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Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart |OT| - Anything for the crown, crown, crown.
- Thread starter Sai-kun
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quick thoughts
- Starring Role is a monster. why does it take 5 songs to get to the first real Marina song.
- Marina's new direction doesnt totally work for me.
- The Kurstin tracks are money (Starring Role, P&C, Living Dead)
- State of Dreaming will sound awesome stripped down. The album version is nice in bits and pieces.
- TEEN IDLE!!!!! what a song. this is how I imagined her second album would sound if she stuck w/ the same style.
- really want Radioactive (love the hook, the poppy stuff actually works here)
- Hypocrates...*hits next button*
- F&L is a great closer. Props to Liam Howe for his songs on here.
to put it simply, i love the Kurstin and Howe tracks. split on the others.
solid album all in all. i'm left wanting more though.
i'd give it a 6.5/10 if i had to put a number on it.
the first album would get like an 8/10 by comparison.
- Starring Role is a monster. why does it take 5 songs to get to the first real Marina song.
- Marina's new direction doesnt totally work for me.
- The Kurstin tracks are money (Starring Role, P&C, Living Dead)
- State of Dreaming will sound awesome stripped down. The album version is nice in bits and pieces.
- TEEN IDLE!!!!! what a song. this is how I imagined her second album would sound if she stuck w/ the same style.
- really want Radioactive (love the hook, the poppy stuff actually works here)
- Hypocrates...*hits next button*
- F&L is a great closer. Props to Liam Howe for his songs on here.
to put it simply, i love the Kurstin and Howe tracks. split on the others.
solid album all in all. i'm left wanting more though.
i'd give it a 6.5/10 if i had to put a number on it.
the first album would get like an 8/10 by comparison.
In what way is Starring Role the first real Marina song on the album? O_O
I would've loved to see Radioactive on here instead of Bubblegum Bitch. And Scab & Plaster instead of Homewrecker. Would've made the album a bit more well-rounded me thinks. And they are much better songs.
What's with all the Hypocrates hate? I actually really like it! It's kinda cheesy, but I like the fact that amidst all the hard-hitting songs, she slipped in a really light and airy one. The first thing I thought of when I heard it was it could be a song on Gwen Stefani's LAMB album.
I think maybe Kurstin did Homewrecker, too? Rick Nowels did 5 songs which I believe are Bubblegum Bitch, State of Dreaming, Teen Idle, Valley of the Dolls, and Hypocrates.
This is a really in-your-face breakup album, huh? I feel like she's yelling all this at me. But then again, I felt that way with The Family Jewels, too. lol
Starring Role is the one that grabbed me on first listen and made me think "Okay, Marina made this." It fits what I've come to expect from her over 3 years. Lies sort of gave me that feeling. In the context of the album I feel a lot differently about the big pop songs (Primadonna & Homewrecker) than I did as stand-alones. I like them a good bit less.
I like parts of Homewrecker...well the parts that aren't the hook.
My production comments were based off the wiki prod. credits so I could be wrong but it says Kurstin only did those 3 tracks.
As for Hypocrates, it's not really a bad song or a good song to me.
I'm just not fond of tracks that don't fit in.
It's as jarring as Another Song All Over Again from FS/LS.
I'm surprised she didn't include The Archetypes as a intro/interlude to State of Dreaming.
sn: i've never heard Scab and Plaster before. nice song. i've never really looked into her unreleased tracks and demos before.
Hours Left
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I've seen this young lady mentioned everywhere and I've just started to check her stuff out.
Haven't listen to much yet, but I like what I've heard so far.
Edit: Primadonna is awesome.
Haven't listen to much yet, but I like what I've heard so far.
Edit: Primadonna is awesome.
Hmm... And I thought Homewrecker sounded better in the context of the album.
Oooh ok, so I looked at the credits on the back of the CD and Liam Howe did Teen Idle, too!
