett Johansson decided it was her turn to get her very own record but she decided to turn her back
to the easy and commercial way, the one wich would have ensured her a place on billboard charts and her video playing every single day on MTV. She said no and decided to record a Tom Waits cover album.
“Anywhere I lay my head”, released on 2008, has 10 Tom Waits songs and 1 original one, co-written by Johansson and the album’s producer Dave Sitek. This is not an album for the masses. Dave Sitek created a dark melancolic sound in wich Scarlett’s voice melts very well, spaning from low to high and from hard to soft depending on the song. Scarlett doesn’t have the greatest voice ever and it really ...