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After two full albums of juxtaposed exceptionalism from these two diametrically opposed but deeply complimentary voices, we can probably stop being shocked that they work together so well. The beauty and the beast metaphor has legs, sure, but it’s really just a thing of beauty. The tracks on this 6-track postscript EP were, title track aside, leftovers from the Sunday At Devil Dirt sessions too good to sweep away with the cigarette ends and straw. And while the quality is as continuous as you might expect, the songs have a flavour that justifies them being singled out for their own vessel. Where tracks on the full length album were performance pieces succeeding through the careful direction of light and shade and, especially with the superiority of the Ennio Morricone-esque strings, feeling like moody Spaghetti Western set pieces, the Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart EP is a less disciplined affair. Mark Lanegan does his best Leonard Cohen rumination on "Fight Fire With Fire" over slide-guitar at a bar-room pace, the twinkly glow of "Asleep On A Sixpence" with its sparse use of strings is a humble winter warmer, "Violin Tango" does exactly as it promises batting its eyelids as it goes and "Rambling Rose, Clinging Vine" and "Hang On" have a less weighted, carefree '60s pop vibe to them. So while it might lack the impressive formality of Sunday At Devil Dirt, if anything these are easier songs to love immediately, making the most of their freedom. --James Berry
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By caitlin
Format:Audio CD
These are songs which were left over from Sunday at Devil Dirt and it sounds as if the relationship between Lanegan's disreputable drifter and and Campbell's strict school marm is now well past the dangerous flings in sleazy motels of Ballad of the Broken Seas. The second album sounded and looked as if Campbell had let her hair down and moved in with the drifter, this third one has them in a world which is sweetly domestic and genuinely affectionate. Fight with Fire with Fire and Asleep on a Sixpence are the sweetest you'll ever have heard Mark Lanegan.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Mainly bought this on the back of a good review in the independant magazine (who do seem to pick out good stuff by the way). Also because of the Belle and Sebastian link with Isobel. I found it a slow grower which I now like a lot. Will be exploring their back catalogue.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although these tracks are apparently "leftovers" from the Sunday at Devil's Dirt sessions they are every bit as good as anything on that LP. In my opinion no record company should release any LP which is more than 10/11 tracks or 40 minutes in duration and perhaps EPs of this duration released more frequently is the way to go.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than most tracks on Sunday at Devil Dirt
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan were never good at evaluating their own work. These tracks are "leftovers" from the Sunday at Devil Dirt cd but they are so good that they were... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2010 by RVDW
5.0 out of 5 stars
Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Short...
This EP, made up of leftovers from Sunday At Devil Dirt is another classic from the unlikely pairing of Campbell and Lanegan. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by Victor
4.0 out of 5 stars
Keep this in mind for your Christmas stockings ... (8/10)
When it was released earlier this year I resisted `Sunday At Devil Dirt', Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan's well-received, rather tongue-in-cheek take on Americana, their second... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2008 by Demob Happy
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