Pretty in Black [Import]

Product Description
UK version of their 2005 album features four exclusive bonus tracks, ‘I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry’, ‘Everyday’, ‘Black Wave’ and ‘I Wanna Be Taken’. Danish duo The Raveonettes aka Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo return with their new album ‘Pretty In Black’. The follow up to 2003’s ‘Chain Gang of Love’. ‘Pretty In Black’ is virtually fuzz-free, with stunning results. Wagner's deep affection for early rock & roll and girl-group bop comes through bright and clear, as do his glass-sheet harmonies with vocalist and co-founder Sharin Foo. Sony. 2005.

Pretty in Black,Raveonettes,Sony/Columbia,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Nice Collection PERFECT! Great singing and excellent value for money More than two hours of beautiful 17th century 'ayres'

Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll Henry Purcell , Nancy Argenta , and Nigel North Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Essential Purcell Purcell: The Fairy Queen Purcell: Odes for St. Cecilia's Day - Music for Queen Mary / Taverner Consort Gabrieli · Monteverdi · Vivaldi - Venetian Church Music / Taverner Consort, Choir & Players · Andrew Parrott Bach: Cantatas ASIN: B000059LOH Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

1. O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
2. Ah! How Sweet It Is To Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
3. Not All My Torments - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
4. Stripp'd Of Their Green - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
5. Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
6. If Music Be The Food Of Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
7. Hark! Hark! The Echoing Air - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
8. The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
9. Incassum, Lesbia - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
10. Sweeter Than Roses - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
11. Cupid, The Slyest Rogue Alive - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
12. From Silent Shades - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
13. Dear Pretty Youth - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
14. From Rosy Bow'rs - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
15. Now That The Sun Hath Veil'd His Light - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
16. Beneath A Poplar's Shadow - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
17. I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
18. Let Us Dance - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
19. Fairest Isle - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
20. O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby

Tracks:

1. Nymphs And Shepherds - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
2. Amidst The Shades And Cool Refreshing Streams - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
3. Love In Their Little Veins Inspires - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/Nigel North
4. Fly Swift, Ye Hours - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
5. They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
6. The Plaint: O Let Me Weep - Nancy Argenta/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
7. In The Black, Dismal Dungeon Of Despair - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
8. See, Even Night Herself Is Here - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones
9. Why Should Men Quarrel? - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/John Toll
10. Seek Not To Know - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Sophia McKenna/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
11. Retir'd From Mortals' Sight - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
12. To Arms, Heoric Prince - Nancy Argenta/Mark Bennett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
13. O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
14. Halcyon Days - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
15. Bid The Virtues - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
16. Lord, What Is Man? (A Divine Hymn) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
17. Music For A While - Nancy Argenta/John Toll
18. If Music Be The Food Of Love (1st Setting) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll
19. Sawney Is A Bonny Lad (A Scotch Song) - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
20. When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
21. Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
22. Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North

Customer Reviews:

Nice Collection.......2007-03-05

I have many collections of Purcell's Music. This collection stands up to them at half the price. Solid buy.

PERFECT!.......2006-10-26

There is only a word with which I can describe this set of discs: perfect!
The only flaw there is, is not related to the singing or playing: no text enclosed.

Great singing and excellent value for money.......2004-09-19

This is probably one of the best anthologies of Purcell songs around, and not just because it's two-for-one pricing means it contains twice as much music (CD1:74'24" & CD2: 77'41")! Nancy Argenta has an irrepressible sense of style and crystal clear diction. But unlike Emma Kirby, whose vocal purity can become tiresome, these renditions radiate warmth. She is also, I have found, more consistently involving than any one of the singers in Hyperion's three disc survey of Complete Secular Songs (recently reissued as a single set). One marvels at how she judiciously balances restraint and emotional forthrightness. The accompaniments (archlute, viola da gamba, harpsichord, and organ) are well judged and blend with the voice, all helped by an excellently defined recording acoustic. This is an absolute winner at any price!

More than two hours of beautiful 17th century 'ayres'.......2001-08-02

Two CDs, totaling more than 150 minutes of sparsely-arranged (never more than 3-5 instruments at a time), sweetly-sung, 350 year old 'ayres' (a typically English form of secular music). Nancy Argenta's soprano voice is lovely, silvery indeed as her name implies. The instruments are a discreet but friendly accompaniment to her solo voice. Perhaps the instruments are a little too discreet -- there are times when I wish they were a touch more prominent. But that is a very, very minor complaint. A beautiful collection, and quite well worth the money.

