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The debut album was nominated for the Mercury Prize for best British album this year.
| LABEL: | Caroline |
| RELEASE DATE: | 31 July 2007 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Alternative, Indie |
NOTES: Original UK release 11 Sep 2006.
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The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ste A gave it a9:
Absolutely brilliant.
Jon gave it a10:
An engaging, fantastic and sometimes brutal album. The surrealistic lyrics and beautiful sounds make this the best album of 2007.
Tim e gave it a7:
I don't understand the comparisons to Kate Bush. I guess because this band features a British woman that's what critic's automatically link her to. This is one of those Cat Power followers like Feist. It's not bad but please it's not Kate Bush.
Tim C. gave it an8:
This is a fabulous album. Full of atmospheric songs and some quite extraordinary and original music.
Bjorn C. gave it an8:
An enjoyable listen for sure; upon repeated listening, however, I do find some of the lyrics a tad bit cringeworthy. It's as if she's reaching for the same childish faerie-musings as the likes of... say Cocorosie, but there's definitely a less expressionistic and more literally mapped quality to some of the yarns that might fare better in the hands of a more accomplished lyricist. Instead, in my opinion, they come off sounding occasionally prosaic and forced, milking the magic from the mare, as it were. On the other hand, I do find the arrangements and instrumental choices supremely blissful, and her voice manages to effectively carry her sometimes "pedestrian" sense of mysticism. However, for love of all the boys and girls out there who refuse to trade in musings of glacial palaces, fire-hooved steeds and winged-tiger saviors for a life of mindless wage-slaving for the marketed "perks" of capitalism...I give this offering an 8. I do highly recommend Faun Fables (Mother Twilight or Family Album) or Cocorosie as a no less magical complement to this album.
Jeff D. gave it a2:
I'd rather listen to Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie, Tori Amos, Cat Power, Feist, Björk or just about anything else. For those who compare Kate Bush to this...not in my opinion. Definitely a waste of space on my iPod. Very tuneless, meandering and didn't engage me whatsoever.
Auntie S. gave it a10:
Ephemeral, beautiful, absolutely otherworldly! Nicely scratches the same itch as, and compares nicely with earlier female UK trailblazers (and obvious influences) such as Kate Bush at her peak ("Hounds of Love") & early Sinead O'Connor (Think "Lion and the Cobra" era), and more thoughtful and complex than contemporary Goldfrapp. I can't stop playing it.
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