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- Summary: Polyphonic Spree member Annie Clark releases her debut album.
- Record Label: Beggars Banquet
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 20
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Mixed: 4 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Marry Me, seduces with one hand and stabs with the other.
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All the hoopla may be a bit much (the evil carnival of 'Paris Is Burning' alone appears to contain 47 different musical effects), but this saint is worthy of her own cult following.
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As with most any debut, Marry Me is imperfect and not without clear misfires, but with Clark’s unwavering confidence, the whole record seems clearly aware of this, and these failures still serve a purpose.
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Titling your major label bow Marry Me builds certain expectations. Thankfully, everywhere on her full-length debut, Annie Clark makes the title's request impossible.
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This disc is both violent and romantic, offering warm singer-songwriter torch songs and jagged avant-noise frays with large-hearted choral flourishes.
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In the studio, it’s a totally different beast--a little soggy with orchestral coloring and the 24-track fuckery often seems rote. Taking St. Vincent at face value, Marry Me can be an enervating listen because Clark is playing against her strengths.
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Clark never seems able to strip away all the orchestration to show true emotion on Marry Me.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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RussSep 11, 2007Amazing!
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FredJ.Aug 1, 2007Fantastic album. Marry Me is one of my favorite albums of 2007 so far.
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Oct 13, 2014
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RyanH.Aug 7, 2007Its a female Sufjan... and I like it.
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Aug 16, 2017
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Nov 3, 2010
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christianP.Aug 5, 2007
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