Average customer rating:

Sin (Long, Short, Dub) / Get Down Make Love (UK 4 track EP - BLACK cover) Nine Inch Nails Manufacturer: TVT Records / Island Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Survivalism, Pt. 2 March of the Pigs Survivalism, Pt. 1 ASIN: B000QXYPYI

Product Description

1989 UK release for HALO 4, the CD single of "Sin". This is the cool black digipak version featuring designwork by the UK's prestigious, groundbreaking graphics gurus The Designers Republic. TRACKLISTING: 1. SIN (Short) 4:19, 2. SIN (Long) 5:50, 3. GET DOWN MAKE LOVE, 4. SIN (Dub). All 3 remixes of "Sin" done by Adrian Sherwood and Keith LeBlanc of Tackhead Sound System fame. "Get Down Make Love" is a cover of a Queen song and was written by the late Freddie Mercury, and was produced by Hypo Luxa (Al Jourgensen of Ministry / Revolting Cocks.)

Average customer rating: Beauty Wonderful. Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs Surprisingly good Brilliant

Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Scholl, Andreas | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Andreas Scholl - English Folksongs & Lute Songs (17th Century) The Best of Andreas Scholl The Voice Andreas Scholl - Kantate Andreas Scholl - Ombra mai fu ~ Handel Arias from Giulio Cesare, Admeto, Radamisto, Rodelinda, Serse, Alcina ASIN: B00005OC0C Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

1. Wayfaring stranger
2. Down by the Salley Gardens
3. My love is like a red red rose
4. Wild mountain thyme
5. Henry Martin
6. Charming beauty bright
7. I will give my love an apple
8. She moved through the fair
9. Blow the wind southerly
10. Wife of Usher's well
11. I loved a lass
12. Pretty Saro
13. Down in yon forest
14. Barbara Allen
15. Raggle taggle gypsies o
16. Annie Laurie
17. Black is the color of my true love's hair

Amazon.com

The German countertenor Andreas Scholl takes risks on his latest CD, Wayfaring Stranger, and not all of them pay off. It is a recording of 17 English-language folksongs, some of them very well known, such as "Down by the Salley Gardens" and "My love is like a red, red rose." This is not usually a repertory tackled by classically trained singers, who can sound prissy, but Scholl's clear, plaintive alto, with its rich low notes and gentle top range, is a quite plausible vehicle. "Wild Mountain Thyme" evokes real sadness, while "Barbara Allen" aches with unhappy love. A surprise awaits in the ballad "Henry Martin," as Scholl uses his rough, nondescript baritone to identify the hero. It is rather a jolt. At least, it is good to know his voice has actually broken. In this song, too-feminine endings in the lyric fall clumsily on stressed beats. Scholl does nothing to counter the infelicity; English, of course, is not his mother tongue. In the beautiful title track, which opens the disc, he sings endearingly of a "why-farring straincher." The accompaniments for various combinations of chamber orchestra, lute, dulcimer, and harp tend to be slushy, sentimental, and over-fussy. The bass uncomfortably parallels the tune in "Salley Gardens" and would have won a big red line through it in old-fashioned harmony classes. Still, on the whole, this is a worthwhile disc. Scholl clearly loves the songs he sings with great tenderness, and he deserves credit for his courage even where the experiment fails. --Rick Jones

Customer Reviews:

Beauty.......2006-05-12

This is one of the most beautiful CDs I know: so pure in tone, so haunting in its harmonies. The reservations of some other listeners seem to make this quality a sort of fault, and perhaps it is if you like your ballads gritty; but I find the selections, the arrangements, and Scholl's singing so ravishing that I felt I had to write this review just to urge everyone to try it. Listen to "I Will Give My Love ..." You might feel your heart stop.

Wonderful. .......2006-03-14

This is the perfect CD to listen to one a cold winter's afternoon with a warm cup of tea and a good book. Scholl's voice is so pure and smoothing. The orchestral arrangements are very creative and lush - sort of an English version of Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne. The one down note I would have is eventhough Scholl's voice is very expressive his phrasing can be a little square. I would have liked him to take a bit more liberties with the sentences. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra musical fluidity more than makes up for any of Scholl's rigidity however.
A recommended buy.

Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs.......2005-10-26

This is a fantastic CD. The countertenor voice of Andreas Scholl gives an entirley new
meaning to traditional folk music. The orchestration is just enough to give a haunting sound to each selection. ' Wayfaring stranger' and 'Wild mountain thyme' are two selections that make the purchasing of the CD worth the pice.

