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~ Ute Lemper
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  • Conductor: Brian Gascoigne, Joby Talbot
  • Composer: Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, N.S. Engel, Philip Glass, Neil / Talbot, Joby Hannon, et al.
  • Audio CD (27 Mar 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B00004RC8F
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,204 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #16 in  Music > Easy Listening > Cabaret
    #82 in  Music > Soundtracks > Composers
    #84 in  Music > Classical Instrumental > Record Labels > Decca

Track Listings

1. Little Water Song
2. Case Continues
3. Passionate Fight
4. Die Dreigroschenoper (Tango Ballad)
5. Couldn't You Keep That To Yourself
6. Streets Of Berlin
7. Part You Throw Away
8. Split
9. Punishing Kiss
10. Purple Avenue
11. You Were Meant For Me
12. Scope J

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite her roles in mainstream musicals like Cats and Chicago, Ute Lemper has never been a typical Broadway baby. Her long association with the works of Brecht and Weill, and her one-woman shows based on the repertoires of Piaf and Dietrich, have always marked her as a maverick in a world over-populated by bland belters and cute ingénues. Her distinctive voice isn't an instrument for easy listening. At full tilt it's dangerous and edgy. In subdued mode, it's dark, ironic and despairing. The cruelty that runs through many of her interpretations is taken on the chin. She deals in defiance rather than submission. With just one Weill song ("Tango Ballad") and a host of contributions from Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, Punishing Kiss is a modern, bleak look at love in the 21st century. At times the tone is murderous, even apocalyptic ("The Case Continues"). The duet "Split", sung with Hannon, is a grimly humorous riot of punches and counter-punches in a disintegrating relationship. There's also fleeting, poignant beauty in tracks like Waits's "Purple Avenue". Punishing Kiss is essential listening for anyone who likes their torch songs blood-stained, not just dampened by a few tears. --Piers Ford

CD Description
Ute Lemper's first pop album finds the German-born actress and cabaret performer seeking assistance from some impressive kindred spirits. Her remarkable voice-imagine a post--punkMarlene Dietrich, or Nico with chops--perfectly suits thesesongs by folks like Elvis Costello (the outstanding title track), Tom Waits, Scott Walker (whose "Scope J" is his best song in decades), Philip Glass, Nick Cave and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, who duets with Lemper on his own "Split" and a harsh reading of "Tango Ballad" from THE THREEPENNY OPERA. Hannon's other two songs, "The Case Continues" and "YouWere Meant For Me", are among the album's highest points, suggesting that Hannon's arch tunes are best heard when he's not singing them himself. A chilly, sometimes difficult album, PUNISHING KISS also has more than a few moments of genuine beauty and empathy.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Darkly dramatic but (only slightly) flawed, 27 May 2001
By A Customer
This album invites you not only to experience Ute's unique voice but also the talents of the songwriters involved. "Little Water Song" is formula Nick Cave, evocative of his duet with Kylie Minogue of a few years ago "Where the Wild Roses Grow", but Ute sings it with such touching simplicity it transcends the formula. "Tango Ballad" is a good violent dirty bitchy love song, but suffers from over-production. Hannon's voice is powerful and rich too, although the song is amillion miles away from any Weillian conception. "Passionate Fight" is a high point, a big flouncy ballad with plenty of bite and a great chorus. Quiter moments, like the voluptuous "Purple Avenue", the poignant "Couldn't You Keep that to Yourself", are exquisite little moments of reflection, countered well by the gaudy title track and splendidly overblown "You Were Meant For Me" (an example of The Divine Comedy in full swing).

Most of the songs on this album are amazing. some of them ("Streets of Berlin", "The Part You Throw Away" and "Split" are forgettable but adequate album-filler. One of the songs is absolutely dreadful ("Scope J"). My advice: buy this. Then transfer the 'good songs' on to MiniDisc and "Punishing Kiss" is a perfect album. Worth it!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretentious, but worth a listen., 1 Nov 2000
By A Customer
The dangers inherent in attempting to straddle the stools of theatre and pop/rock are all too obvious on this album - and glaringly more so in the live show (featuring a jazz-rock "combo" that makes the Young Gods' Weill versions seem tasteful and restrained). Lemper appears too much in awe of the various songwriters to make the songs her own (in the way that, say, Agnes Bernelle might have done) and the Tom Waits songs, in particular, have a certain karaoke quality.

It is, however, an interesting album and even survives two bruising encounters with droning fop, Neil Hannon. Hannon, in fairness, contributes one of the album's outstanding tracks and thankfully without singing on it, but otherwise he threatens to give the album the final push it requires to outright pastiche.

For the Nick Cave and Elvis Costello songs alone, the album is worth buying. The less said about Scott Walker's "arty" "song" the better - it's no "Montague Terrace in Blue". Entertaining, pretentious and fun but mostly soulless.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars This is hard to appreciate, and not very typical of Ute, 2 Feb 2001
By A Customer
I usually love Ute Lemper's work, CDs and shows. I've been to 5 shows in the past few years, including this one, which is the only one I didn't at all like. Sailing back and forth between several genres is OK, and Ms Lemper does it with a lot of talent. But in that case I found the music very unappealing -loud and base-, and unsuited to her singing, which is more in nuances than in power. Listen to the samples before you buy !
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply superb, original and very moving
Like most I first came across Ute on stage in 'Chicago' and have followed her dynamic and moving performances ever since. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album, beautifully put together.
As the other reviews have said, this album has a strongly Divine Comedy feel - but also a strong Elvis Costello feel, as in the title track, 'Punishing Kiss'. Read more
Published on 9 May 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Every song a cathartic and exhausting pleasure!
Lemper is at her very best here. She is constantly saying that she enjoys playing the roles of the 'lonely' and the 'dissasociated', therefore this collection of songs gives her a... Read more
Published on 28 April 2000 by bournartgalleries@btinternet.com

5.0 out of 5 stars I wasn't a fan... until I heard this album.
The quality and range of Lemper's vocal talents lend something very special to the tracks on this album. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like the Divine Comedy, buy it. If you don't....
It's a good album for Divine Comedy fans; not only do they write three of the songs, but Hannon sings on two of them, and the band play on most of the rest of the album. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - if you like 'theatrical' singing
Only released yesterday - but first impressions are good. I am new to Ute Lemper, but this collection of mainly contemporary songs brings out her voice very well. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000

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