Siouxsie - Mantaray
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Free Music Notes for Mantaray
Free Music Review: Thrice Upon A Time
Hit: 5 Stars
To keep it short; this is an amazing album.
If you liked the Banshees I see no reason why you wouldn't adore this release, she has not lost a step.
Truly an icon, and still on top of the game even if alot of people don't know or don't care anymore, this stuff is as viable as anything on the radio today.
It is amazing how she can still put out something in this day and age, and it is almost as obscure to the average listener as it would have been had it come out 20 years ago.
Free Music Review: "GRACEFUL & STRONG"
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok....I purchased this cd back in Octobre 2007 & I have been stuck on it since. I am just now getting around to a sending out a review.
First off, Siouxsie never left, she was just amusing Budgie for a little while longer.
This cd is totally 100% worth buying. Every track bursts with newness each time you listen to them. I could go down the list of tracks but that still would not justify them enough.
Just buy the damn cd & grow from it.
You won't regret it.
Free Music Review: Solid
Hit: 4 Stars
Oh Siouxsie Sioux.... a staple of my listening enjoyment since the Banshees released "Kaleidoscope". Here is my bias (I believe in full disclosure): I think "Kaleidoscope" and "Juju" are masterpieces, and I cannot imagine she will ever reach those artistic heights again. I hope I'm wrong, but I just doubt it will happen. Everything the Banshees did back then--even their way-outside-the-box recording and production techniques--was totally cutting-edge. In these days when everything is done to sterile click track precision, check out "Happy House" on Kaleidoscope. Listen through it. Then, to confirm your suspicion that the tempo increased to bat-out-of-hell speed by the end, play the last ten seconds of the song, then skip back to the beginning. Holy acceleration, Batman! But hey, musicians get excited and speed up sometimes. What's the crime, right? Personally, I love it.
Later came her "Creatures" recordings with husband/drummer Budgie, my favorite being "Hai", incorporating a guest Japanese percussionist. The Creatures were fun for awhile, but I think they took the vocal/percussion duet idea further than it really needed to go.
After all that duet material, this new solo record by Siouxsie is a very welcome addition to her discography. While neither as quirky nor as inspired as those early Banshees records (not a typo: they actually were 12-inch, vinyl records), it is a very solid release by a wonderfully talented artist. So, while nothing on this CD pushes the boundaries like those beloved Banshees LPs did, for longtime fans like myself or the uninitiated (could there BE any uninitiated at this stage of the game?), this is a good, solid recording from which I expect to get many hours of enjoyment.
Free Music Review: Amazing album, amazing show!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the most interesting albums for its day. Mantaray delivers a great Siouxsie experience! While short compared to more contemporary releases from other artists these days, this album has no filler, or fluff. It's rock solid. Siouxsie at age 50 belts out this album as if she were still that young brash upstart from 1978. This album did not dissapoint, or in anyway throw me a curve ball. I enjoyed this work thoroughly.
I just came back from one of her shows with this Mantaray & More Tour, at the House of Blues last night and was completely floored. On stage she executes this album perfectly as she dances like a whirling dervish. It was like seeing the post punk gothic diva version of Cher without the crazy costumes and hype. She has amazing positive energy. She will not dissapoint. If you truly love Siouxsie's work, you will love Mantaray!
Free Music Review: Not Just Me Then?
Hit: 5 Stars
Having heard the lead single 'Into A Swan' and not being able to get it out of my head all day, I can safely say this is not going to disappoint.
It's (the single at least) is heavy dark and gothic - which has surprised some people.
Most people seem to have been expecting something lighter and easier going on the ears. But this is Siouxsie Sioux NOT Gwen Stefani. And a good thing because of it. Siouxsie has never been 'easy listening'. She creates artful powerful tense and edgy and meaningful music.
This album will remind everyone who the real Gothic Ice Queen is in this world. And there is definitely only one!