- Record Label: Zoe
- Release Date: Jun 10, 2008
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Wainwright does lean pretty heavily on this formula of mild, occasionally rocky folk-pop doused with generous measures of vocal swooping and diving.
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Wainwright is newly hitched herself (to producer Brad Albetta) and I Know... is for the most part a decidedly mature singer-songwriter album.
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Married improves even on Wainwright’s excellent 2005 debut. It’s a more subtle, diverse, self-assured affair.
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MojoThis misfires more than its hits home. [June 2008, p.108]
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Q MagazineIt's the bolder likes of 'In the Middle of the Night' and 'I Wish I Were' where she really leaves her mark, somewhere between Patti Smith and ghost of Edith Piaf. [June 20008, p.148]
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Supported by an A-list cast including brother Rufus, Pete Townshend and Steely Dan keyboardist Donald Fagen, she's collected some impressive endorsements. But they're just a backdrop to a riveting one-woman show.
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Yet by the time the final notes of the acoustic closer I Wish I Were Here have faded away, then you're more than convinced that this is yet another triumph for the Wainwright family.
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If you're looking for evidence that Martha Wainwright has stepped from her family's shadow, you might note that it sounds like the one thing none of her relatives have had: a hit single.
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Her sophomore disc hardly sounds like something dashed off between higher-profile gigs: Sardonic chamber-folk gems such as "Tower Song" and "You Cheated Me" (in which she tells a lover to "run your scared little ass down the block") offer lyrical and sonic detail for days.
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If her tough-minded 2005 debut presented her as a scion to her family’s legacy, then I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too portrays Wainwright as a distinctive artist with a caustic sense of humor and a complicated family situation.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe topics are all too familiar, not to mention heavy--a weightiness that doesn't quite match (or do justice to) her light, melodic warble. [13 June 2008]
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I Know You're Married would be a solid effort, but based on her own output alone, it's a considerable disappointment.
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The adulterously titled I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too, which certainly has its issues, comes across as more grounded, learned and confident.
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On her second album, Wainwright occasionally overshoots in trying to write songs that rise to heights of the sound she can produce, but she's rarely boring.
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While the moments she sings about are awkward, the settings are not.
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Where Rufus' work is fabulously bedazzled, Martha's remains earth-hued and loamy--rich, deep, complex--making Married well worth the wait.
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BlenderShe still goes into circles sometimes, but you might too if you could roll a phrase around your tongue the way Wainwright can. [July 2008, p.77]
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The Canadian-American boho remains as feisty and red-blooded as ever, her hewn-from-marble voice--part-cowgirl part-Patti Smith--crooning and bawling tales of feckless lads and late night disappointments.
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I Know You're Married... is a sure-footed, emotionally engaging step up the ladder.
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Wainwright's songs are tight, cohesive and show real emotion.
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RobbieCJul 16, 2008Not a fan. Liked her brother's first couple of records. Can't get into his new stuff. CAN'T get into her. Maybe later.
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ColinB.Jul 10, 2008Extraordinary. Emotional as sound.
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BlairS.Jun 23, 2008