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- Summary: The second full-length album for the pop band includes songs written after the death of the mother of singer Dee Dee.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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| In My Head | |
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| What is mine when you leave (empty bed, empty bed) All the memories I can retrieve (from my head, from my head) I can't live without your warmth I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 26
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Mixed: 5 out of 26
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Negative: 0 out of 26
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Sep 27, 2011Dee Dee delivers an album that sounds like Chrissie Hynde backed by Hüsker Dü. Only in Dreams could make you wonder what other indie bands would jump up and thrive if only they had steamroller production.
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Sep 28, 2011It showcases a remarkably assured collection of songs (at times sounding like The Long Blondes do surf-pop--in no way a bad thing) as well as a real depth and maturity to songwriting that dwarfs the offerings of its home-recorded predecessor.
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UncutNov 23, 2011This is a dark and heartfelt affair. [Dec 2011, p.82]
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Sep 27, 2011It's a softer side to the Dum Dum Girls, but no less catchy or insistent.
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Oct 18, 2011This disc is all hi-fi, sonically and emotionally, piling on Phil Spector echo and Go-Go's gloss as singer-guitarist Dee Dee Penny mourns a faraway lover and a fatally sick mom
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Sep 26, 2011While a grisly backstory doth not always a masterpiece make, the album's finest moments come when she takes a Misery-sized sledgehammer to the youthful irreverence of yore and reduces it to rubble.
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Sep 26, 2011There are some songs to love, but you can only take so many variations of the same theme.
Score distribution:
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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 29, 2011
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