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CD
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Language : English
Product Dimensions : 5.55 x 5.12 x 0.35 inches; 2.26 ounces
Manufacturer : 4AD
Item model number : 5316843
Original Release Date : 2009
Date First Available : March 18, 2009
Label : 4AD
ASIN : B001W63DQ4
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 1
Reviewer: Central Scrutinizer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dark energy
Review: This is certainly the best album St. Vincent has made, and one of the best albums anyone has made in the past 10 years or so.It has what I think are my three favorite St. Vincent songs: "The Neighbors," "Laughing With a Mouth of Blood" and "Just the Same But Brand New."I'd describe it like this to someone unfamiliar with the album and artist: beautiful singing, sneaky and powerful guitar playing, solid and unconventional song-writing, deeply intricate soundscapes, and a fundamentally weird, threatening mood that permeates everything. Annie Clark reportedly said she was inspired by Disney cartoons when making this album--I'm guessing the Wicked Queen segments of Snow White. "Just the Same But Brand New," for instance, is a very delicate song throughout that somehow manages to build to a hard-hitting crescendo, and when it's over, it leaves behind a feeling similar to watching a very effective psychological horror movie. Hard to describe, as is the whole album.Finally, it is solid from front to back, every song. (Although... sometimes I feel like I wouldn't miss "The Bed" if it were left off.)
Reviewer: edickinsongurl2
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful, Quirky, A Breath of Fresh Air
Review: I got this cd in the mail today. And it has been on constant repeat!! I hate the radio andthis cd has made me believe in music again! I am a serious audiophile!!! And I mean serious. AnnieClark aka St. Vincent has out done herself. I take a trip on each track.The songs are all well written, anddifferent. I hear a touch of Bjork, a touch of Kate Bush. What a wonderful songwriter. If you love music like Ido PLEASE BUY THIS CD!!! YOU WON"T BE DISAPPOINTED. St. Vincent thinks outside the box. I hate current radio andam always looking for something music wise that is not COOKIE CUTTER. This CD is it!!! The lyrics are dark but you always hear that bit of light that comes through her voice. This woman has something to say! Put this cd in your player and take a trip!!!! You will NOT be disappointed.
Reviewer: David Keymer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A TALENT TO WATCH BUT A STEP DOWN FROM HER FIRST ALBUM
Review: This, the second album by versatile songwriter-lyricist-vocalist-instrumentalist Annie Clark, has all the virtues of her first album, Marry Me. The lyrics are smart, the melodies compelling, harmonies and backing interesting and original throughout. Clark has an interesting musical mind. Her songs abound in unexpected twists and hooks. The lyrics and melodies dig into your mind and linger there long after you've listened to them. And all the songs on her album are worth listening to. It's not a case of one or two good ones and a lot of filler. But I don't enjoy this album anywhere near as much as I did Marry Me, which I thought was one of the best albums -pop or otherwise--that I heard that year. The problem with Actor is the drums. There's too much of them and too often. Tracks 1 through 9 are driven by propulsive, often monotonous beats -sometimes echoing disco- and while they all fit, and form rhythmic counterparts to her quirky melodies and lyrics, over nine straight tracks they beat me down. It's too much, too monotonous. Her songs snake along sinuously and the drums --instead of catching her tricky ways with rhythm and accent in the songs themselves-- thump, thump, thump, thump along. It's a relief to hit Tracks 10 and 11: "Just the Same But Brand New" and "The Sequel," because the thump, thump is gone. Annie Clark is a true musical talent. This is a good album but it could have been better and she's good enough that it should have been.
Reviewer: C. Glenn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Stunning
Review: There were a few over-the-top moments and some moments that were slower than I usually like. But it's still the most interesting music I've heard in years. I've always been into "weird stuff" including Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Bjork, Radiohead and things like that. This is in the same ballpark. Annie provides a lot of experimental, unexpected and dischordant progressions, but it's melodic and catchy most of the time.Thanks to SPOTIFY for allowing me to preview this entire album. The result is that I purchased it so I could listen to it on my MP3 player(s), since I don't have an unlimited data plan on any mobile device. If you don't know SPOTIFY--it's the only TRULY LEGAL way to stream darned-near anything you might want to hear.
Reviewer: PauseBuyer48
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Modern Classic!
Review: There is just something magical about this St. Vincent album. From end to end every aspect of it has charm, charisma, humor, storytelling or beauty. It is by far her best work! I highly recommend this in your collection if you are a fan of this talented delight of a singer.
Reviewer: Parri Davis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Vinyl Copy - Very nice
Review: Vinyl copy. A high quality pressing, static clean. The jacket is a double, all lyrics included. The MP3 download includes Bicycle, which not on the record, it is an Amazon bonus track. Most of the tracks benefit greatly from the analog clarity, Black Rainbow and The Party are beautiful. The album has very little distortion effects used that would defeat the analog mode, the vocals are clear, the instrumentation includes woodwinds and brass (very nice) and her guitar sounds especially good on Mouth of Blood.I still have my LP collection from the 60's and 70's, this is my first new addition this century. I am very happy with it.
