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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another delicious slice of Rasputina oddness, 7 April 2004
New album, new lineup. I guess it's the Rasputina way...Melora Creager remains at the centre, however, and her stamp is all over this album. The historical flavouring may have changed slightly (we're back in the early 1900s, now), but there's no mistaking this album for anything else. Musically, _Frustration Plantation_ is a natural extension of the sharper, heavier sound of _Cabin Fever_: lots of distortion on the cellos, stronger vocals, and an increasing debt of inspiration to rock n' roll (with a Rasputina twist, as on _The Lost and Found_'s covers). This is not to say that there aren't a few instrumental, undistorted cello-led passages, but anyone who still prefers Raspy's first album may find _Plantation_ not so much to their taste. The musical blend is less successful than on the fabulous _Cabin Fever_, with fewer standout tracks and several that are just raucous and/or meandering. 'Doomsday Averted' is fractured and interesting, but probably not the best album-opener, and I found 'Oh Injury' deeply tedious. But 'The Mayor' is up there with the best of Raspy's material, talk-track 'My Captivity by Savages' is as silly as ever, and cover song 'If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love' is pure genius. Add in fun, fast-paced renditions of a couple of traditional songs ('Wicked Dickie' and 'When I was a Young Girl') and you have another eccentrically great Rasputina package.
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