a finely etched sound that plays sparkling guitar and piano against grief-laced lyrics.
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"Home alone and happy / Nothing brings me down" So opens Emiliana Torrini’s second album, a soft-yet-searing collection of twelve intimate and atmospheric songs that will whisper their way into your bloodstream. Back in 1999, when the singer released the critically acclaimed Love In The Time Of Science, Emiliana came out with a gorgeous, electronic trippoppin’ vision of endless summer and moonlit nights out. Following her departure from One Little Indian, there’s a new introspection, closer to Nick Drake or Jolie Holland than Portishead or Goldfrapp. The 27-year-old singer and writer has nonetheless been busy since Love In The Time Of Science. She moved to Brighton, joined the cast of Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers to perform the enchanting ‘Gollum Song’ wrote and toured with Thievery Corporation, and wrote a Number One Hit for Kylie Minogue in the shape of huge-selling pop smash "Slow."
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ASIN: B0007YMUHK Release Date: 2005-04-26 |
Tracks:
- Nothing Brings Me Down
- Sunny Road
- Snow
- Lifesaver
- Honeymoon Child
- Today Has Been OK
- Next Time Around
- Heartstopper
- At Least it Was
- Fishermans Woman
- Thinking Out Loud
- Serenade
Album Description
"Home alone and happy / Nothing brings me down" So opens Emiliana Torrini's second album, a soft-yet-searing collection of twelve intimate and atmospheric songs that will whisper their way into your bloodstream. Back in 1999, when the singer released the critically acclaimed Love In The Time Of Science, Emiliana came out with a gorgeous, electronic trippoppin' vision of endless summer and moonlit nights out. Following her departure from One Little Indian, there's a new introspection, closer to Nick Drake or Jolie Holland than Portishead or Goldfrapp. The 27-year-old singer and writer has nonetheless been busy since Love In The Time Of Science. She moved to Brighton, joined the cast of Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers to perform the enchanting `Gollum Song' wrote and toured with Thievery Corporation, and wrote a Number One Hit for Kylie Minogue in the shape of huge-selling pop smash "Slow."Customer Reviews:
Sutíl melancolía.......2007-06-08
Different from her debut but Brilliant nonetheless.......2007-03-17
This is not a happy record. The most prevalent tone is one of mourning (even the title suggests it) and she replaces her electronic sound with emotions. And yet it is not a depressing sadness that you get. What you get is the kind of sadness that makes you want to go to a coffee shop in Iceland just to stare out the window and perhaps pick up smoking and all the time... smiling It is that beautiful.
It is not an easy record either. It is harder to get into than love in the time of science with its very obvious melodies and in your face synths. This record is almost completely acoustic. It is also not easy to describe either so let me sum this up and let you read other reviewers attempts.
If you have ever been in a bar and the lounge singer is being mostly ignored by other patrons for a while but eventually every body starts to glance up at her occasionally as if to say, "You know that is true, it does feel like that sometimes doesn't it? How did you know?" Then this is the record for you.
Highly recommended.
Beautiful Voice.......2007-02-07
really different .......2007-01-24
Gorgeous and low-key (no, it's not trip hop).......2006-11-19
It feels like a low-key, paired down cousin of folk and pop both. The album starts out with a semi-melancholic strum from Nothing Gets Me Down. Immediately we are in a different country, but then Emiliana's familiar accented vocals remind us of where we are. I personally find that one of the charms of her music is her breathy singing style where you can hear many nuances, this is even better live!
The second song, Sunny Road, was one of the more popular singles and is fairly upbeat. Like her prior album, storytelling unfolds and we learn about some of her life decisions that led to the years between these two albums (at least that is my interpretation). Emiliana has grown up and become more eloquent in Fisherman's Woman. Since her first album, which was full of innocent and sweetly foreign images, she has delved into the language and the emotions, and come up with more controlled, complex jewels.
My favorites:
Honeymoon Child - comes on with a sort of unearthly, wavering music that sets you up for the lyrics. Her voice is amazingly highlighted in this track.
Heartstopper - the most like her former album, an upbeat and fun song - "Outside your house to make a scene / in my head you grabbed me passionately / but the lights are out and in hour / I walked home in the pouring shower".
Serenade - sweet and soft, makes me want to dance alone in the dark before the dawn. Seriously, another gorgeous tune.
In a word: enchanting! You have to be willing to enjoy and put in a little work for her second album, but it's definitely worth it. It's not as "easy" as the first, but nor is it as simple. I can't wait for album #3.
