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| | Fur and Gold | | | Music Artist : | | Bat for Lashes | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Caroline | | Release Date : | | 2007-07-31 | | Store Price : | | $9.93 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Horse And I
2. Trophy
3. Tahiti
4. What's a Girl To Do?
5. Sad Eyes
6. The Wizard
7. Prescilla
8. Bat's Mouth
9. Seal Jubilee
10. Sarah
11. I Saw A Light
12. I'm on Fire (Bonus Track)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Excellent
Submitted on: 2009-11-05 |
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| The Cd is Wonderful! Fast Shipment will do bissiness again cd was in good shape was brand new Excellent!!Love it :0) |
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Incredible Sound Journey!
Submitted on: 2009-10-17 |
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This album is fantastic, full of visual imagery, layered soundscapes, and out of this world vocals from the lovely Natasha Khan. Get this album, it will one of the highlights of your music collection! Five Stars for sure!
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A truly enchanting and visionary experience...
Submitted on: 2009-10-02 |
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I stumbled onto Bat For Lashes quite by accident. I think I saw a blurp for her on my facebook page and I was intrigued because they likened her to an artist that I really liked (I can't think of who it was at the moment) but I never really took the time to look her up. Then when I was blogging I saw a thread devoted to the best videos of the decade and her video for `What's A Girl To Do?' was listed in the top ten; so I watched it. Before the video had ended I had added this album to my iTunes queue.
`Fur and Gold' is one of the best albums I've heard in a very, very long time.
Bat For Lashes is Natasha Khan, a half-Pakistani, half-English beauty who is as original and as talented as they come. There is no one quite like Khan, but the comparisons to Kate Bush and especially Bjork are not misplaced (I'd even add the likes of Sarah Brightman, OtEP and The Smashing Pumpkins to odd degrees). She has a mystical quality to her that does call to mind Bjork on a few tracks, but there is also a delicate restraint quality to her that makes her come off a little more earthy than theatrical.
The album opens with `Horse and I', an instantly embracing track that is the perfect definition of an `introduction'. With tribal drums and vibrating strings, this song sums up the power of the entire album without giving away too many of Khan's tricks or secrets. Songs like `What's A Girl To Do?' is a marvelous example of what Khan's edge can do to a simple and maybe even overdone subject. The chorus lines are flawlessly entrancing and the nearly spoken word verse structure adds a layer of poetic conversation to the track. It is one of the best singles I've heard this decade; easy (and watch that video...FLAWLESS). `Sad Eyes' is one of my favorite songs here. The soft piano adds a beautiful depth to the song, and Khan's vulnerable vocals really convey her emotional connection to the song. `Trophy' is one of the more otherworldly tracks here, eliciting in us a warm feeling of spirituality. She also sounds the most Bjork'like here. You can add `Tahiti' to that list of spiritual experiences. She has a way of infusing her ethnic background into her music without making it overpowering.
It elevates instead of hinders.
`The Wizard' and `Prescila' compliment each other very well. They both recall the other, with similar influences yet are delivered very differently. `The Wizard' is much more restrained and laid back, while `Prescila' begs us to sing along. They very wisely are paired together here at tracks 7 and 8. It's a nice flow.
`Sarah' is a stunning and pulsating track, while `Seal Jubilee' really takes us to another world with its stunning vibrato within a soft sea of simplicity. `The Bat's Mouth' has a layer of that simplicity, but it is less engaging to me than `Seal Jubilee'. Lyrically it is intriguing and quit brilliant, but the simple piano structure is a little forgettable. `I Saw The Light' is probably my least favorite tracks here, but it is followed by one of my favorites. `I'm On Fire' is a brilliant way to close the album, taking full advantage of Khan's sublime vocals while maintaining a musical uniqueness in an almost stripped bare delivery that allows Khan to shine without any distractions.
So, I have this to say in closing; Bat For Lashes is seriously one of the most intriguing, unique and inspiring musical artists churning out music today. Much like the artists she has drawn comparisons to, she is not an artist that everyone will be instantly drawn to, but if you want to experience something (and I mean really embrace an artists vision and experience that said vision) then `Fur and Gold' is an album you would do yourself a favor to own. |
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 BAT FOR LASHES - "Fur & Gold"
Submitted on: 2009-09-17 |
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| I heard this group on KCRW in Los Angeles and they were fabulous so I ordered both of their albums only to find that they were over produced and didn't have nearly the energy that I heard in that live radio performance. If only I could have that KCRW set on CD! Anyway, in my haste to order the first two albums I evidently didn't separate my orders between two sources and ended up getting two of "Fur & Gold" from Smogtown Records when I only wanted one. Amazon said simply send the extra back for credit. Well, I'm so lazy I haven't gotten around to filling out the form, sealing the envelope and mailing it. I'm thinking maybe I can find another fan and give them my extra copy. It just isn't worth the trouble to send something back. That said, I couldn't have been more happy with the condition of the CD's or the prompt reception of my order. |
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 see them live, too!
Submitted on: 2009-08-12 |
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| If you liked what you sampled of Bat For Lashes, and lead singer/songwriter Natasha Khan, then I urge you to see them play live, if you ever get the chance. We saw them a few years ago, when they played at a local venue. My brother insisted we go; he drove 400 miles to join us there! I had not even heard of them before, so I was in for a treat. Their performance was true magic. I mean it: with her costumes, makeup, moves and mystical power staff (not to mention the music itself), Ms. Khan casts a shammanistic spell. |
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