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Queen of Siam
  

Queen of Siam [Enhanced]

~ Lydia Lunch
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (25 Aug 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Triple X
  • ASIN: B000008HYO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 184,380 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Mechanical Flattery
2. Gloomy Sunday
3. Tied and Twist
4. Spooky
5. Banditos
6. Atomic Bongos
7. Lady Scarface
8. Cruise to the Moon
9. Carnival Fat Man
10. Knives in the Drain
11. Blood of Tin

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Queen of Siam" is quirky but accessible, 1 Sep 2000
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Lydia Lunch, who mostly does her level best to confront and alienate listeners with her works of rage, despair and depression, has, with "Queen of Siam", an album of eclectic but overall very listenable songs. From the driving bass line and percussion of "Bongo Beat" to the spoken word with minimal instrumentation of "Fat Man" to the cartoonish orchestration of Billy Ver Plank combined with the wild guitar distortions of Robert Quine on the instrumental "Cruise To the Moon", every song is very cool. Lydia's vocal comes across as that of a bored sex kitten. This is a classic album.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Eerie and gloomy, 17 Dec 2002
By Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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Queen of Siam is creepy and depressing but musically very good. There's very little real singing - just the inimitable Ms Lunch mumbling and talking - a bit like the soundtrack to a séance. It starts off on a blue note with Mechanical Flattery then gets worse on the dirge Gloomy Sunday. Called `the Hungarian suicide song,' it was written by László Jávor and set to music in 1933 by the composer Rezsõ Seress; Billy Holiday & Elvis Costello are amongst its famous interpreters.

Lydia's vocals take a childlike, nursery rhyme turn on Tied & Twist, whilst on Spooky she actually sings. Interesting instrumental arrangements embellish the music, like Spanish guitar on Los Banditos, whilst superlative saxophone sets the mood throughout. Lydia chants on the uptempo Atomic Bongos with its intricate drums and mostly talks her way through the jazzy Lady Scarface, a tale of seduction. Infectious laughter opens Carnival Fat Man, then gives way to Ms Lunch conversing with two male voices over jerky percussion. The album concludes with Blood of Tin in which Lydia recites some ghoulish poetry over appropriately dissonant music.

Queen of Siam is for those who love the fringes of rock. The executive producer is Michael Zilkha of the legendary ZE Records whose artists in its heyday included Cristina Monet, the quirky Was (Not Was), psychobilly synth-rock pioneers Suicide and even John Cale for an album or two. A livelier, exuberant Lydia can be found on the cacophonous Stinkfist, her collaboration with Clint Ruin. And she's an author too! Her books like Incriminating Evidence are as confrontational as her music.
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