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- Summary: The singer's latest album produced with Darryl Neudorf features guests such as M. Ward and members of The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, The Sadies, and Giant Sand.
- Record Label: Anti
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Country
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Top Track
This Tornado Loves You | |
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My love I am the speed of sound I left them motherless, fatherless Their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths But it's never enough I want... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 31
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Mixed: 5 out of 31
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Negative: 0 out of 31
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Middle Cyclone is her most fearless and arresting record, ruthlessly composed and beautifully recorded.
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Middle Cyclone carries case's unique vision one step further: here, she truly embraces the beast within.
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Less of a departure and more of a confirmation and deepening of everything she’s been exploring over the last 10 years, Case has never sounded quite so compelling as a storyteller, unleashing the full range of her humor, defiance, and despair.
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Case is in typically phenomenal voice throughout the record, and her production choices draw from both the dark country of her first few albums and from her work in the New Pornographers.
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The songs here have engaging, melodic hooks to spare.
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Case remains her own best muse, a strong, feminine presence who demands you meet her songs halfway (she calls herself a control freak in every article I've read), but her band deserves credit for creating the ambient, dark-night setting in which her tales of murder and animals sound natural and compelling.
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Q MagazineThere's the brisk cover of Sparks's 'Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth,' plus a huanting, piano-inspired run through Harry Nilsson's drunkathon 'Don't Forget Me,' but she blows it at the death with the hideous 'Marais La Nuit,' 31 torturous minutes 38 grisly seconds of forest noises. [Apr 2009, p.102]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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StephenBMay 16, 2009
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SteveAMar 17, 2009
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DionBMar 21, 2009Best ever! buy it now! lick em twice!
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SimonSMar 5, 2009Great album, which took about three listens to appreciate.
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TomBApr 12, 2010
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JFMar 3, 2009
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RickKJun 1, 2009
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