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- Date Released: June 3, 2008
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: MapleMusic Recordings
A confident and assured collection from a famous family of folkies.
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We Say...
Anyone who's seen Martha Wainwright in person should get a kick out of her new album's cover shot, on which (to paraphrase ZZ Top) she turns the legs she's got (and knows how to use) upside-down, lying on a couch that's clearly much too small for her. Naturally, being the daughter of confessional singer-songwriter king Loudon Wainwright, it’s no surprise said sofa turns up on a track ("The George Song)," with Ms. Wainwright recalling a make-out session "on my tiny couch." Yowsa.
Wainwright's second full-length finds her confidently progressing past the fairly grounded approach of her 2005 debut to fashion a work whose open-ended, theatrical bent falls more to mother Kate McGarrigle's (and brother Rufus Wainwright's) side of the genetic musical fence. Make no mistake though: her muse is a singular one, with songs that reveal themselves in fiery bursts which follow their own internal logic rather than conventional structure. A good example is the aptly titled "Niger River," with its freeflowing cello and stream-of-consciousness lyrics ("Your hair it grows around your ears/ Like a mysterious pose that's music to my fears"). So is "I Wish I Were," a rambling monologue ("I watch a lot of PBS and BBC/ I don't want to meet the press") neatly underscored by Garth Hudson's swirling keyboards. And just when things seem in danger of getting too self-indulgent, there are satisfying covers of the Eurythmics "Love Is a Stranger" and the Syd Barrett classic "See Emily Play."
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| 01. |  |
Bleeding All Over You |
3:48 |
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| 02. | |
You Cheated Me |
3:14 |
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| 03. | |
Jesus And Mary |
3:38 |
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| 04. | |
Comin' Tonight |
3:27 |
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| 05. | |
Tower Song |
3:30 |
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| 06. | |
Hearts Club Band |
4:21 |
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| 07. | |
So Many Friends |
3:23 |
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| 08. | |
In The Middle Of The Night |
4:46 |
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| 09. | |
The George Song |
3:36 |
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| 10. | |
Niger River |
3:38 |
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| 11. | |
Jimi |
5:24 |
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| 12. | |
See Emily Play
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2:17 |
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| 13. | |
I Wish I Were |
4:18 |
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| 14. | |
Love Is A Stranger
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3:40 |
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14 Total Tracks, 53:00 Total Length
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