Tegan & Sara - So Jealous
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Artist: Tegan & SaraEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
- You Wouldn't Like Me
- Take Me Anywhere
- I Bet It Stung
- I Know I Know I Know
- Where Does The Good Go?
- Downtown
- I Won't Be Left
- Walking Wth A Ghost
- So Jealous
- Speak Slow
- Wake Up Exhausted
- We Didn't Do It
- Fix You Up
- I Can't Take It
Free Music Notes for So Jealous
Free Music Review: Definitely Not Disappointed
Hit: 5 Stars
Being a huge Tegan and Sara fan, I had high expectations for this album. Thankfully, I was not let down. Not at all. In fact, this is my favourite album from Tegan and Sara to date, and among my top five favourite albums of all time. In all honesty, I haven't stopped listening to this CD since I bought it the day it was released. With a running time of just over 45 minutes, 'So Jealous' is Tegan and Sara's longest album to date. This is awesome as the short length of their previous two major-label records was their largest set-back.
'You Wouldn't Like Me' starts the album off on a high note. It's simple, which allows the girls' genuine lyrics shine through. About halfway through the track, the music really starts to speed up, which sets the tone for the rest of the album. It's a genius opener. 'Take Me Anywhere' starts up perfectly, as though the previous track never ended. Despite the smooth transition and both songs being simple and relying a lot on vocals, the two tracks are still very distinct. The third track, 'I Bet It Stung' is among the best on the album. Beginning with the lyrics "I know you plan out/everything that you want to say/I wish that we didn't/have to go about things this way" before slipping smoothly into the girls' self-proclaimed love for rock and roll. The vocals and music sit together perfectly on this song and the end result is beautiful. 'I Know I Know I Know' is a sweet (but not sugary, gag-inducing sweet) song. Probably among the more pop-inspired, upbeat tracks, it's very catchy and the listener can't help but fall in love with it. I find myself really liking the drums on it.
The fifth track is 'Where Does The Good Go'. I absolutely love this song. It's about a break-up, and obviously poses the question asked in the title as well as wondering things such as where you go "with your broken heart in tow". The vocals are definitely the best part of this song. I'm not sure if it's Tegan or Sara taking the lead, but whoever it is, she sounds almost as if she's on the verge of tears, which sounds incredible. You can almost see the emotion radiating from this song, as if it's you the girls are singing to. 'Downtown' is a sweet song and includes some of my favourite lines from the entire album; "If I'm gonna get up/I'll just admit it/I'll only get up for you". The chorus is very smooth and tranquil, almost innocent in a sense. It leaves the listener imagining the girls in a dream-like state. 'I Won't Be Left' is my personal favourite song from the album. It deals with refusing to be the one left behind reliving old memories and regretting things gone wrong. It opens very simply, with just vocals and a guitar before really starting up. When the drums come in, that's when the chorus and the song really begin. Very simple and catchy, this is an amazing song.
'Walking With A Ghost' was the first single to drop from 'So Jealous', and with good reason. It's an awesome track which seems to be directed to an ex-lover, referring to them as a "ghost" who is out of the girls' mind for good. It's very short, but the fact that it's so good makes up for it. There's no question that 'So Jealous' is one of the most original tracks the girls have done to date (right up there with 'Superstar' and 'Living Room'). An amazing array of instruments, and such honesty in the lyrics make this track flawless. You never really know what's coming next, which (in my humble opinion) is the mark of a great song and extremely talented musicians. 'Speak Slow' is a very upbeat, infectious track. Extremely catchy and danceable, it's among the most enjoyable songs off of 'So Jealous'. In fact, I'd venture in saying it's probably the most fun track from this album, and possibly from the girls' two previous major-label albums as well. The music video for it is also something you won't want to miss, as you can't help but fall in love with the girls and their silly antics while watching it.
'Wake Up Exhausted' slows down a bit at the beginning, quite unlike it's predecessor. This is an extremely calming song which leaves me swaying in my seat every time I hear it. 'We Didn't Do It' makes certain to tell listeners that the twins didn't "do it" for such reasons as money or happiness, and that they actually don't know why they did "it" (presumably, get into music, or that's how I interpret it). My favourite line would definitely be, "We didn't do it/To be happy/So I can whine". Although this track has a slightly dark feeling to it, it's still rather upbeat, at least compared to some of their older songs. I find 'Fix You Up' to be a very heartbreaking song. Tegan and Sara invite someone who is assumingly depressed to come on in so that they can fix them up. However, they also speak about how they're unhappy as well, which makes it even sadder than it would have previously been. The album closes with a bang with 'I Can't Take It'. The transition between the last two tracks is amazing and flawless as they are both very simple and relaxed. With repetitive lyrics (that actually don't get old, amazingly enough), you can't help but mouth along. I put on these last two tracks to calm me down, and they work every single time.
This is definitely not an album you'll want to miss. There's no doubt that this is one of the best albums of 2004. If you've liked the girl's previous work, why haven't you already bought this album? Go get it! If you're unsure if you should get it, I'd recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone and everyone, this is an album no good CD collection should be without.
THE FINAL VERDICT: 100%
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SO JEALOUS is the follow up to Tegan and Sara's critically acclaimed 2002 release IF IT WAS YOU. The band toured with Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, and Hot Hot Heat, were featured on MTV's YOU HEAR IT FIRST and hosted 120 Minutes and generated a huge press buzz.SO JEALOUS is the next musical evolution for Tegan and Sara and finds them delving into new musical territory. Tracks such as "Walking With A Ghost," "I Bet It Stung," "We Didn't Do It," and "Speak Slow" find the girls hitting a new level of maturity in their songwriting. A special enhanced portion features a behind-the-scenes documentary.
Three albums into Tegan & Sara's career, it's still somehow necessary to get a couple of facts about them out of the way before diving into their latest offering. They are, yes, identical twin lesbians, and they do occupy the space--more like a vacuum, really--between the riot-grrl menace of Sleater-Kinney and the un-fun folk of Indigo Girls. That out of the way, So Jealous is the duo's best disc yet, meriting more than the mainstream notice that has so far evaded it. All the components are in place: a beyond synthy, full-throttle band, including John Collins and David Carswell of New Pornographers, and songwriting so honest as to make a person--any person--check to make sure no one has been snooping in her diary ("I won't mistake you for problems with me/I won't let my moods ruin this you'll see," from "I Won't Be Left"). The vibe is early-80s pop-punky (Tegan & Sara's singing can sound like Missing Persons' minus the squeals) spiked with a rock'n'roll edge--if the title track were noisier, it might sound at home on a Yeah Yeah Yeahs disc. Destined for hugeness, if only in indie circles for now, Tegan & Sara provide something crucial for pop princesses to be So Jealous of, and that's genuine talent. --Tammy La Gorce
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