Marina and The Diamonds - Electra Heart

by **croatiaxtina** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:37 pm

mattsky wrote:
Jesper wrote:Living Dead is one of my favs, I can't at her cutting that track but adding those remixes
Yeah it's also one of my favorites, I thought it would eventually end up as a single.

+1

by **Ruthymon** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:42 am

The tracklisting for U.S. remains the same with an addition of a new song: How to Be a Heartbreaker
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/ele ... d534545076

by **croatiaxtina** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:50 pm

I'm glad Sex Yeah is not on deluxe edition in USA

it needs to be one of the next singles

by **HBIC** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:05 pm

Ruthymon wrote:The tracklisting for U.S. remains the same with an addition of a new song: How to Be a Heartbreaker
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/ele ... d534545076

No Lonely Hearts Club either?! A crime

How To Be a Heartbreaker snippet

Sounds good

by **GoodBoyGoneBad** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:13 pm

How To Be A Heartbreaker sounds good!

Website · by **LonelyDreamer** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:14 pm

Well, no "Living Dead", no "Lonely Hearts Club"... and no "Buy The Stars" (

), my favourite bonus track!! :-?

by **Blondini** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:49 pm

croatiaxtina wrote:I'm glad Sex Yeah is not on deluxe edition in USA

it needs to be one of the next singles

It's on the main album. Which means it's been promoted! And could be a US single at least! Living Dead is too similar to Power and Control so i can see why that's off. It gets very synthy and very similar for that section. So they changed it to add variety.

by **Benjamin** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:46 pm

'How To Be A Heartbreaker' has leaked in full.

I like it! very radio friendly. Would make a good future single. Especially in the US.

by **Tyzer** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:55 pm

Very radio friendly indeed! I love it even more after each listen.

Listen!

by **HBIC** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:53 pm

Tyzer wrote:Very radio friendly indeed! I love it even more after each listen.

Listen!

cute

by **croatiaxtina** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:16 am

jamesssxD wrote:
Tyzer wrote:Very radio friendly indeed! I love it even more after each listen.

Listen!
cute

I like it... could be one of the future singles...

by **Blondini** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:08 pm

It's a bit weak and has about 20% essence of Marina. We have Homewrecker which is much better as both a song and in hammering home the theme.

by **nas4life123** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:11 am

No. 17 US itunes!!

by **croatiaxtina** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:42 am

nas4life123 wrote:No. 17 US itunes!!

whaaaaaaat? Primadonna??? Electra heart? when this happend??

by **Vindrag** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:49 am

The album!

It's #13 + #38 now in the US! Check the Analysis thread!

by **SOS7** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:07 pm

Just got the album listening to it now

by **Mikerocha** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:06 pm

OMG

#10 US iTunes Deluxe Edition + #26 standard!

My Queen Diamond is slaying :cry:

by **Vindrag** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:37 pm

Marina and the Diamonds: She enjoys being a bitch, with a jolt of ’80s attitude.

NY Daily News 4/5

Romantic reversals pave the way for edgy retaliation on a new CD, and Welsh singer adds some humorous sting to boot.

Love conquers nothing in the songs of Marina Diamandis. True, it transforms you, but in a wholly negative way. In nearly every song on Diamondis’ ruthlessly frank second CD, the betrayals of romance cause her to retaliate by assuming a series of vicious and vengeful types, telegraphed right in her song titles: “Bubblegum Bitch,” “Primadonna,” “Home-wrecker” and “Valley of the Dolls.”
It probably should be said right now that Diamandis (who records under the name Marina and the Diamonds), also has a terrific sense of humor, leavening her bile with pluck.
“I’ll chew you up and spit you out/cause that’s what young love is all about,” she sings wryly in the opening track.
“Primadonna girl, yeah/all I ever wanted was the world,” she announces with snot-nosed relish in a song called, yes, “Primadonna.”
Diamandis matches such character-driven body blows to armor-plated music that sounds like it lost its way from the ’80s. Given the tough production sound and synthetic instrumentation, the music offers the sonic equivalent to new wave-era female fashion — shoulder pads, mannish suits, stiff hair and make-up-as-war-paint.
The sound holds its own happy irony. Its coldness finds relief in the songs’ blithe catchiness, as well as in Diamandis’ vocal flair.
All those qualities have made this Welsh-born singer/musician a major star in her native isles. Her second and latest CD, “Electra Heart,” has already gone No. 1 in Britain, Scotland and Ireland.
Vocally, the 26-year-old has something in common with Florence Welsh (of Florence and the Machine). Both sing in queenly arcs, like vocal Valkyries. Suited to the ’80s, Diamandis’ voice also has a bit of Lene Lovich’s quirky chirp, as well as some of the bravado of The Motels’ Martha Davis. You can hear traces of both in “Bugglegum Bitch,” whose speedy synth and guitar have a period angularity. Many songs rely on comically squat synth lines that work like a sneer.
It’s an apt sound for Diamandis’ cynical world view. It also lends an interesting irony to her music. She uses highly synthetic music to protest fakery. More, she’s making a stinging statement about her own field. Diamandis sends up the cliches and manipulations of young female pop stars with a sound and style that justify her becoming one.

by **Mikerocha** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:40 am

Just bough the US edition CD at FYE. They only had one copy left in their section of new albums. I asked them if it was the only copy they had and they said no. They had more, but with me buying the last one it was sold out

I guess it is being undershipped as the label didn't expect such demand of the album. I didn't either.

The front cd sticker says "featuring Primadonna, Lies and How to be a Heartbreaker". I guess Lies is planned to be a future US single.

by **beredy** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:44 am

Vindrag wrote:Marina and the Diamonds: She enjoys being a bitch, with a jolt of ’80s attitude.

NY Daily News 4/5

Romantic reversals pave the way for edgy retaliation on a new CD, and Welsh singer adds some humorous sting to boot.

But overall the reviews have been pretty weak :cry:

http://www.metacritic.com/music/electra-heart

I do agree with some negative aspects that reviews mention (mostly that the whole archetypes concept wasn't executed that well), but this is still very much a good album for me. 8/10 or a B.

by **Vindrag** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:43 pm

Teen Idle (Live in London)

Uploaded via her official youtube account. "Sing with me".. loved this performance.
She has talent!

by **Vindrag** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:45 pm

I C A N N E V E R G O H O M E A N Y M O R E

Posted under "Teen Idle".

by **Merci** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:50 pm

pretty face

by **Vindrag** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:52 pm

This one is perfect! More legs Marina! Please.

by **Blondini** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:14 pm

Made #31 in US. For those not aware.