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05-11-2022, 02:21 PM | #231 (permalink) |
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No it's not that. I know the tune. It's somewhat like "Lilly the Pink" by Scaffold (chorus) but I don't think it's that. It's the "resting easy" bit that is very familar to me.
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05-13-2022, 10:23 AM | #232 (permalink) |
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Cristina- sleep it off
Two things I noticed before I even played the album (for the first time). One, the original album has a different tracking order than the 16 track edition. I guess that would be confusing for a purist like me but, ultimately, it comes down to the songs, whatever the tracking order. Two, wiki seems to compare Cristina to Blondie or Madonna. Now I love Blondie, but I find Madonna a bit, well, pretentious. Plus, the two sounds are significantly different. Maybe the Cristina-Madonna comparisons are more about both being solo artists, and maybe Cristina was on the Madonna like stardom track, perhaps. Okay, so I play the album and it definitely is much more like Blondie. Frankly, I don’t hear much of Madonna at all. To me, that’s a good thing. Okay, so the 16 track album starts off with the single, What’s a Girl To Do. Very new wave, sort of like one of those girl bands that were coming out of England circa 1979. An absolutely classic track. I kind of hear a poppier version of Siouxsie on this track. This should have been a big hit. And the rest of the album continues in this vein. It’s pure pop without falling into the saccharine trap. The Lie of Love has a bit of a calypso feel to it. Definitely feeling Blondie on Quicksand Lovers. Does an awesome cover of Blue Money guaranteeing Van Morrison hater Trollheart will pan the album And anything with a title like Don’t Mutilate My Mink (Bet Madonna never had a song title like that) definitely deserves a listen. Some of the extra tracks aren’t so bad either, though I’d rate Deb Behind Bars a little over Things Fall Apart. So, yeah, I really like this album. In fact, I’ll go out on a limb and say it’s the best album I’ve heard on the album club so far. Makes me look forward to your next choice, Marie. 9/10 (The Word has spoken )
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05-16-2022, 12:27 PM | #235 (permalink) | ||
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I don't think so but idk, I've only ever listened to the YouTube version and that one glitches so I don't know if other versions don't, but it doesn't sound intentional to me
update: I checked the spotify version and it's glitch-free so it's just an issue with the youtube upload. I had forgotten all about it, I'm so used to it that it has become part of the song for me, you know how that goes
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05-16-2022, 12:39 PM | #236 (permalink) | ||
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Also I'm glad you liked the album, Rubber Soul! About the Madonna comparison, I agree; I think it's similar to how every lyric-oriented singer/songwriter is compared to Bob Dylan
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05-19-2022, 09:48 PM | #237 (permalink) |
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I don't hear Madonna. Cristina could be the new wave version of Chrissy Hynde, if that makes any sense. The album certainly fits the era. I was surprised to hear that she's American. There are some songs where I swear I hear a European accent.
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05-20-2022, 02:28 AM | #238 (permalink) | ||
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She partly grew up in europe and had a French father
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05-20-2022, 01:44 PM | #239 (permalink) |
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought the album sounds like The Pretenders a bit. That said, the tracklisting for this album has me all confused - apparrently spotify and Youtube use the 16 track CD version - which is fine - but why did they feel the need to rearrange the whole tracklist instead of just tacking them onto the end of the original tracklist like most sensible releases?
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05-20-2022, 05:44 PM | #240 (permalink) | ||
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yeah it's weird, I have no idea
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