Surprisingly good.......2005-03-05

At first I was suspicious due to the album's sleek marketing and desing. But right from the start I was delighted to hear the lush arrangements of these peculiar songs.

Granted, we do hear quite a lot of strings and even some sound effects that make the music sound dangerously "romantic", or worse, "exotic"...

And yes, the arrangements become very similar to those used by Sarah Brightman, Bocelli and other musical aberrations.... but Scholl's scholarly perfection of voice and delivery save the day. Not only that, but his (limited) potential to characterize the music is in full capacity... especially in the songs where he actually sings in his baritone in a self-contained duet.

Yes, the strings are too warm. And yes, there are parts that could even fit as background music for Disneyworld rides... And yes, it can at times sound cheap and "postcard-ish".........

But, truth be told, sometimes a Coke tastes better than Bordeaux, and sometimes a "Little Debbie" cake hits the spot better than the Sachertorte.

So, if you want to listen to songs that are warm and glowing -albeit effectist-, sung by a first class musician... this album will do the trick.

For those who are new to Scholl, I strongly reccomend his earlier CD's --namely those containing the Handel Arias, the English Lute Songs, and the German Baroque lieder.

As for "Wayfaring Stranger", play close attention to "My Love is a Red Red Rose"... If you've ever felt true love, this is the song to make you cry.

Brilliant.......2005-01-11

Putting this wonderful voice together with an easy-listening style of ochestration was simply a brilliant idea.

This compilation will surely bring this wondrous voice to the attention of a wholly different public to the one which presently adores Andreas, and secondly, it will introduce these folk treasures to an audience at present virtually ignorant of them.

Add this one to your Scholl collection

Average customer rating: MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM Come on baby, You're my best fix Buy This! Righteous (three and a half stars) similar in quality to "Chain Gang of Love"

Pretty In Black The Raveonettes Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Denmark | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Chain Gang of Love Whip It On Show Your Bones You Could Have It So Much Better Fox Confessor Brings the Flood ASIN: B0007WF1VO Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. The Heavens
2. Seductress Of Bums
3. Love In A Trashcan
4. Sleep Walking
5. Uncertain Times
6. My Boyfriend's Back
7. Here Comes Mary
8. Red Tan
9. Twighlight
10. Somewhere In Texas
11. You Say You Lie
12. Ode To L.A.
13. If I Was Young

Amazon.com

Named in homage to Buddy Holly's greatest rocker, Denmark's Raveonettes have forged small, satisfying changes on twangy garage pop over three records. (Think somewhere between Chris Isaak and the Jesus and Mary Chain.) Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo's second full-length, Pretty in Black, makes the duo's influences even more explicit than before with a cover of the Angels'girl-group monster "My Boyfriend's Back" (co-written by Raveonettes co-producer Richard Gottehrer) and "Here Comes Mary," a ballad that walks almost as closely in the melodic steps of the Everly Brothers "All I Have to Do is Dream" as "Surfin' U.S.A." did those of "Sweet Little Sixteen." But it's the new tricks they unpack--the shimmy of "Love in a Trashcan," the disco stomp of "Twilight"--that make this their own music. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM.......2007-07-18

This is my one CD I would want while stranded on a deserted island. I guess I think of this music as the most elegant, mature, and subtle way to be entirely creepy, and it's the kind of thing that refuses to stoop to desperate means in order to be creepy. You have to meet this album half way to even notice it's scary quality...it's not some aggro/Americana kind of violence. It's more like a disturbing calm like ghosts from the 50's and 60's that you don't ever realize are ghosts. I listen to this CD mostly alone because it means too much to me for me to waste one second letting someone badmouth it. If you don't like this then you must have worse ADD than me, because this is the music I am requesting when I'm institutionalized and they are looking for something to calm me down.

Come on baby, You're my best fix.......2007-07-05

Inventive Denmark duo, The Raveonettes, have outdone themselves with their 2005 sophomore effort "Pretty In Black". Changing up the pace considerably from their debut album "Chain Gang of Love", "Pretty In Black" ranges from slow weeping guitars to fast paced surf rock and most places in between on its way there. Believe me, they're all the better for it as well.

