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| Musicomh |
 This exhilarating album is the first solo offering from Amanda Palmer, one of half of Bostonian 'cabaret punk' outfit The Dresden Dolls. It is a rather delicious confection; a cake iced with the darkest, bitterest chocolate. Superficially at least, it's a softer sound - less full on, more mellow, with Ben Folds' sure hand on production duties much in evidence and Palmer's considerable song writing skills pushed to the fore....full text |
| Boston |
| As anyone knows who first saw her - an 8-foot bride in bright white gown and face to match, towering over curious passersby in Harvard Square - Amanda Palmer rarely does anything small, subtle, or out of the spotlight. "Who Killed Amanda Palmer," the new solo debut from the onetime living statue-turned-Dresden Dolls frontwoman, is no exception. (Globe Photo/Robert E. Klein/File) (Globe Photo/Robert E. Klein/File) Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls has released a solo debut album. related Music news, reviews, and more blog Sound Effects: Globe music critics on the latest news and reviews Leave it to the Lexington-raised singer-songwriter to transform what was initially intended to be a modest, bedroom-recorded album of piano and voice into an expansive treatise on life, death, and dysfunction with pop-piano man Ben Folds at the helm as producer....full text |
| Adequacy |
| I would have been very surprised if this album had been anything other than brilliant; Amanda Palmer's career has showcased several acclaimed albums with The Dresden Dolls and slick, theatrical live shows that have left them, and her, with die-hard fans who will lap up anything that she releases. Luckily then, Who Killed Amanda Palmer is as powerful, if not more so, than any of the Dolls' releases. Here Palmer's characteristically throaty voice thunders out her wonderfully evocative, witty and sometimes disturbing lyrics over raucous piano playing. Like her blog, Palmer's lyrics seem like a wonderfully personal insight into her life - as she vividly depicts her characters, breathing life into them with her words and presenting us with tiny, often unimportant-seeming snapshots of their daily activities....full text |
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