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- Summary: The self-produced release for the former 10,000 Maniacs singer is her first album of original songs since 2001's Motherland.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock
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Giving Up Everything | |
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Giving up everything, my hungry ghost of hopefulness. Giving up everything, not haunted by wanting this. Giving up everything, the fortune I was... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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May 5, 2014Everything is quite extraordinary; an orchestral poem of spiritual surrender that offers up a gorgeously bleak depiction of “the whole magnificent emptiness”.
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May 7, 2014While this isn’t an earth shattering album, it is a solid one which serves as a reminder of what a talent she can be when she decides to get in touch.
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MojoMay 15, 2014An adult pleasure. [Jun 2014, p.90]
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May 5, 2014Merchant has offered us a challenging, often starkly beautiful, collection.
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UncutMay 5, 2014The arrangements are reserved and understated throughout, gently cradling Merchant's strident but intimate voice. [May 2014, p.77]
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May 5, 2014Natalie Merchant is not a progression so much as a deepening and, as such, it offers a quiet comfort for anyone who has ever loved her music.
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May 29, 201410,000 Maniacs fans may yearn for the simpler music of old but, sad to say, given the effort involved, uncommitted listeners will simply shrug their shoulders.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Sep 27, 2014
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