Hypocrates and The State of Dreaming are cut from the same cloth I feel. Both are breezy pop to soften the album a bit. One in the middle and one at the end. haha
I actually would've loved The Archetypes to be the intro to TSOD too.
She has some great demos floating around, Scab and Plaster being my favorite. Jealousy, Miss Y and Sinful are also good.
Yup.She's so beautiful man:
I don't see why anyone would want the standard edition... The deluxe tracks are all so good. Great way to end the album, actually.
Kurstin kills again on Sex Yeah. Love the new synth.
Lonely Hearts Club sounds like Nowels to me. Amazing song through and through.
Love her vocal display on Buy The Stars.
Electra Heart is giving me life right now. Been listening to it all day for the past few days.
Kurstin kills again on Sex Yeah. Love the new synth.
Lonely Hearts Club sounds like Nowels to me. Amazing song through and through.
Love her vocal display on Buy The Stars.
Electra Heart is giving me life right now. Been listening to it all day for the past few days.
Been looping the album for a while 
Can't say I hate any of the tracks! Count me in as another fan of "Starring Role" ^_^
Oh jesus, what. Going to get nowww
Can't say I hate any of the tracks! Count me in as another fan of "Starring Role" ^_^The deluxe edition tracks have just leaked.
Lonely Hearts Club is here.
Oh jesus, what. Going to get nowww
Definitely! I thought the same thing. Was just missing a little drum kit in the background, and it'd fit in perfectly!
I really like Lonely Hearts Club, and Sex Yeah and Radioactive are flawless, obviously. Buy The Stars isn't bad, but not quite as good as the other 3.
Holy mother of... I've never heard of Marina before this thread. She's an awesome artist, I love her voice, she's beautiful and her songs are awesome. I've been listening to her previous album all week and can't get enough of it. I really dig mowgli's road, obessions and the outsider but the rest of the album is still great (don't really dig Hollywood but I still listen to it).
I can't wait till her new album comes out. A couple of more days! Primadonna video is awesome.
I can't wait till her new album comes out. A couple of more days! Primadonna video is awesome.
She's so beautiful man:
She is so gorgeous. I prefer her look pre-Electra Heart, but still, goddamn.
She's beautiful either way tbh.
So what's everyone's favorite songs on the album right now? I've had this baby on repeat for several days now and I have yet to grow tired of it. Definitely my album of the year so far. I'm really digging Sex Yeah and The State of Dreaming, these two tracks are so delicious.
So what's everyone's favorite songs on the album right now? I've had this baby on repeat for several days now and I have yet to grow tired of it. Definitely my album of the year so far. I'm really digging Sex Yeah and The State of Dreaming, these two tracks are so delicious.
I've been listening to it non-stop for the past few days too and my favorites atm are Teen Idle, Bubblegum Bitch, Valley of the Dolls, Sex Yeah, and Lonely Hearts Club... I guess it's kinda hard to narrow down. And my favorites have been changing pretty frequently.
She was on Graham Norton yesterday and did a really great performance of Primadonna!
On Graham Norton performing Primadonna
I love that she used some of the same facial expressions from the Primadonna video.
Oh, and Starring Role will be the next single. I can't wait to see a video for that song!
She was on Graham Norton yesterday and did a really great performance of Primadonna!
On Graham Norton performing Primadonna
I love that she used some of the same facial expressions from the Primadonna video.
Oh, and Starring Role will be the next single. I can't wait to see a video for that song!
roosters93
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I've only given the whole album one listen (and haven't heard the deluxe edition bonus songs) so far. Got some great singles and the rest is fine. Not as awesome as the first LP to me but still great pop with an amazing voice.
Give it some more listens. The amazingness that is Teen Idle wasn't apparent until after a few listens for me. Not sure which album I like better... yet.
Mrninjaman
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Man that acoustic version of Starring Role is amazeballs. I really hope we get an acoustic version of this album I would love to be able to listen to this while driving and not just at my cpu on youtube.
Welcome! Yeah, I've been a fan since The Family Jewels came out, and I like some of her older stuff, like Seventeen.