Reviewer: Mike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: buy it!
Review: I cannot comment on the differences between the first album and this one because i haven't heard the first yet, but i really do like this one. i usually like weird and by looking at the covers of her albums you can tell that she'll be a bit different than katy beiber or whatever vileness 80% of others listen to. im going to trust that people looking at st. vincent are not mainstream. this is great. now take the next step and check this lady out.i cannot come up with anyone that she sounds like.st. vincent is certified completely fresh.
Reviewer: Thingfish33
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good stuff, maybe her strangest album?
Review: This is her most "cinematic" type work in my opinion. It is some how I think her most "pop accessible" as well. I'm not sure how that gets pulled off. Maybe you'll hear something totally different. Everything I have heard from her is brilliant though and so is this. I can't recall a single track that really grabbed as much as I thought the whole thing had a "Flow" to it.
Reviewer: bass lines
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Mit ihrem Stil-Mix hat Annie Clark etwas sehr interessantes geschaffen. Sie agiert scheinbar mühelos innerhalb und auÃerhalb gewohnter Genres. Mäandert mal hierhin, mal dorthin, aber stets zum Wohl der Lieder. Jeder Sound und jedes Instrument ist intelligent gewählt und von Annie Clark mit Fingerspitzengefühl eingefügt. THE STRANGER zum Beispiel beginnt mit einem Holzblasinstrument, folkiger Akustikgitarre und Background-Gesang wie aus einem Grammophon "paint the black hole blacker", geht dann in eine Fuzzpedal E-Gitarrenorgie über und endet überraschend wie es begonnen hat.Dies alles geschieht während man sich selbst bei dem Gedanken ertappt: "Ja, genau so muss sie es machen!" Verrückt und genial! Gänsehaut und Begeisterung sind garantiert.Wer ein offenes Ohr besitzt sollte hier mal reinhören, falls er "Actor" von St. Vincent nicht sowieso schon kennt.
Reviewer: eleazar
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Canciones llenas de pura neurosis escondida, esta música es como estar sonriendo y poniendo buena cara mientras la locura te consume y piensas cosas terribles.En mi opinión, el mejor album de St. Vincent, antes de que las guitarras se apoderaran.
Reviewer: D. Stanic
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: After listening to St. Vincent's recent album "Strange Mercy" (which is a brilliant masterpiece) I decided to buy her previous record "Actor". In comparison it is not as good, IMO, but shows her progression as an artist. She keeps getting better and better with each new album. There are several great songs on this album such as "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood" and "Actor Out Of Work" and the song "Marrow" makes you want to get up and dance, very cool. It's one of those albums that takes a few listenings to really like it, and once you do you'll have the 'repeat' button pressed on your CD/MP3 player. I'd give this a solid 7/10. Album comes with free MP3 download which is great for people like me who like digital but don't like CDs (rather buy vinyl for physical copy.)
Reviewer: Brandon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Annie Clark takes the ideas from her first album and takes it up a notch. This album feels more consistent in theme and style than her first album but still holds on to the beautiful string arrangements and use of a whole range of sounds, not to forget her fantastic guitar playing abilities and soothing vocals. Tracks like 'Laughing With a Mouth of Blood' and 'Marrow' ad pace and volume to the album, while songs like 'Black Rainbow' and 'Just the Same But Brand New' give the album a lovely escapist warmth as well as sinister slightly eerie undertones. Top it all off with her poetic metaphorical lyrics and this album is really something to sink your teeth into.Warm, fuzzy and a little grimy at times. A flawless piece of music and on Vinyl looks and sounds fantastic.
Reviewer: T. C. Binder
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Este es el segundo disco de St. Vincent y en mi opinión uno muchÃsimo más logrado que el primero, "Marry Me" de 2007. Con un puñado de instrumentos crea una música mucho más portable a los escenarios, con ritmos más cuidados y en conjunto mejor orquestada que en su obra anterior. Por favor, no se entienda por esto que Annie Clark se ha convertido de golpe y porrazo en Olé Olé, ¿vale? Sólo que los temas están mejor estructurados, sin los parones que cortaban un poco el rollo en algunos temas de su álbum anterior. En conjunto un disco muy interesante y que se disfruta de principio a fin. Las letras me encantan por ese cierto surrealismo Ãntimo, la pugna por transmitir cosas nada fáciles de explicar: ilusión, atracción, deseo de realización, quizá simplemente amor... ¿SerÃa una simplificación decir que Annie es una romántica? Ya me lo diréis.La (sólo aparente) sencillez de la música se refleja también en el soporte fÃsico, un estuche con dos simples fotos de Annie en el anverso y el reverso y fondos monocolor pero con decisiones muy acertadas en cuanto a los colores. Bastan estos dos retratos para introducirte en lo que vas a escuchar. Incluso en esto el disco es un acierto en mi opinión.