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| | Motherland | | | Music Artist : | | Natalie Merchant | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Elektra / Wea | | Release Date : | | 2001-11-13 | | Store Price : | | $7.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $6.99 | | Usually ships in 1 to 2 days | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. The House Is On Fire
2. Motherland
3. Saint Judas
4. Put The Law On You
5. Build A Levee
6. Golden Boy
7. The Ballad Of Henry Darger
8. The Worst Thing
9. Tell Yourself
10. Just Can't Last
11. Not In This Life
12. I'm Not Gonna Beg
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 One of her best
Submitted on: 2009-08-25 |
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| It's almost erie that the track "This House is on Fire" with its arabic rythems was recorded before 911. I think she has premonitions, when writing. I consider this to be one of her best works.I've bought two copies now. She is captured at a time in her life where her voice had deepend, and her writing matured a bit, A snapshot of a time in a great musician and writers life. The songs are excellent, even though this is the last album I believe of a long contractual obligation,which she is now free of and probably felt like a weight around her neck, you wouldn't know it by listening. A must have for any Natalie Merchant fan. |
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A challenging and rewarding album
Submitted on: 2009-03-29 |
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| Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2Y7LWDEDLPZ0Q |
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 Not her best
Submitted on: 2008-02-08 |
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I am not writing to slam this album so much as to give some balance to the reviews here. I think it's normal for fans of an album, for the most part, to do Amazon reviews and so even mediocre CDs often wind up with 4 star rankings.
I own everything by the 10,000 Maniacs, John and Mary, and Natalie Merchant. I'm a big fan of her work and the work of the Maniacs, but I thought this CD was about the least listenable product she has released, either with or without the Maniacs. Her first solo CD ("Tigerlily") was very poppy and strong, her second ("Ophelia) had catchy melodies but had a greater depth and more somber tone overall, her third solo studio CD ("Motherland") was her attempt to write an original folky masterpiece. She would in fact record a great CD following "Motherland" where she covered traditional folk songs ("House Carpenter's Daughter"). "Motherland" feels like the awkward step between her writing pop masterpieces like "Tigerlily" and "Ophelia", and recording classic folk songs on "House Carpenter's Daughter".
Where the CD kind of loses me is in its inclusion of one too many slow-tempo somewhat overlong numbers. I can't help thinking that if even one of these slow songs was removed (How about removing "Put the Law on You"?) the CD would flow a lot better.
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i know what you tell yourself
Submitted on: 2008-02-02 |
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| this is just such a perfect album. it's haunting and spare and creepy, like rain pattering against the roof of an abandoned farmhouse where you're waiting out the storm... the darkness and cohesiveness of Motherland lift it way above the (often-brilliant-but-unambitious) stuff she'd been doing up til then. all the songs are strong, but "Tell Yourself" is my favorite Natalie Merchant song ever - sad and simple and stirring. |
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Not for the casual fam
Submitted on: 2007-12-09 |
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| This is a good album by Natalie Merchant, but not being a fanatic, I prefer to stick with her first couple of solo albums. I found this to be beautifully produced and performed, but wasn't willing to invest the time in a dark, slower album. |
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