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Track Listings
| 1. My Love Will Never Die (Live) |
| 2. Reap What You Sow (Live) |
| 3. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? (Live) |
| 4. Gloomy Sunday (Live) |
| 5. Balm In Gilead / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Live) |
| 6. Insane Asylum (Live) |
| 7. I Put A Spell On You (Live) |
| 8. Let My People Go (Live) |
| 9. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Live) |
| 10. Judgement Day (Live) |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Recollect feeling a trifle underwhelmed when it first appeared, back in the early 90's. The rest of the world was making shapes in barns, but I persevered with the darkness. I used to blast this out across the street after one particular relationship capsized and then ended in total disaster. It had a cathartic effect, for me at least. Diamanda had a way with venting feelings, that mere words could never capture. She is the artisan of an emotional range that veers, but never towards spite. She is way beyond such a trifling, pifling emotion. Instead she sucks in the eons of the universe and then blows it back softly, but consistently into your face, building it in layers of tension. Pity the men and women who dare to break this woman's heart.
Returning back, all I can say is WOW. On this CD she plays all by herself, tinkling the black and white keys. She is bewitching with her sheer vocal power and presence. The gut wrenching screams of digging into a pit from hell and beholding the presence of the doctor of death's entrails, to the piercing screams that shatter the glass peace, as a primal banshee swoops and whoops from the clouds. Digging her talons into her existential prey, she squeezes the life force and imbibes it all within.
My love for your will never die; is a heartfelt plea to the bottomless sides of the reverberating ribs, whilst pulling apart the internal organs to deify this sacred emotion. Never has love been rendered into such an excruciating paen to emotional connection, a plea to an eternal everlasting loss.
Reap what you sow; another dark black blues, that out stares the silent night. The ultimate revenge song, as she levels the accusation as a primal curse, that cuts quicker than a wooden fetish doll glowing with internal fire.
The next is a paen to the crucifiction, that has never sounded so baleful, utter dread, without a shred of hope. She demands the listener to reveal where they were when the lord was dealt his final blow.
Gloomy Sunday, is a jazz operatic cry, into the sheer darkness of a devasting love loss. It is a dark hole, that opens up and then despair grips you by the throat, and pulls your ear to its lips.
Swing Low; moves away from any rugby rendition. Another set of pure screams into the night, as she exorcises a love ghost.
Insane Asylum sees Diamanda explore the outer limits of incarceration, along with the classic Screaming Jay Hawkins song "Put a Spell on You," hardly recognisable.
Then its back to a slight life as she ask for her grave to be swept clean before descending into the old testament musk of the Judgement Day.
A(wo)men
Returning back, all I can say is WOW. On this CD she plays all by herself, tinkling the black and white keys. She is bewitching with her sheer vocal power and presence. The gut wrenching screams of digging into a pit from hell and beholding the presence of the doctor of death's entrails, to the piercing screams that shatter the glass peace, as a primal banshee swoops and whoops from the clouds. Digging her talons into her existential prey, she squeezes the life force and imbibes it all within.
My love for your will never die; is a heartfelt plea to the bottomless sides of the reverberating ribs, whilst pulling apart the internal organs to deify this sacred emotion. Never has love been rendered into such an excruciating paen to emotional connection, a plea to an eternal everlasting loss.
Reap what you sow; another dark black blues, that out stares the silent night. The ultimate revenge song, as she levels the accusation as a primal curse, that cuts quicker than a wooden fetish doll glowing with internal fire.
The next is a paen to the crucifiction, that has never sounded so baleful, utter dread, without a shred of hope. She demands the listener to reveal where they were when the lord was dealt his final blow.
Gloomy Sunday, is a jazz operatic cry, into the sheer darkness of a devasting love loss. It is a dark hole, that opens up and then despair grips you by the throat, and pulls your ear to its lips.
Swing Low; moves away from any rugby rendition. Another set of pure screams into the night, as she exorcises a love ghost.
Insane Asylum sees Diamanda explore the outer limits of incarceration, along with the classic Screaming Jay Hawkins song "Put a Spell on You," hardly recognisable.
Then its back to a slight life as she ask for her grave to be swept clean before descending into the old testament musk of the Judgement Day.
A(wo)men
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A chanteuse back from Hell
13 May 1998
Format:Audio CD
The Singer
Operatically-trained AIDS activist/performance artist Diamanda Galas plays the "it's the song, not the singer" game here, and wins. Accompanying herself on piano, Galas gives thoughtful, impassioned= readings of these songs (mostly standards, many previously recorded as parts of her performance pieces), leaving behind for the moment her infamous 8-octave vocal gymnastics and beyond-the-pit-of-Hell moaning.= Maybe not as personal an album as "Plague Mass", but certainly accessable to those afraid of her earlier (and scarier) works.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A landmark recording
11 May 2004
Format:Audio CD
Galas' performance of these songs is simply awesome. Many have sung them before her, but who will dare to sing them after her? Her performance somehow transfigures these very familiar classic blues and spirituals, bringing out a depth of emotion, an awesome power and force, a wonderful subtlety of feeling that was hitherto unknown. Her voice blends perfectly with the piano, her vocals are perfectly balanced, each "scream" and intonation neither too much nor too little, but just perfect. I don't think I will ever again be able to listen to someone else's interpretation of "I put a spell on you" or "A balm in Gilead" without somehow finding it lacking in comparison with Diamanda Galas' performance. She simply outshines them all.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Not the best...
26 Jan 2002
Format:Audio CD
I've been a fan of Diamanda's work for quite a while. I must admit this isn't the best Diamanda Galas album, but it does have some wonderful songs. The Singer consists of performences performed on the Judgement Day tour, however, if you can find a copy of the Judgement Day VHS you'll find a better example her amazing work. This album is not as beautiful as Malediction and Prayer but is still a good example of her work with her voice and her piano. The best tracks include Gloomy Sunday and Judgement Day!
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