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~ Mark Eitzel
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (14 May 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Matador
  • ASIN: B00005B9SN
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 101,099 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Boy With The Hammer In The Paper Bag 5:53£0.79
Listen  2. Can You See? 3:02£0.79
Listen  3. Christian Science Reading Room 3:44£0.79
Listen  4. Sleep 5:17£0.79
Listen  5. To The Sea 3:08£0.79
Listen  6. Shine 4:27£0.79
Listen  7. Steve I Always Knew 4:02£0.79
Listen  8. Bitterness 4:07£0.79
Listen  9. Anything 5:01£0.79
Listen10. Without You 4:07£0.79
Listen11. The Global Sweep Of Human History 4:09£0.79
Listen12. Seeing Eye Dog 2:56£0.79
Listen13. Proclaim Your Joy 3:08£0.79

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Amazon.co.uk Review
As former singer of American Music Club, Mark Eitzel was one of the biggest critical hits of the late 20th century. Yet adulatory reviews don't necessarily lead to sales and so this soulful, inspirational artist remains a cult figure. The Invisible Man is his first new recording in some three years. It's said the delay is due to the death by overdose of his muse and closest friend, Kathleen Burns. Yet this is no fraught collection of primal screams and gothic thunder. Instead we have a wildly varied selection of mood-pieces. "Christian Science Reading Room" has a quiet acoustic guitar occasionally attacked by military drum-rolls, then engulfed by a strange keyboard recalling The Residents' Not Available. "Sleep" is a beautifully judged electronic lullaby (Eitzel actually spent the last two years producing the album on a Mac in his front-room, and his diligence shows through), while the closing "Proclaim Your Joy" is like a speeded-up take on Eileen Rose's "Would You Marry Me?", warm and countrified with Eitzel sounding genuinely (and surprisingly) uplifted. Being Eitzel, the album's often wordy and morose, like Leonard Cohen badly beaten and left to think and die in solitary confinement. But there is a truly human spirit on display which music lovers will appreciate. Everyone should have one Eitzel album. This one will do. --Dominic Wills

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5.0 out of 5 stars Proclaim Your Joy - Mark is Back!, 16 May 2001
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After all the years of waiting, my anticipation of this new Eitzel CD was huge. Hopes fuelled by new material at live shows, I thought it had great promise. And I wasn't wrong.

This wipes the floor with Mark's previous solo efforts (bar the AMC song-based songs of Love Live). It's typical Mark, full of meloncholy, songs which are references to his lost love Kathleen Burns, and sparks of humour.

The highlights have to be the heartbreakingly touching Anything and Without You, but the whole album is a gem. Great lyrics abound ('Far too early you saw that life has no meaning'.. 'I know the only costume prize I'll win is if I go as the Invisible Man').

But the man who brought us Johnny Mathis' Feet also has his lighthearted moments with the hilarious Christian Science Reading Room and the 'joke' single Proclaim Your Joy.

Definitely a 5 star album for lovers of true song-writing & misery guts alike!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Eitzel's best album so far, 30 Jul 2001
By Joao Branco Tordo (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews
This must be Eitzel's best solo album since 60 Watt Silver Lining. It's probably even better. He was in top form at his latest London gig, where he sang most of his new stuff and actually made the audience laugh with his bitter, sarcastic jokes. And he is back with a new sound, so delicious in this homemade album - songs like 'Sbine', 'Anything' or 'Steve I Always Knew' are true gems and true motives to think he can drive his amazing talent to where it belongs.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Gems, 9 Feb 2009
Both American Music Club releases and Eitzel's solo work tend to be patchy in terms of consistency, the exceptions to the rule being AMC's classic late `80s release `California' and to some extent their latest `The Golden Age'. As a result I believe the most helpful way to review Eitzel's output is to focus on the best material he gives you - the classic tracks if you will. How many are there and how do they rank against his other essential songs? Well, as the four star rating would tend to suggest, I believe `The Invisible Man' contains some of Mark's strongest songwriting to date.

`Anything' is the standout song on the album and an undisputed Eitzel classic. The opening verse must go down as one of his very finest - it just grabs you from the off and leads you willingly into the darkness. The fact that Eitzel then places `Without You' straight after is just a stroke of genius as the first segues beautifully into the latter. A killer one-two knockout blow.

Nothing else on the album can quite manage to live up to those two songs but there are still some other strong moments. Opening track `The Boy with the Hammer' really grabs your attention and remains intriguing even after repeat listens. It also makes it quite clear from the off that the musical approach on this album will be quite different to past Eitzel material with the use of electronic textures and processed beats. `Steve I Always Knew' is somewhat similar but lyrically even darker and the arrangement is jazzier with some eastern effects added to the mix.

The simply titled `Sleep' and `Shine' are equally straightforward in their musical approach, both possessing a certain hypnotic quality that is evident throughout the album but most obvious here. `Can You See?' is a good counterpoint as it is the most blatant pop moment and has a refreshing clarity.

The remaining songs are all worth a listen but for the most part unremarkable - but as I said earlier, you buy an Eitzel release for the standout material.
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