Scarlett Johansson: 'I Want to Record Another Album'

Scarlett Johansson wants to record another album.

The 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' actress -- who debuted as a vocalist on her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, with cover versions of Tom Waits songs -- admits she would like to have another stab at singing -- but only after she has tried her hand at directing.

She says, "It was fantastic to do that album. Not only live with that music that I love everyday, but I just worked with such wonderful musicians who are so talented.

"I would love to do another album. Right now, though, I'd like to focus on developing something to direct."

Despite Scarlett's willingness to head back to the studio, it might not be such a good idea.

Anywhere I Lay My Head did not go down too well the critics, with numerous reviews of the album complaining that Johansson's vocals end up lost in the lush arrangements of producer David Andrew Sitek, the guitarist and keyboardist for the indie rock band TV on the Radio.

"Johansson's voice is unremarkable and her pitch sometimes unsteady; she's a faintly goth Marilyn Manson lost in a sonic fog," wrote Rolling Stone magazine, which gave her a lukewarm 2.5 stars out of five.

Britain's Mojo magazine called the recordings "fussy and forgettable," adding that the decision to begin the album with an instrumental was hardly a vote of confidence in Johansson's vocal abilities.

The disc received a middling "C" grade from Entertainment Weekly magazine, which wrote that her "expressionless voice" was buried "deeply in the druggy ambiance."

And the Washington Post said it was possible to listen to all 40-plus minutes of Johansson's album and "still have no earthly idea what she sounds like."

"The album is ultimately too ethereal for its own good," the Post said. "Every song is like every other song, even the ones that sound different."