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Music from Republik der Wölfe Image
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84

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  • Summary: The album inspired by the Grimm stories re-interpreted in Anne Sexton’s Transformations was created as a soundtrack for a theater production by the band led by Mick Harvey.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Mar 31, 2014
    80
    With this album, Ministry Of Wolves have done both Anne Sexton and the Brothers Grimm proud; bringing their own gothic legacy to bear, and returning their work to the dark forests where they belong.
  2. Mar 31, 2014
    80
    Hacke and Picciotto narrate with unwholesome relish.
  3. Mar 31, 2014
    80
    The music and the narrative are excellently executed by four top-rate professionals who’ve got your respect (and attention) by earning it.
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 31, 2014
    80
    The music works best when combined with the lurid wit and fruity, odd sonics deployed. [Apr 2014, p.115]
  5. Apr 21, 2014
    80
    This set is sly, funny, cunning, occasionally evil, and entertaining throughout.
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  1. Apr 22, 2014
    8
    This is a very nice and refreshing album, but in a way you wouldn't expect. Amazing instrumentals paired with a witty yet sort of hauntingThis is a very nice and refreshing album, but in a way you wouldn't expect. Amazing instrumentals paired with a witty yet sort of haunting narrative make for a very different wild ride on this album. If you are into Spoken-Word, Folklore, and Narrative Singer-Songwriter music, then definitely give this album a try.

    My rating: 8.4
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