This was my lowest scoring song I've always liked how playful Marina's vocal can be but this was a little bit too much for me at parts I only like her vocal her in the verses and the overall Janis Joplin vibe going on.
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7s, the both of them.
I still wish it was Simplify. Bring up those Family Jewel averages!
Space and the woods just isn't good.
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I have no words a for this leaving. Mainly because I don't care.
47. The Family Jewels
Score:5.54
Host’s Score:4
Highest:9 X 1 (@Mister Unicorn )
Lowest:0 x 1 (@Fascination )
Best Bit: The end
This song is just awful. Full disclosure: because this was left off of the US version I’d hardly ever listened to it, I probably heard it one years ago and never looked back. When I reviewed it again for this rate it made complete sense to me why I never bothered to download it. It’s really bad. I greatly enjoyed a life in which this album didn’t have a title track, but rather ‘The Family Jewels’ as a title made perfect sense once you let the music speak for itself.
For an album this good it is kind of odd the title track is this weak - @Sprockrooster
Feels like it could be a bonus track, I always wish she'd finished the album at Numb to be honest. – @Terminus
it's not balls, but it's not the dog's bollocks either – @Filler
Myspace demo realness - @IMHO
This is actually my first time hearing this one (floppy fan). Kind of sounds like something that would fit in Froot actually. This song would have to grow on me after more than just a few plays here, as I am finding the chorus is bit jarring for some reason. - @DJHazey
46. Girls
Score: 6.10
Host’s Score: 5
Highest: 10 X 1 (@Aester )
Lowest: 0 x 2 (@bichard , @Number )
Best Bit: Here come the girls!
Girls is the first single off of the silver certified album Catfights and Spotlights. Clearly influenced by the recent popularity of Mark Ronson it lit up the charts going no. 3 in the UK and reaching no. 10 in the Czech Republic.
Heidi is a capable singer! – @Island
I really liked this when I first heard it. I think there is a slightly different version then the one on the album? – @Pinkladyisf
Fuck off already girls - @RJF
Soon – Mutya Buena
45. Guilty
Score:6.37
Host’s Score:5
Highest:10 X 3 (@lalaclairi_, @IAmMrDexB, @CorgiCorgiCorgi )
Lowest:0 x 1 (@flapjack-)
Best Bit:I was just a kid and all I really wanted was my father
You have to wonder if this confession of leaving a dog to die is a real life one? If not, it would be kind of strange example to use as a backdrop for a song about guilt. I tend to believe that this something that really happened to her and she wanted to get it out of her system. I love how the song really makes you feel like you are "on the run", because Marina sells how affected she is with every chilling "Guilty" and I'm really struck by that. – @DJHazey
Basically, but does anyone really know what’s going on in this song?
As one might expect from a some about killing a technicolour dog, this isn't exactly an easy listen or one I return to much but I appreciate how relentlessly raw and intense it is. The line about her father suggests a piece of the puzzle we've never really heard much of since and feels noteworthy for that fact alone. - @IMHO
Well there’s a start, but do you guys think it’s any good?
Somewhat a standout - @IAmMrDexB
Oh.
Score:5.54
Host’s Score:4
Highest:9 X 1 (@Mister Unicorn )
Lowest:0 x 1 (@Fascination )
Best Bit: The end
This song is just awful. Full disclosure: because this was left off of the US version I’d hardly ever listened to it, I probably heard it one years ago and never looked back. When I reviewed it again for this rate it made complete sense to me why I never bothered to download it. It’s really bad. I greatly enjoyed a life in which this album didn’t have a title track, but rather ‘The Family Jewels’ as a title made perfect sense once you let the music speak for itself.
For an album this good it is kind of odd the title track is this weak - @Sprockrooster
Feels like it could be a bonus track, I always wish she'd finished the album at Numb to be honest. – @Terminus
it's not balls, but it's not the dog's bollocks either – @Filler
Myspace demo realness - @IMHO
This is actually my first time hearing this one (floppy fan). Kind of sounds like something that would fit in Froot actually. This song would have to grow on me after more than just a few plays here, as I am finding the chorus is bit jarring for some reason. - @DJHazey
46. Girls
Score: 6.10
Host’s Score: 5
Highest: 10 X 1 (@Aester )
Lowest: 0 x 2 (@bichard , @Number )
Best Bit: Here come the girls!
Girls is the first single off of the silver certified album Catfights and Spotlights. Clearly influenced by the recent popularity of Mark Ronson it lit up the charts going no. 3 in the UK and reaching no. 10 in the Czech Republic.
Heidi is a capable singer! – @Island
I really liked this when I first heard it. I think there is a slightly different version then the one on the album? – @Pinkladyisf
Fuck off already girls - @RJF
Soon – Mutya Buena
45. Guilty
Score:6.37
Host’s Score:5
Highest:10 X 3 (@lalaclairi_, @IAmMrDexB, @CorgiCorgiCorgi )
Lowest:0 x 1 (@flapjack-)
Best Bit:I was just a kid and all I really wanted was my father
You have to wonder if this confession of leaving a dog to die is a real life one? If not, it would be kind of strange example to use as a backdrop for a song about guilt. I tend to believe that this something that really happened to her and she wanted to get it out of her system. I love how the song really makes you feel like you are "on the run", because Marina sells how affected she is with every chilling "Guilty" and I'm really struck by that. – @DJHazey
Basically, but does anyone really know what’s going on in this song?
As one might expect from a some about killing a technicolour dog, this isn't exactly an easy listen or one I return to much but I appreciate how relentlessly raw and intense it is. The line about her father suggests a piece of the puzzle we've never really heard much of since and feels noteworthy for that fact alone. - @IMHO
Well there’s a start, but do you guys think it’s any good?
Somewhat a standout - @IAmMrDexB
Oh.
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The Family Jewels (song) is offensively shit. I'm surprised I'm the only 0 for it.
A fitting send off for Girl, perhaps even more effort that it was owed.
I always consider Guilty, Rootless and The Outsider as The Family Jewels' Trilogy of Misanthropy and wondered what order they'd fall in. I actually thought Guilty would hold out the longest as it feels like the most significant (with Marina even choosing to close the album with it over the rather more obviously fitting finale of Numb) but as I said above, it's not exactly a fun listen so...
I always consider Guilty, Rootless and The Outsider as The Family Jewels' Trilogy of Misanthropy and wondered what order they'd fall in. I actually thought Guilty would hold out the longest as it feels like the most significant (with Marina even choosing to close the album with it over the rather more obviously fitting finale of Numb) but as I said above, it's not exactly a fun listen so...
I'm already unhappy about these results.
(Also, was "Space and the Woods" added later? I don't think I even voted for it.)
(Also, was "Space and the Woods" added later? I don't think I even voted for it.)
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Space and the Woods deserved slightly better.
Happy with all of the eliminations so far except for Girls (7). I didn't realise people hated it, especially when there are far worse offenders on The Family Jewels (i.e. Rootless and Seventeen).
It is a weird and mildly terrifying song but I love how bitter and deranged she sounds. It's enjoyable (at least to me) but has the capability to be annoying. Regardless, it's certainly not a song I would use to showcase the amazingness that is Marina.
It is a weird and mildly terrifying song but I love how bitter and deranged she sounds. It's enjoyable (at least to me) but has the capability to be annoying. Regardless, it's certainly not a song I would use to showcase the amazingness that is Marina.
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Nothing above a 4 has gone for me so I'm alright with it...