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| | Fever Ray | | | Music Artist : | | Fever Ray | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Mute U.S. | | Release Date : | | 2009-03-24 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. If I Had a Heart
2. When I Grow Up
3. Dry and Dusty
4. Seven
5. Triangle Walks
6. Concrete Walls
7. Now's the Only Time I Know
8. I'm Not Done
9. Keep the Streets Empty for Me
10. Coconut
11. If I Had a Heart [Multimedia Track]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 The other reviews stole all my ideas.
Submitted on: 2009-10-04 |
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| At the risk of just seconding what many of the reviewers here have already said, I'm going to second what they've said. It IS dark, it IS catchy, it IS tribal & mysterious... and a piece of art as well as music, when you consider their videos and live performances. Such avant-garde-leaning material, albeit with one foot firmly in the pop/electronica realm, will undoubtedly invite comparisons to Bjork and all her progeny, but I find in here early Siouxsie, David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel, and a lot of other unrelated acts united by a commitment to new sounds, world-influence, dark voodoo lurking behind each beat and eccentrically-phrased vocal line, eastern-tinged flourishes, and electronics courtesy of Moloko meets Brian Eno in a crater on Mars, and other wacky concepts that fall into line and somehow make sense as an album. I'll cut this short but I'll just leave by stating that while I initially loved it, it has also proven to have quite a bit of staying power in my playlists. In other words, you very likely won't tire of this CD after only a few listens. Karin is not employing gimmicks here. This is well thought-out, if exotic, music. It will stay in your mind and keep your foot tapping at the same time. What more could you ask for? |
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 Fever Ray, WOW!
Submitted on: 2009-09-20 |
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I saw the video for Fever Ray's "Triangle Walks" last month and I was instantly a fan. The video is surreal and beautifully arty, creepy and hypnotic. The song itself is tantilizing and etherial. I love it! Karin's voice, though not typical or even beautiful, is truly origional and somehow lovely. I haven't been able to get the song out of my mind. I hear it as I try to go to sleep, and when I awake in the morning. That's powerful. No new band has captured my attention the way Fever Ray has in at least a decade, and THAT is powerful! The chorus ("Can I come over? I need to rest") is SO catchy and memorable. I can't get over how transfixed I am with this song, though deciphering the lyrics could give the listener a headache (Thank God for liner notes). I'm still a little on-the-fence about some of the album's other tracks, but "Seven" and "When I Grow Up" are growing on me. I'm sure I'll come to love more of the songs also. Fans of dance versions of songs like this should check out the remixes of "Triangle Walks" too. Some of them are really quite good.This debut project was very impressive. I hope it is successful enough to inspire Fever Ray to write more material and give us all a sophmore album. I recommend this CD/album to any music fan who aches for something fresh, new and exciting.
Guy M (Ft. Lauderdale) |
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BEst album of 2009?
Submitted on: 2009-09-15 |
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Solo projects can be a double-edged sword for most artists. When The Knife announced, at the end of their last world your, that they may well take a deserved break from music we were afraid to even consider the consequences seriously. To our joy they may have meant it as a band (hopefully not) and the result is Karin Dreijer Andersson's outstanding debut that has been in the works for a number of years now.
Comparisons with The Knife are understandable but not always precise. Where Silent shout provided the perfect soundtrack to get the party started, Fever Ray is the music that lingers in the ears as people are exiting with the exhilaration still palpable in the skin. Her signature voice distortion and distinctive vocals are impossible to miss, but they are exploited to produce a wider, richer experience.
Opener If I had a heart is a slow-paced introduction to first single When I grow up, a song that if taken literally is a simple friends singalong but if translated properly talks about longing for that ideal moment to fall in love, past discomfort. This is the turning point - if by now it hasn't happened - when one realizes that she has stripped any direct connections to dance music and instead has opted for a more chilled and accessible approach. It is true that the mark of brother Olof is visible behind the management of samples but it is Karin with her lyrics and her androgynous voice that complements the music to create a brilliant departure from familiar ground.
In Seven she professes I've got a friend who I've known since I was seven / we used to talk on the phone, if we have time, if it's the right time. One never learns if she is referring to an imaginary friend or some kind of paranoia but the journey is deliciously enjoyable. The metallic persona projected almost makes the listener believe that she wants to disengage on purpose from the ideas and feelings that generated her current experience: motherhood, nature, silence. I'm not done explores the mix of genres she honestly displays taking a step aside The Knife's shadow, and Coconut ends the ride reminiscing natural surroundings with a tight structure that barely let lyrics slip by.
As if needed to destroy any doubts about her individuality as an artist she has taken off the mask that separated the person from the music she and Olof crafted as a duo. Her angelical face is only a welcome packet to a world of possibilities now tangible with every beat.
This is a record that never resolves into a pumping session but it never fails to satisfy. An album of ideas but of deep emotional effect, with subtleties that crawl slowly but steadily, that is Fever Ray. The hidden clues to uncover its beauty are scattered making it a flavor that one keeps coming back to savor in a different way each time. Never dull despite the mood, never disappointing despite the apparent form constriction, Fever Ray is one of the best records released this year and a morphing creature that continues to evolve to reveal a fascinating soundscape with each listen. |
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Fever Ray
Submitted on: 2009-09-10 |
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| Fever Ray being the solo debut from the lead vocalist Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson from the Swedish electronic music duo the Knife is a very impressive album with great vocals, well picked keyboard sounds and amazing lyrics. Singles released from this album are "I I Had A Heart", "When I Grow Up", "Triangle Walks" and "Seven". The booklet contains all the lyrics, and the cover is a nice pencil drawing. 5/5. |
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Can't stop listening
Submitted on: 2009-08-23 |
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| So, so beautiful. At first I was a little turned off by the kind of tribal sound of some of the songs, but after a few plays they've really grown on me. I remember not liking Silent Shout very much, but think I'll have another listen again now that I've heard this album. |
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