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i saw that there were threads for her other albums, so i figured i should start one for this.
i keep listening to this again and again, ever since i saw her live recently. i really like all of her music, but this one comes out on top for me. it hangs together more than some of her other work and i appreciate the richer sound (though jim white's presence has made sure her last couple of albums aren't exactly stripped-down).
― omar little, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 04:20 (eighteen years ago)
I prefer Run to Ruin but it's good.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 04:50 (eighteen years ago)
I have listened to this album straight through about 25 times in the last 6 weeks.
― These Robust Cookies, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:21 (eighteen years ago)
this was my favourite by far, but the new Jim White one is warming me so much with its closeness and humanity. there's something more stirring for me right now in a touch on the face than in a stormcloud moving in.
i'm not sure that this record is underrated (those who know it seem to recognize its excellence), but rather criminally unknown!
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 13:47 (eighteen years ago)
what Hurting said although "prefer" is putting it mildly - RtR is a masterpiece.
― jed_, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)
Which one has "Brad Haunts a Party" on it? That song is devastating.
― Ben Boyerrr, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 16:02 (eighteen years ago)
On Leaving but i think the song is much older than the album.
― jed_, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 16:19 (eighteen years ago)
i hear a lot of people say they love this one far more than the rest. but i don't. i like it a lot, but i probably like run to ruin, on leaving, and maybe the new one more...but they are all so good it's hard to pick.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 17:03 (eighteen years ago)
Hard to say which is her best, but this one's a contender ;)
This has the warped Huck Finn southern gothic aesthetic to the greatest extent, an unsettling sense of expectation and a weird oppressive airiness.
"Ugly Face"!!!
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 07:00 (eighteen years ago)