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- Summary: The debut album by actress Scarlett Johansson was produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek.
- Record Label: Atco
- Genre(s): Rock
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Top Track
Falling Down | |
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I have come 500 miles Just to see a halo Come from St. Petersburg Scarlett and me Well I open my eyes I was blind as can be When you give a man... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 35
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Mixed: 22 out of 35
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Negative: 2 out of 35
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Scarlett Johansson has proved herself as much a rock queen as a roll queen.
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You might wish there was more from Waits' 70s barfly period--what would Johansson have made of Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis?--but it's a measure of this album's surprising allure that you're left wanting more.
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There’s no in between for this one; it will go down as one of those love it or hate it records.
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Sitek’s technique is, successfully, fascinating and unexpected. But so many purposes and conceits, both avoided and embraced, collide over the course of the album’s eleven tracks that technique simply overwhelms melody and Johansson’s voice both, but mostly whatever it is about the song that Waits nailed to the wall in the first place.
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Johansson simply lacks the intensity to stay afloat in Waits's whirlpools of ear-drummed madness.
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The album itself is kind of an afterthought; what its creation says metatextually about the artists responsible for it is more interesting than any of the music it contains.
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Sitek attempts to do Johansson (and us) a favour by burying her monotonous voice deep in the mix, but unfortunately, the musical support isn’t interesting enough to carry the album. Skip it.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 27
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Mixed: 2 out of 27
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Negative: 8 out of 27
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May 4, 2012
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spiderextremeMay 22, 2008Scarlett is a good singer!!
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EricS.Aug 12, 2008Scarlett's voice just fits. it's not the best album of the year, but it was worth the shot.
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AnaMay 31, 2008
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MichaelH.May 21, 2008
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JamalaB.May 20, 2008
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PaulCMay 22, 2008
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