The songs on the disc intertwine quite well, and all seem to have a sense of modern rock feel to them, though they wouldn't seem to out of place on the top 40 chart from 1960. This is certainly evident on a cover of The Angel's 1963 hit "My Boyfriend's Back" and "Here Comes Mary" which is almost too similar to an older Everly Brothers hit. "The Heavens" gets things started with a nice euphonic ballad that really showcases the vocal talent of both singers. Singing simultaneously (like they do much throughout the disc) creates another aspect to their amply unique sound.

All in all the album has it's highs "Love In A Trashcan", "Uncertain Times", "Red Tan". And its lows "Twighlight", "Ode To LA". The creative, modern retro feel, gives it enough originality to be worth a listen to just about anybody who enjoys something different. And who knows, you just might fall in love with the smooth melodic voices of both Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo. I did.

Buy This!.......2006-05-06

I heard The Ravonettes "Chain Gang of Love" in a music store several years ago and bought it... have loved listening to it, but wished there were slightly more variations from song to song. Well, this cd seems to be it!!! I listened to every song, and I was happy to do it. I have to love the foundation sound of a band...then look for fluxuation from song to song...this is still The Ravonettes, which is great, but even better! Sounds like a fusion of so many other classic sounds from the past- 60's splashed with 80's era with a modern twist ...modern that's good that is, poppy/punk-ish...so, listen and see if you don't agree...bet cha won't!

Righteous.......2006-04-22

This is an album that has some of the best hooks that I've heard in years. These people have intensity and discipline and beauty. They emulate Phil Spector with breathtaking effect. Using Ronnie Spector is a ballsy move, and they make it effective.

(three and a half stars) similar in quality to "Chain Gang of Love".......2006-04-10

With the Raveonettes third album, "Pretty in Black" (a play on the Psychedelic Furs' track "Pretty in Pink"?) I can basically repeat my Amazon review for their preceding album "Chain Gang of Love." The band, consisting of the Danish duo of Sune Rose Wagner (the writer of almost all of the songs) and Sharin Foo, is obviously interested in several genres of American rock-and roll, including Motown, 60's girl groups, surf music, and western themes; as well as British bands such as The Jesus and Mary Chain.

To put it simply, I like the Raveonettes when they have some pace to the song. On "Pretty in Black," those songs are "Love in a Trashcan," "Sleepwalking," "Twilight," "Somewhere in Texas," and "You Say You Lie." I guess hearing Sharin Foo singing a perhaps too faithful rendition of "My Boyfriend's Back," and Ronnie Spector doing "Ode to L.A." is kind of fun, but it makes the band sound more like a novelty act than anything else. I do appreciate, however, the tribute to the theme from the "Twilight Zone," in "Twilight." The band's slower songs are O.K., but that's as far as I'd go.

Anyway, after three albums, the Raveonettes remain one of the more exciting bands of the last few years. I'm looking forward to seeing them live, as well as to their fourth album, which I hope marks a return to the sound of their debut E.P. "Whip It On," still the best thing they ever did.

Average customer rating: nice progression...regardless of common mentallity! Wrapped in "Black"

Pretty in Black The Raveonettes Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Denmark | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Chain Gang of Love ASIN: B00080CNIE Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

1. Heavens
2. Seductress Of Bums
3. Love In A Trashcan
4. Sleepwalking
5. Uncertain Times
6. My Boyfriend's Back
7. Here Comes Mary
8. Red Tan
9. Twilight
10. Somewhere In Texas
11. You Say You Lie
12. Ode To L.A.
13. If I Was Young
14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Bonus Track)
15. Everyday (Bonus Track)
16. Black Wave (Bonus Track)
17. I Wanna Be Taken (Bonus Track)

Album Description

UK version of their 2005 album features four exclusive bonus tracks, `I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry', `Everyday', `Black Wave' and `I Wanna Be Taken'. Danish duo The Raveonettes aka Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo return with their new album `Pretty In Black'. The follow up to 2003's `Chain Gang of Love'. `Pretty In Black' is virtually fuzz-free, with stunning results. Wagner's deep affection for early rock & roll and girl-group bop comes through bright and clear, as do his glass-sheet harmonies with vocalist and co-founder Sharin Foo. Sony. 2005.

Album Details

The Japanese Edition of the Danish Duo's 2005 Opus, Co-produced by Rock Vet Richard Gottehrer Includes Four Bonus Tracks Not Found on the USA Equivalent: A Cover of Hank Williams' "i'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Everyday", "Black Wave" and "i Wanna Be Take

Customer Reviews:

nice progression...regardless of common mentallity!.......2006-01-03

Noone seems to like change. But in some cases, change can be good if given a chance. I was a huge fan of their first two cds. I think, while this album is different than those two, it is a great progression. I, unlike others I guess, like it when bands try to progress and move on. The same goes for the new B.R.M.C. Everyone seems to be so put off by the difference in sound that they don't listen to the actual songs and album. If the Beatles had kept releasing Please Please Me over and over, we would have missed out on their best music! Open your minds!

