| Susanna And The Magical Orchestra / Melody Mountain |
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| Album: | Melody Mountain | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Susanna And The Magical Orchestra | Added: | 11/2006 | |
| Label: | Rune Grammofon | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-04-15 | Pull Date: | 2007-06-17 |
| Week Ending: | 17 Jun | 10 Jun | 3 Jun | 20 May | 13 May | 6 May | 29 Apr | 22 Apr |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 27, 2013: | Music Casserole Hallelujah | 4. | Jun 06, 2007: | Anywhere Out Of The World It's Raining Today | |
| 2. | Jun 13, 2007: | I Once was Canadian Love Will Tear Us Apart | 5. | May 17, 2007: | Fiction Romance Crazy, Crazy Nights | |
| 3. | Jun 06, 2007: | I once was Canadian Love Will Tear Us Apart | 6. | May 16, 2007: | I once was canadian Love Will Tear Us Apart |
| Album Review |
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| David McWade Reviewed 2007-01-15 | ||
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Very ethereal, mostly minimal ballads-- and, an album of covers. Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrod has a unique way of making a song her own, and to fill the lyrics with the emotional content they require.* This was made very clear with her stunning interpretation of Dolly Parton's classic 'Jolene' recorded for the duo's debut album 'List of Lights and Buoys' (2004)-- a song covered by many artists, but seldom with such heartfelt sincerity. With Melody Mountain they have chosen to do an album of only interpretations, some quite radical, of mostly well-known songs, all personal and moving (and slowed-down, usually) performances with Morten Qvenild's naked and to the bone playing an important part of the overall soundscape. best: 3, 5, 8* (4, 7, 10 also strong)* FCC clean (1) (Leonard Cohen) 'Hallelujah'* (begins with a whisper, close to acapella, faint keyboard and 4AD-ish [or 'In This World'-era Cindytalk] background string-like arrangements) (2) (AC/DC) 'It's A Long Way To The Top'* (stark harpsichord) (3) (Matt Burt) 'These Days' (piano, sparse, excellent) (4) (Prince) 'Condition Of The Heart' (most radio-accessible track, in the commercial sense) (5) (Joy Division) 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (amazing, I think electronic keyboards, slow) (6) (KISS) 'Crazy, Crazy Nights' (similar rhythm/structure to #1) (7) (Bob Dylan) 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right' (sparse instrumentation, gets more developed with about 2:20 left, then sparse again with about 1:00 left) (8) (Scott Walker) 'It's Raining Today' (echoic vocals interplaying with similar ambient-ish echoic synth a la Harold Budd, vocals become more prominent with 2:05 left, really good if you're patient) (9) (Depeche Mode) 'Enjoy The Silence' (similar instrumentation to #5, but with one more layer of Budd-ish ambience) (10) (Fairport Convention) 'Fotheringay' (synth-woodwind sound) | ||
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