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- Original Release Date: 16 Aug 2009
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| 1. Absentee | 3:56 | Not Available | |||
| 2. 24 | 3:01 | Not Available | |||
| 3. We Almost Had A Baby | 2:56 | Not Available | |||
| 4. The Easter Parade | 3:27 | Not Available | |||
| 5. Dylan | 3:33 | Not Available | |||
| 6. On The Museum Island | 4:11 | Not Available | |||
| 7. War | 1:54 | Not Available | |||
| 8. First Love | 4:37 | Not Available | |||
| 9. MIA | 3:24 | Not Available | |||
| 10. The Easter Parade Part 2 | 1:47 | Not Available | |||
| 11. Bad Things Coming, We Are Safe | 4:02 | Not Available | |||
| 12. Everything Reminds Me Of You | 5:53 | Not Available | |||
| 13. City Song | 3:07 | Not Available | |||
| 14. Edward Is Dedward | 3:51 | Not Available | |||
| 15. A Bowl Collecting Blood | 3:45 | Not Available | |||
| 16. Two Steps Forward | 4:34 | Not Available | |||
| 17. Canopies And Drapes | 3:45 | Not Available |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I heard "We almost had a baby" a good while ago on the radio and instantly fell in love with it and downloaded it. But it wasn't until I heard Emmy the Great do a live session whilst at Glastonbury that I decided to download the album. There isn't one track that I don't like.
The lyrics are modern and sometimes a bit odd, so their meanings are always immediately obvious, which I think adds to their charm. Some tracks are haunting such as "Absentee", "24" and "On the Museum Island". Others are more upbeat in their tune, though still have a sombre subject, such as "We almost had a baby", "First Love" and "MIA".
My favourites are "24", "MIA", "We almost had a baby", "Edward is Dedward". But as I said, I don't think there are any weak parts. The bonus tracks are all definitely worth the addition.
The lyrics are modern and sometimes a bit odd, so their meanings are always immediately obvious, which I think adds to their charm. Some tracks are haunting such as "Absentee", "24" and "On the Museum Island". Others are more upbeat in their tune, though still have a sombre subject, such as "We almost had a baby", "First Love" and "MIA".
My favourites are "24", "MIA", "We almost had a baby", "Edward is Dedward". But as I said, I don't think there are any weak parts. The bonus tracks are all definitely worth the addition.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It's one of those albums (and one of those artists) that if you are lucky enough to stumble across you will listen to it on repeat, go on and on about her to anyone who will listen to you "no, seriously, she's genius". It contains some of the best lyrics of any music of any genre, heartbreaking and (thought I don't know how she does it) funny, things that will stick in your head and your heart.
"Take some time out to resuscitate my soul. Take up smoking and drink carrot juice and grow. Teach the mattress to erase you from its folds. Then dry my eyes and keep on moving til the motion makes me strong, til one day I realise I don't remember that you're gone. We'll be strangers, who were lovers, I'll recover. It's so weird how time goes on"- Canopies and Drapes.
p.s. and I never write reviews.
"Take some time out to resuscitate my soul. Take up smoking and drink carrot juice and grow. Teach the mattress to erase you from its folds. Then dry my eyes and keep on moving til the motion makes me strong, til one day I realise I don't remember that you're gone. We'll be strangers, who were lovers, I'll recover. It's so weird how time goes on"- Canopies and Drapes.
p.s. and I never write reviews.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
I stumbled across Emmy the Great's (or Emma-Lee Moss) "First Love" after listening to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" on youtube - some clever fan had grouped them together on a playlist. I was immediately struck by Emmy herself; her personality seemed plain and honest as did her song writing. The use of instruments on the track and later the lyrics and the story behind it also lived up to these first impressions. Tracks like "24", "Edward Is Deadward", "Bad Things Coming, We Are Safe" and "Two Steps Forward" were painful and accurate accounts of emotion and attachement and "We Almost Had a Baby", "MIA", "City Song" and "Canopies and Drapes" also confirmed by attachment to Emmy's lyrical content of religious doubt, relationship dynamic and childhood memory with a splattering of played down drama. "The Easter Parade" was the last song to really grab my attachement, gradually growing on me as the track wound up to a grabbing conclusion. The other tracks continue in the general mood of catchy guitar based melodies and Moss's sometimes bluntly honest and succinct lyrics. An album most certainly worth a listen, especially for fans of a similiar genre or associated acts; if a bit heavy on the content considering Emmy's style.
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