Wrapped in "Black".......2005-09-03

Let it be known: "Pretty in Black" is not the same Raveonettes you know and love.

Sure we have the creepy vocals from Sune Rose Wagner, and the rough retro sound. But after two increasingly catchy albums' worth of music, the Raveonettes have gotten a lot poppier. The trend started in "Chain Gang of Love" peaks here, in a controversial new sound that retains some of the gloomy grandeur, but loses the ragged lo-fi sound.

Acoustics and echoes start it off on a surprisingly soft note, considering that this was the band who turned "tornado rock" into an art form. And Sharin Foo takes lead vocals an ethereal ballad, before shifting back into garage-rock form with "Love in a Trashcan," which sounds like the Velvet Underground's catchier moments.

What follows is a mixture of rough-edged ballads and pop songs, mixed in with the slightly fuzzy rock'n'roll that the Raveonettes have made famous. That bleak sound remains in it, especially when Wagner sets his creepy vocals in the middle of the songs, or when he harmonizes alongside Foo for that androgynous effect.

A cringeworthy moment comes in with the truly awful cover of "My Boyfriend's Back," where Foo sings without a shred of irony, "look out now/cause he's comin' after you!/Hey ya hey ya/my boyfriend's back." Call me a weirdo, but right now I really long for songs about how your sweetie is a little animal and how she always wants to... well, you get the idea.

Anyhow, it's pretty obvious that the Raveonettes have turned a major corner with "Pretty in Black" -- it's catchy and retropoppy, and much of their "tornado-rock" edge has vanished. Instead of distortion pedals and bass, they use more percussion, guitar and some wicked organ,

Taken only by itself, is it a good album? Well, yes. It's not the same as the previous albums by the Raveonettes, but it is an entertaining indie pop album, alternately bleak and catchy, snide and dark. And it's rough, slightly fuzzed rhythms haven't changed too much -- they simply lack the dark distortion, which, ironically, was what attracted many fans to them.

The latter half of the album has some more exotic stylings, like a tambourine and some truly eerie electronic wobbles and wavers. And "Pretty In Black" does differ a lot from the previous two in one way: Sharin Foo lends her pretty, strong vocals to several songs, sometimes solo and sometimes alongside Wagner.

Retro mod-pop -- rather than dark distortion rock -- is the sound of "Pretty in Black," the lightest of the Raveonettes' albums thus far. Entertaining, but if they go any further into the pop wilderness, they may lose their edge altogether. Here's hoping they keep their accessibility, but don't lose that dark, rough edge.

Average customer rating:

Song Cycles and Songs by Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Butterworth and Gurney Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs by Roger Quilter ASIN: B00005Q2X9 Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

1. The House Of Life: I. Love-Sight
2. The House Of Life: II. Silent Noon
3. The House Of Life: III. Love's Minstrels
4. The House Of Life: IV. Heart's Haven
5. The House Of Life: V. Death In Love
6. The House Of Life: VI. Love's Last Gift
7. Songs Of Travel: I. The Vagabond
8. Songs Of Travel: II. Let Beauty Awake
9. Songs Of Travel: III. The Roadside Fire
10. Songs Of Travel: IV. Youth And Love
11. Songs Of Travel: V. In Dreams
12. Songs Of Travel: VI. The Infinite Shining Heavens
13. Songs Of Travel: VII. Whither Must I Wander
14. Songs Of Travel: VIII. Bright Is The Ring Of Words
15. Songs Of Travel: IX. I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope

Tracks:

1. The Land Of Lost Content: I. The Lent Killy
2. The Land Of Lost Content: II. Ladslove
3. The Land Of Lost Content: III. Goal And Wicket
4. The Land Of Lost Content: IV. The Vain Desire
5. The Land Of Lost Content: V. The Encounter
6. The Land Of Lost Content: VI. Epilogue
7. Down By The Salley
8. An Epitaph
9. Desire In Spring
10. Black Stitchel
11. A Shropshire Lad: I. Loveliest Of Trees
12. A Shropshire Lad: II. When I Was One-And-Twenty
13. A Shropshire Lad: III. Look Not In My Eyes
14. A Shropshire Lad: IV. Think No More, Lad
15. A Shropshire Lad: V. The Lads In Their Hundreds
16. A Shropshire Lad: VI. Is My Team Ploughing?
17. A Prayer To St. Anthony
18. The Sick Heart
19. My Own Country
20. Passing By
21. Pretty Ring Time

