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THE REVIEW
I don't know what happened to Marion, a quintet born in Manchester in 1992 and immediately labeled by the specialized press as a sort of compromise between the Smiths and Joy Division. Maybe they got lost. However, "This World And Body", their debut album, released by London in 1995, is a great album and, in my opinion, deserves a DeReview. It's an album that will appeal to those who consider U2's "Boy" a masterpiece, but also to those who are enjoying the Editors' "The Back Room".
In "This World And Body", the predominant sound is the dry and precise electric guitars, accompanied by a powerful rhythm section. In this sense, the comparison to early U2 is perhaps more fitting than that to Joy Division and the Smiths, with whom Marion share more of a certain emotional tension, a despair present in some of their tracks. Of the twelve songs that make up the album, some are gems: "Sleep", also released as a single, is permeated by a sense of anger and introduced by an unusual harmonica solo. Here, Jamie Harding's voice, the leader and lyricist, closely resembles Bono's. "Time" - another single - is bright, dominated by a shimmer of guitars and a pleasant chorus. "Fallen Through" and "I Stopped Dancing" are two very intense tracks, in Muse style (the more immediate ones from "Plug In Baby", to be clear). The high point of the album, however, is "Let's All Go Together": a dark beginning, a wall of electric guitars outlining the structure of the song in a continuous crescendo.
In conclusion, "This World And Body" is an album that impresses with its emotional charge and freshness.
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Marion’s 1995 debut album, 'This World And Body,' offers a compelling mix of dry, precise guitar work and powerful rhythms. The album connects emotionally with listeners, sharing ties with early U2 and contemporary acts like Editors. Notable tracks include 'Sleep' with its rare harmonica and 'Let's All Go Together,' a dark crescendo. The review praises the album for its freshness and emotional depth.Tracklist Lyrics
02 Sleep (03:04)
What a cliche
I, I never want to see you again
We're all so cliched, 'ched
With too much spandex on the brain
Oh If you believe your dreams will come true
Then sleep is you'll ever do
And If you think I'm gonna to come to you
Then go back to bed and take my friends there too
In a sense we're exactly the same
Cause we're both so different in every way
In a sense we're exactly the same
We're both so different in every way, in every way
Oh It's a shame
That you don't need to see you this way
Oh, It's a crying shame, shame
That what you do is the same as the same
Oh, someone told me that you really liked me
But I fell asleep almost instantly
and in my sleep I dreamt that you found me
Now I've found my feet so come and run with me
In a sense we're exactly the same
Cause we're both so different in every way
In a sense we're exactly the same
We're both so different in every way, in every way
Sleep, I go to sleep
sleep, I go to sleep
Dream, dream, dream for her
and you can dream, dream, dream for her
I wanna dream, dream, dream for her,
Dream, dream dream for her, her, her, her, her
03 Let's All Go Together (03:10)
Oh Was it something I said
Was it something I, I didn't do
Well you invaded my head
And you tried to make me, make me think like you
It's hard for you
They don't understand your life's an exam
And you need something
It's hard for you
And they don't understand you were miles from the ground
When you needed someone
Will you listen to me
I know your skin and eyes
Aren't what they should be
For god's sake realise
It's not your shell they'll love
It's the smile inside
It's hard for you
They don't understand your life's an exam
And you need something
It's hard for you
And they don't understand you were miles from the ground
When you needed someone
Was it painful, oh
Did it hurt you, oh
Lets all go together
You can't listen, oh
Or you'll go missing, oh
Let's all go together
It's hard for you
They don't understand your life's an exam
And you need something
It's hard for you
And they don't understand you were miles from the ground
When you needed someone
It's hard (for you)
It's hard (when you need something)
It's hard (for you)
It's hard (when you need something)
Marion
English rock band noted in the review as a quintet from Manchester; singer and lyricist Jamie Harding is referenced in contemporary coverage. Their debut album This World And Body was released in 1995 on London.01 Reviews
