| Antony And The Johnsons / Cut The World |
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| Album: | Cut The World | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Antony And The Johnsons | Added: | Aug 2012 | |
| Label: | Secretly Canadian | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-12-15 | Pull Date: | 2013-02-17 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 10 | Jan 27 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 21, 2023: | Music Casserole Twilight | 4. | Feb 09, 2013: | Music Casserole Twilight | |
| 2. | Oct 31, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy | 5. | Feb 07, 2013: | The Sunset Life Cut The World | |
| 3. | Feb 21, 2013: | The Sunset Life Twilight | 6. | Jan 24, 2013: | The Sunset Life Twilight |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2012-12-07 | ||
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Baroque pop Recorded live in Copenhagen. Antony Hegarty pairs his exquisite operatic voice with a massive orchestra. This is lush, dramatic, sensitive, generally slow. A sense of deep yearning characterizes everything here. A cup of hot tea for the soul. NO FCCs. Favorites: 4, 5, 10, 12. 1. (4:19)—Soft, piano-led verses. Strings take over during the choruses. 2. (7:36)—Spoken word. Provocative, thoughtful monologue. Antony talks about femininity and feminine systems of governance. 3. (5:33)—Extended intro. The arrangement is especially dramatic, but the music remains soft until the end. Multiple parts. 4. *(4:21)—Tense beginning. Piano takes the musical forefront during the verses. The choruses are absolute tearjerkers. 5. *(7:18)—Dark, tempo-less beginning. Everything cuts out as piano and vocals enter. Builds to a hypnotic climax. Almost drone-y outro. 6. (2:57)—Waltz-time. Wintry sound. Piano and plucked strings during the verses. 7. (5:26)—Very, very slow. Soft dissonance between strings and piano. 8. (4:08)—Mid-tempo marching beat. Much more punctuated than the other songs. Antony belts. 9. (4:52)—First half: Antony’s orchestral take on R&B, with ominous strings. Second half: slow, mournful. NOTE: 15-second silence, starting at -3:30. 10. *(4:47)—Orchestral arrangements are melancholy and evocative of springtime. Builds, builds, builds. Could be the finale of an opera. 11. (3:21)—Strings swell in the intro and drop out. Antony sings in his higher register. Arrangement starts minimally and gains fullness over time. 12. *(6:09)—Absolutely sublime, soft, melancholy vocal jazz. Climax in the middle. Extended coda. Applause starts at -0:45. | ||
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