Plague Songs
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Music Label: 4ad / Ada
Soundtracks:
- Blood - Klashnekoff
- Relate The Tale - King Creosote
- The Meaning Of Lice - Stephin Merritt
- Flies - Brian Eno With Robert Wyatt
- The Fifth Plague - Laurie Anderson
- Boils - Cody Chesnutt 2:41
- Hailstones - The Tiger Lillies
- Glittering Cloud (Locusts) - Imogen Heap
- Darkness - Scott Walker
- Katonah - Rufus Wainwright
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Free Music Review: Good idea, so-so execution
Hit: 3 Stars
This one's taken some hard knocks, which are not entirely undeserved. It's an uneven release.
Interesting how Imogen Heap's contribution seems to polarize people. I'll just say that I adore it, and would recommend risking $0.99 on it any day of the week, month, year, or decade. It's just that brilliant.
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Here we have a sweet little pick-me-up: 10 songs based on the biblical plagues that occur in the book of Exodus, arranged in order. The whole thing was commissioned by a British arts council, and for better and worse it sounds like it. Super literate singer-songwriters (Scott Walker, Rufus Wainwright, Stephin Merritt) and a few wannabes (Imogen Heap, Tiger Lilies) contribute tunes that tend towards a dynamic miserabilism. The songs that avoid such an obvious approach (those by Merritt, Cody Chesnutt, and Laurie Anderson) are a nice respite, though Walker's song is pure, super-totally-scary a capella brilliance. As mixed bags go, this one is mixed enough to not disappoint, though one wishes the artists' work extended even a bit beyond such Hal Willner/NPR-approved fare. The highlights are Rufus Wainwright's woozy, lyrical "Katona" and "Flies," a beautiful, disturbing, and atmospheric number by Robert Wyatt with Brian Eno. --Mike McGonigalA collection of songs based on the ten biblical plagues that take place in the book of Exodus. These songs were commissioned by a British arts organization called Artangel to form part of a large-scale public art event. The Margate Exodus takes place in September 2006, transforming a dilapidated seaside town on the North Kent Coast into the setting for a vibrant modern recreation of the Israelites' flight from Egypt. During the event, the plague songs will be performed by local singers and musicians. Contributions on this CD come from Scott Walker, Rufus Wainright, Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, Stephin Merritt, Laurie Anderson, and Imogen Heap.
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
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