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Rating: I walked into my trusted store, many years ago: it had a truly prestigious stereo system. Sometimes deceiving. You might listen, buy, go home, and the record wasn't as great as it seemed... It was probably the acoustics of the place. So, that time when he placed (yes, there was still a turntable: it's been a long time ago) this 2004 debut by Marjorie Fair on the platter, I knew I might have to take it with a grain of salt. But the opening of the first track had a heart-wrenching beauty to it.. There wasn't much to think about. I bought it and brought it home. Well, I still consider that acoustic intro as one of the most exciting, even centuries later. It was Don't Believe.
Marjorie Fair led by Evan Slamka were a meteor: their first album remained their last. I don't know if they were successful, but that's not the point. What remains is their rare ability to express the feeling of melancholy in a thousand gradations and shades. Often using the ballad style, even in the quirky ways of Hold on to you, a bit country and a bit Bacharach. With some genuine gems: the solid Waves, bass, drums, guitar, and off you go traveling at unusually high speeds, holding on to the handrail of life not to fall... the dreamy Please Don't, acoustic, voice, delicacy, and so much, so much melancholy.. and the concluding My Sun Is Setting Over Her Magic, the epitome of what Marjorie Fair was.
I hope to make someone happy.
See you soon.
Tracklist and Lyrics
05 Stare (00:00)
These are things I feel but dont want to say
incase you feel that way
these are things I know but dont want to say
incase you feel that way
I'll wait another day
I can never change
cause the pain just makes me want to stare
at the same things I saw before
thinking there's something more
god it's a lonely place
I will never know how you feel
about the things I think about
will I get a chance to make up to you
the things I kept from you
you know I wanted to
I can never change
the pain just makes me want to stare
at the same things I saw before
thinking that something's wrong
god it's a lonely place
say the same things you said before
wanting you even more
god it's a lonely place
I can never change
the pain just makes me want to stare
at the same things I saw before
thinking theres something wrong
god it's a lonely place
say the same things you said before
wanting you even more
god it's a lonely place
07 Waves (00:00)
These are things I've thought about silly boy
you're often thought about in waves
the sun is setting on my side it's alright
unless it's gone away for good
but it's so hard it's so hard
watching you fade away
and it's too hard, it's too hard
watching you go away
these are the waves that I've talked about silly boy
don't you forget about what I have said
these are waves that I talked about silly boy
don't you forget about what I have said
It's all in your head
the person that I thought I was
Is something I don't think is coming true
and the same things that surround me now
are the same things
that I seem to see right through
but it's so hard it's so hard
watching you fade away
and it's too hard it's too hard
watching you go away
these are the waves that I talked about silly boy
don't you forget about what I have said
these are waves that I talked about silly boy
don't you forget about what I have said
It's all in your head
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