PS: So now you know that lots of fans love this album too. If you're in it for the long haul, Emiliana Torrini is a rewarding and amazing artist. I love how her music has changed. But if you're mainly a trip hop/pop fan, or you're just not into the low-key music, then it may not be for you. Isn't it great that we can all love different things? ;-)
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ASIN: B0002JEP6O Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Nothing Brings Me Down
- Sunny Road
- Snow
- Life Saver
- Honeymoon Child
- Today Has Been OK
- Next Time Around
- Heartstopper
- At Least It Was
- Fisherman's Woman
- Thinking Out Loud
- Serenade
Album Description
Singer/songwriter Emiliana Torrini performs with an exquisite vocalic beauty. Fisherman's Woman, Torrini's second album, is a delicate collection of twelve ephemeral and atmospheric songs that will tiptoe into your heart. The fresh-faced singer, of Italian and Icelandic decent, has a voice akin to that other Icelandic nymph, Bjork. She has also joined the cast of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers to perform the enchanting "Gollum Song", wrote and toured with Thievery Corporation, and wrote a Number One Hit for Kylie Minogue in the shape of huge-selling pop smash 'Slow'. Rough Trade. 2005.Album Details
Emiliana Torrini's Second Album, is a Soft-yet-searing Collection of Twelve Intimate and Atmospheric Songs that Will Whisper their Way Into Your Bloodstream. Back in 1999, When the Singer Released the Critically Acclaimed "Love in the Time of Science", Torrini Came Out with a Gorgeous, Electronic Trippoppin' Vision of Endless Summer and Moonlit Nights Out. Following her Departure from One Little Indian, There's a New Introspection, Closer to Nick Drake Or Jolie Holland Than Portishead Or Goldfrapp.Customer Reviews:
EXPRESSION WITHOUT ARTIFICIES!.......2005-04-07
HELENE RAMOS GALAGARZA
journalist/editor of Britania Fanzine and radio dj broadcast of the radio shows in peru: EQUINOXE AND 2001_ONETHOUSANDYEARSAFTER! www.sonidoextremo.com
After listening to it a few more times, I found it to be amazing.......2005-04-04
Now, I reviewed this album a few months ago and didn't like it very much. I kept it in my library, and after listening to it a few more times my opinion has changed completely. The album is amazing; perhaps I didn't enjoy it because I was expecting more of "Love in the Time of Science", which in reality is a stupid thing to expect. Artists should evolve, and in this case I think her new album is far better than "Love in the Time of Science."
If you own it and don't like it, give it another go.
It Thrills Me.......2005-02-20
This is more "real" sounding, as well. There is less use of any sort of effects; it's mostly guitar with Emiliana's voice taking the lead. The line "Running naked, dragging a kite...her dress on a string," rather conveys the spirit of the album...odd, yet uplifting. And in general just plain charming.
Her voice has an enveloping, liquid quality. Drink it while it's cool.
*Note: If you're an Emiliana fan, I strongly recommend taking a look at the album "How Things Work" by Mr. Dan.
Interview: "We just clicked," she explained. "It was funny, because [Dan] comes from a dub/reggae/hip-hop background and he went straight onto the drum machine. But I wanted to get away from singing on top of big production, and I said, 'Can you just play piano or guitar or something?' I love that classical sound. So he picked up the guitar, and it was just incredible. It was sort of like it was meant to be, because he ended up being one of the best guitar players that I've ever seen. These complicated, beautiful melodies seemed to pop out of him effortlessly."
Beautiful "Woman".......2004-12-16
In "Love in the Time of Science," the sound was exotic trip-hop. This time around, Torrini opts for a more organic sound. For instance, the downtempo "Lifesaver" sounds like it was recorded in a boat -- there are wooden creaks just under Torrini's gentle acoustic guitar and wistful vocals, as if she were sitting in the middle of a lake when she recorded it.
That same feeling sticks to the other songs on the album. Torrini seems to be thinking about loss, but her songs are never really quite tragic: the opener "Nothing Brings Me Down" is a good example, with its stripped-down guitar-and-piano sound, followed by the exquisite "Sunny Road," and ending with the entrancingly dark "Serenade."
It's a pretty drastic thing to change your sound after a successful first album. But Torrini not only does it, she succeeds again. The same sense of eerie romance that was in "Love in the Time of Science" is in "Fisherman's Woman" as well, but it's more intimate. And sad. As beautiful as Torrini's trip-hop is, her acoustic ballads are just as lovely.
Don't expect programming. No trip-hop. Torrini opts for a more organic sound this time around, mainly using guitar for the instrumentation. A few other things pop up -- sound samples, piano -- but guitar is the heart and soul of the music. And Torrini's voice doesn't lose any of its beauty because of the lack of production. "And it's funny how your cause/makes no sense at all," she sings in "Lifesaver." For someone so sad, she sounds almost playful.
With her first album, Emiliana Torrini showed that she was a pop singer to watch. In the intimate "Fisherman's Woman," she proves that her second effort was worth the wait.
A very soothing album & sound by Emiliana.......2004-12-14
There are no vocals like "Telepathy" for example ,where to me, she sounded like a mad mermaid calling back her loved one to come to her, it was quite a dramatic song that showcased her vocal range in the previous album, that's for sure. Here there are no Thrash metal interludes a-la "Dead Things" either. If you were fans of her song "Summerbreeze" in the previous album , then this CD is full of unplugged sounding songs like that.
"Fisherman's woman" has a very warm and intimate feel to it, it is at times quite romantic, very relaxing very soothing and poetic. Most of the songs have a hushed lullaby-like sound to them.
I'd go as far as say that a few songs in their accoustic smooth blissful contemplation sound a bit solitary and low-tempo jazz-like even qualities emerge (don't think of Jazz with trombones or muffed trumpets). Accoustic guitar and pianos accompany all the songs here, as if they were recorded in the warmth of one's home, solitary, while the sun sets in a cold snowy evening outside.
The packaging for this edition is a beautiful digipack in recycled-type paper, it comes boxed with Emiliana's handwritten lyrics included in this first Deluxe edition.
If you are fans of albums by Hope Sandoval or Lori Carson, then you will definitely like this one. It seems also that Emiliana got quite influenced musically from her Slovo collaboration in 2002 on the album "Nommo" (where Kirsty Hakshaw did some similar blissful vocals as well), I think she might also have gotten tired of being unfairly compared to Bjork from her previous album that she wanted to show another side of her music and craft.
I like this cd and consider it an excellent release. It is quite uncommercial sounding, which is something i always respect in an artist. Not repeating themselves, finding new ways of expression and not following the mainstream, just doing what they like musically and what feels good.
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