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Eliza Carthy, Angels & Cigarettes
Audio CD
Disk ID: 46063
Disk length: 41m 40s (10 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2000
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Whispers Of Summer | 4:42 |
| 2. Train Song | 4:03 |
| 3. Beautiful Girl | 3:28 |
| 4. Whole | 4:05 |
| 5. Poor Little Me | 5:27 |
| 6. The Company Of Men | 3:38 |
| 7. Perfect | 3:57 |
| 8. Wildwood | 3:13 |
| 9. Breathe | 4:14 |
| 10. Fuse | 4:46 |
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Review
British singer, songwriter, and fiddler Eliza Carthy graduates to a lush, expansive pop palette with her move to a major U.S. label, but this second-generation troubadour's persona hasn't been compromised. Daughter and erstwhile bandmate of English folk legends Norma Waterson and Sir Martin Carthy, the younger Carthy embraces a balance of tradition and experimentation; her earlier solo projects have confirmed her modernism as vividly as her body piercings and brash hair colors. On Angels & Cigarettes, her band executes a quantum shift in wattage, cushioning her ripe, lyrical fiddle lines and a filigree of acoustic stringed instruments with thick synthesizer textures, layered percussion, and bursts of orchestral drama (courtesy of arranger Van Dyke Parks) that reconcile '90s trip-hop with '60s art-pop. Her dusky alto meanwhile follows a sturdy thread through recent stylists such as Beth Orton, Sandy Denny, Linda Thompson, and the singer's own mum. Carthy's indelible Yorkshire accent and the striking candor of her lyrics meanwhile sound both up-to-the-minute and as plainspoken as Child ballads. She strikes different sexual pitches, from gentle eroticism ("Whole") to matter-of-fact bawdiness ("The Company of Men"), and injects a tart element of class-consciousness to her portraits of the perfect and privileged ("Beautiful Girl"). For adventurous pop fans and open-minded folkies, Angels & Cigarettes is both lovely and addictive. --Sam Sutherland
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Tracks: 10, Disk length: 41m 38s (-1m 58s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 41m 37s (-1m 57s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 40m 56s (-1m 16s)
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