Release Date: 06 August, 1996
Audio CD
Tracks
- My Little Shirtwaist Fire
- Stumpside
- Nozzle
- Transylvania Concubine
- Why Don't You Do Right?
- Mr. E. Leon Rauis
- Donner Party
- Endomorph
- Brand New Key
- Crybabies
- Howard Hughes
- Sister Sleep
- Five Fleas
- Any Old Actress
- Dig Ophelia
- Kate Moss
- Rusty the Skatemaker
- Trust All-Stars
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Rating 4.5
Awesome albumOne of my top fave Rasputina albums. Tons of great songs, very few joke songs, and great art work.Clever and beautifulThis is Rasputina's first (and best) album. The cello music is inspired and much more noticeable than on their other albums, and the lyrics are remarkably insightful, ironic, and clever. It is also tinged with sadness, cynicism, and of course, the Victorian era and other tales from ages past, which is their trademark. I can't believe that Melora Creager isn't a superstar...New bands spring up like mushrooms after a summer rain, but very rarely are any of those bands any good. Even fewer of them are true originals - bands that defy genre classification. Rasputina is one of those rarest of the rare. Every so often I hear from people that there's no good and original new music out there. I hand them a Rasputina or Death Cab for Cutie CD and prove them dead wrong.Rasputina is the brainchild of Melora Creager, a talented cellist with a victorian era fetish and a twisted and playful sense of humor. This first album is the most "acoustic" of their output, but it still manages to rock. I admire Ms. Creager for writing songs with intelligent lyrics and humor for people with the same traits, although judging by record sales, most people don't "get it". But for those who do, the rewards are many. I'd give anything to be invited to a tea party hosted by Ms. Creager, but I'd watch out for the brownies... |
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