Category: music
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2011 Favorite Albums / 7. Eliza Doolittle, Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle, Eliza Doolittle Music Math: (Adele – melancholy) + Katy Perry Best Tracks: “Moneybox,” “Rollerblades,” “Skinny Genes,” “Back to Front,” “Pack Up” Representative Lyrics: “Singing with a broken string, tell me what you really mean / Do you know what you want? / While beating up on yesterday, I was on my rollerblades / […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 8. Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes Music Math: Björk circa Debut + 1950s doowop + Igmar Bergman films Best Tracks: “Youth Knows No Pain,” “I Follow Rivers,” “Get Some,” “Sadness Is a Blessing,” “I Know Places,” “Jerome” Representative Lyrics: “Like a shotgun / needs an outcome / I’m your prostitute / you gon’ get some” Notes: This […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 9. James Morrison, The Awakening
James Morrison, The Awakening Music Math: ((Michael McDonald/Bryan Adams) – cheese) + Adele Best Tracks: “In My Dreams,” “Up,” “Slave to the Music,” “One Life” Representative Lyrics: “But I can’t help but shuffle my feet / Movin’ like a zombie, chasing the beat / She lures me in, oh sweet surrender / Locks me down […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 10. Marina & the Diamonds, The Family Jewels
Marina & the Diamonds, The Family Jewels Music Math: (Florence of Florence and the Machine + The Count from Sesame Street) + Bananarama Best Tracks: “Shampain,” “Are You Satisfied?,” “Oh No,” “Numb” Representative Lyrics: “If you are not very careful / Your possessions will possess you / TV told me how to feel / Now […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 11. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More Music Math: Peter Gabriel + the soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou? Best Tracks: “The Cave,” “Little Lion Man,” “Winter Winds” Representative Lyrics: “I will hold on hope / and I will let you choke / on the noose around your neck” Notes: I love this quirky little […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 12. Fitz & the Tantrums, PIckin’ Up the Pieces
Fitz & the Tantrums, Pickin’ Up the PiecesMusic Math: (Amy Winehouse – problems) x church organ Best Tracks: “Breakin’ the Chains of Love,” “MoneyGrabber,” “L.O.V.,” “News 4 U” Representative Lyrics: “It’s 6 a.m. spitting gray / Don’t know why I let you treat me this way / I keep holding on to your middle finger […]
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