March 25, 201510 yr 43k is amazing, most likely more than it'll sell in the UK. I really like both 'Can't Pin Me Down' and 'Better Than That'! The former I would consider among the more joyous moments of the album and as much as Marina's ballads are stellar, I'm generally more struck by those rare happy tracks. 'Better Than That' I'm quite ignorant on in the sense that I've not actually paid much attention to its lyrics, so I'm not sure how much it fits the album, but I enjoy it sonically at least. I'm not sure what my least faves are. I think I'd have to name 'Weeds'. 'Forget' and 'Gold' come to mind too but I don't think I actually dislike them. I always think "Oh I don't remember that song" when I come to them but I'm pretty sure I enjoy them when I hear them.
March 25, 201510 yr Still me who thinks Weeds is the best song on the album then :( The purity of her vocals in the first verse and the lyrics of the second make it a definite highlight. I would've rearranged the structure though slightly so it builds up more and doesn't drag in the middle, e.g. maybe not gone into the big LIKE WEEEE-EEEEEDS until the second chorus, with the "cut him at the root" in the first chorus leading straight into the second verse instead.
March 25, 201510 yr Are You Satisfied? Solitaire Gold I Am Not A Robot Hermit The Frog Happy Buy The Stars I'm A Ruin Can't Pin Me Down Savages Fear and Loathing Teen Idle Obsessions Seventeen Numb Oh No Guilty The Family Jewels Blue Immortal Shampain Sex Yeah Lonely Hearts Club Hollywood Electra Heart Lies Living Dead EVOL Starring Role Froot Mowgli's Road Radioactive How To Be A Heartbreaker Rootless The Outsider Girls The State of Dreaming Forget Weeds Homewrecker Bubblegum Bitch Hypocrates Valley Of The Dolls Power and Control Better Than That best to worst overall, had no time to do numbers
March 25, 201510 yr I'm not sure what my least faves are. I think I'd have to name 'Weeds'. 'Forget' and 'Gold' come to mind too but I don't think I actually dislike them. I always think "Oh I don't remember that song" when I come to them but I'm pretty sure I enjoy them when I hear them. Those three are the weakest for me. Forget recycles too much of her old hooks but it does have a great middle eight. Gold's chorus will never grow on me. Weeds is ok. All three are 5/10 moments for me. Edited March 25, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
March 25, 201510 yr I think my least favourite is Better Than That. I don't get why it's so well received. Every other song has managed to grow on me, though.
March 25, 201510 yr The title track is the only track that massively stands out. Such a tune! :wub: Not to say that I don't like other tracks of course. Is anyone planning on hosting a rate for this album by any chance? :P
March 25, 201510 yr The title track is the only track that massively stands out. Such a tune! :wub: Not to say that I don't like other tracks of course. Is anyone planning on hosting a rate for this album by any chance? :P Yep I have one scheduled.
March 26, 201510 yr Better Than That grew off me as quickly as it grew on me. I like it but it's not *that* good.
March 26, 201510 yr http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-me...6956#vc146956=2 Here's the Seth Meyers 'Froot' performance.
March 26, 201510 yr Re-rate Happy 09 Froot 09 I'm a Ruin 10 Blue 08 Forget 06 Gold 06 (love the backing vocals but not much else) Can't Pin Me Down 07 Solitaire 08 Better than That 08 Weeds 06 Savages 08 Immortal 07 Edited March 26, 201510 yr by AntoineTTe
March 26, 201510 yr Well considering she only wrote 14/16 songs for the album, she can't really use the remaining tracks to form a new album. She could keep them for another album if they're good enough. Traditionally artists would keep songs for years if they never fitted an album properly.
March 26, 201510 yr She is such an ace live performer! I've been watching a few of her live performances this week and she's pretty formidable.
March 26, 201510 yr I keep having moments with all the songs on Froot. 'Blue' is just so divine. And I'm really starting to get into 'Can't Pin Me Down'. I wasn't that crazy on the Froot performance, but it was fun and I loved her head piece. I think she needs to be performing 'I'm a Ruin' though. FROOT has charted at #6 on the Canadian album chart btw. Edited March 26, 201510 yr by Joe.
March 26, 201510 yr Anyone else think 'Gold' seems like it'd fit on Ultraviolence? Its instrumental is so in line with the 'Brooklyn Baby'/'Florida Kilos' summery part of that album. Just slightly happier. I think 'Forget' is one I've decided I do indeed not care for. It's a bit *too* "she's done this before", as Tony said. Most everything else feels like a continuation of her classic sound, but that's a retread.
March 26, 201510 yr She could keep them for another album if they're good enough. Traditionally artists would keep songs for years if they never fitted an album properly. I doubt very much Marina will do that though. Wow at almost top 5 in Canada :o
March 26, 201510 yr http://www.vh1.com/shows/big_morning_buzz_...deo/#id=1735115 another American TV performance of Forget. Not as good as the GMA one but I'm digging her look and killer abs.
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