I'm really liking Lonely Hearts Club now. The drum beat is super great. I hope this one gets played live.
I've seen her mentioned numerous times online but never really took the time to listen to her music. Glad I finally did. Cute girl with some serious pop savvy. She knows her way around a hook. After one listen, Primadonna, Lies and Radioactive have been the standouts for me. Good stuff.
Agent Cooper
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I love her.
Not really listened a lot to her last album, except for I Am Not A Robot and Hollywood, but this is one awesome record.
I had heard Lies, Primadonna and Sex Yeah before and they are amazing. Out of the other tracks Teen Idle and Hypocrates grab me the most, but pretty much all of it is good stuff.
I had heard Lies, Primadonna and Sex Yeah before and they are amazing. Out of the other tracks Teen Idle and Hypocrates grab me the most, but pretty much all of it is good stuff.
Nice thread Sai
I'm loving the new version of Living Dead - the way the mix fades in to the beat, which sounds much more powerful compared to the demo.
Power and Control is amazing, I've been singing it over and over since the first few times I've listened to the album.
Lies is another great one, love the slight dubstep beat, haha.
The only problem with this album is that it makes me really sad listening to it - her lyrics are quite a bit darker this time around, at least to me.
I'm loving the new version of Living Dead - the way the mix fades in to the beat, which sounds much more powerful compared to the demo.
Power and Control is amazing, I've been singing it over and over since the first few times I've listened to the album.
Lies is another great one, love the slight dubstep beat, haha.
The only problem with this album is that it makes me really sad listening to it - her lyrics are quite a bit darker this time around, at least to me.
Crumpet Trumpet
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This album has grown on me so much even though I liked it a lot on first listen
I see now why it's track number 1. Dat chorus.
I found a quote that perfectly describes the way I feel about Marina's writing style from someone over at the PJ forums:
"I just adore how she's trying to openly discuss all of the intricacies of love and youth in a way that makes me feel as if all of the idiosyncrasies I've had about my existence aren't abnormal or uncommon. It's always good to feel validated about the issues we've faced... what better way than through music?"
I'm a big baby, so the first time I heard Lies, I almost fucking cried.
I don't know if her lyrics are darker, though! A lot of the themes are very dark, and the music (at least towards the end of the album) is pretty downbeat, but The Family Jewels had a lot of very dark and pessimistic songs, like Guilty, Shampain, Numb, and Rootless. They just aren't as depressing-sounding as songs like Valley of the Dolls, Teen Idle, Fear & Loathing, and Lies, I think, haha. I think they cover the same emotional ground somewhat though, if that makes any sense.
Then you had her snarky/sarcastic songs like Hermit the Frog, Girls, Oh No!, and Are You Satisfied?, which I think are matched on Electra Heart by Bubblegum Bitch, Primadonna, Power & Control, and Homewrecker. Okay, sorry, kind of went on a tangent there but I just thought of that, kind of.
Speaking of lyrics.
(from "Guilty) "Killed a dog so small and red/Touched his technicolored hair/I left it bruised and black and lame/I left it running full of shame" kills me every time. There is just great imagery there. Ugh. Family Jewels is such a killer (heh) album, from beginning to end. I think I'm gonna listen to it again. I just reminded myself that I need to do some little reviews of the songs from EH, and maybe I'll do one for The Family Jewels as well.
I don't feel like Electra Heart is any darker than The Family Jewels either. Her lyrics are generally pretty dark. She uses the words die/dead/died and hell pretty often throughout both albums. The Family Jewels had some uplifting songs, but they all carried a tinge of sadness. 'Are You Satisfied?', 'I Am Not A Robot', and 'Oh No!' all made me feel uplifted, but a bit sad, too. Same with 'Fear and Loathing', 'Teen Idle', and 'The State of Dreaming'. Nothing she does is ever purely happy or uplifting. You'd think her album titles would be more melancholy, like Born to Die.
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