Average customer rating: Wrapped in "Black"

Pretty in Black The Raveonettes Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Denmark | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009YA3BI Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

1. Heavens
2. Seductress Of Bums
3. Love In A Trashcan
4. Sleepwalking
5. Uncertain Times
6. My Boyfriend's Back
7. Here Comes Mary
8. Red Tan
9. Twilight
10. Somewhere In Texas
11. You Say You Lie
12. Ode To L.A.
13. If I Was Young
14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Bonus Track)
15. Everyday (Bonus Track)
16. Black Wave (Bonus Track)
17. I Wanna Be Taken (Bonus Track)

Album Details

The Japanese Edition of the Danish Duo's 2005 Opus, Co-produced by Rock Vet Richard Gottehrer Includes Four Bonus Tracks Not Found on the USA Equivalent: A Cover of Hank Williams' "i'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Everyday", "Black Wave" and "i Wanna Be Taken".

Customer Reviews:

Wrapped in "Black".......2005-08-10

Let it be known: "Pretty in Black" is not the same Raveonettes you know and love.

Sure we have the creepy vocals from Sune Rose Wagner, and the rough retro sound. But after two increasingly catchy albums' worth of music, the Raveonettes have gotten a lot poppier. The trend started in "Chain Gang of Love" peaks here, in a controversial new sound that retains some of the gloomy grandeur, but loses the ragged lo-fi sound.

Acoustics and echoes start it off on a surprisingly soft note, considering that this was the band who turned "tornado rock" into an art form. And Sharin Foo takes lead vocals an ethereal ballad, before shifting back into garage-rock form with "Love in a Trashcan," which sounds like the Velvet Underground's catchier moments.

What follows is a mixture of rough-edged ballads and pop songs, mixed in with the slightly fuzzy rock'n'roll that the Raveonettes have made famous. That bleak sound remains in it, especially when Wagner sets his creepy vocals in the middle of the songs, or when he harmonizes alongside Foo for that androgynous effect.

A cringeworthy moment comes in with the truly awful cover of "My Boyfriend's Back," where Foo sings without a shred of irony, "look out now/cause he's comin' after you!/Hey ya hey ya/my boyfriend's back." Call me a weirdo, but right now I really long for songs about how your sweetie is a little animal and how she always wants to... well, you get the idea.

Anyhow, it's pretty obvious that the Raveonettes have turned a major corner with "Pretty in Black" -- it's catchy and retropoppy, and much of their "tornado-rock" edge has vanished. Instead of distortion pedals and bass, they use more percussion, guitar and some wicked organ,

Taken only by itself, is it a good album? Well, yes. It's not the same as the previous albums by the Raveonettes, but it is an entertaining indie pop album, alternately bleak and catchy, snide and dark. And it's rough, slightly fuzzed rhythms haven't changed too much -- they simply lack the dark distortion, which, ironically, was what attracted many fans to them.

The latter half of the album has some more exotic stylings, like a tambourine and some truly eerie electronic wobbles and wavers. And "Pretty In Black" does differ a lot from the previous two in one way: Sharin Foo lends her pretty, strong vocals to several songs, sometimes solo and sometimes alongside Wagner.

Retro mod-pop -- rather than dark distortion rock -- is the sound of "Pretty in Black," the lightest of the Raveonettes' albums thus far. Entertaining, but if they go any further into the pop wilderness, they may lose their edge altogether. Here's hoping they keep their accessibility, but don't lose that dark, rough edge.

Average customer rating: "Your Mouth" Monique Lanier

Your Mouth Manufacturer: 1/30/2002 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAAGMK Release Date: 2002-02-05

Customer Reviews:

"Your Mouth" Monique Lanier.......2007-06-13

Although this unknown Masterpiece can stand side by side with the best works of Tracy Chapman and Rickie Lee Jones, you'd be doing yourself a disservice to either compare "Your Mouth" to other albums or to antiseptically dissect it song by song to be observed under a critical microscope.
The artful combination of melody, lyrics and voice is best transliterated via the right hemisphere of the brain; Monique Lanier's wonderful piece should just be allowed to wash over you.

L. Heaps

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