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Track Listing
1. Astronaut: a Short History of Nearly Nothing - (featuring Ben Folds/Zoe Keating)
2. Runs In the Family - (featuring Ben Folds)
3. Ampersand
4. Leeds United - (featuring The Born Again Horny Men of Edinburgh)
5. Blake Says - (featuring Ben Folds/Zoe Keating)
6. Strength Through Music - (featuring Ben Folds/Strindberg)
7. Guitar Hero - (featuring East Bay Ray/Ben Folds)
8. Have To Drive - (featuring The Via Interficere Choir of Nashville/Jack Palmer)
9. What's the Use of Wond'rin? - (featuring Annie Clark)
10. Oasis - (featuring Ben Folds/Jared Reynolds)
11. Point of It All, The
12. Another Year: A Short History of Almost Something
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Annie Clark, Ben Folds, East Bay Ray, Jack Palmer, Jared Reynolds, Strindberg, The Born Again Horny Men of Edinburgh, The Via Interficere Choir of Nashville, Zoe Keating | | Producer: | Alan Bezozi, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Audio Mixers: Joe Costa; Justin Phelps; Michael Brauer.
Arrangers: Paul Buckmaster; Ben Folds; Amanda Palmer.
Amanda Palmer, one-half of the Boston cabaret-rock duo the Dresden Dolls, claims that WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER was originally envisioned as a simple set of piano and voice demos, but this lavishly arranged album finds the singer-songwriter moving into uncharted waters. Although her Kurt Weill-gone-goth aesthetic and dramatic vocals remain the same, the full band arrangements sound quite different from the spare piano and drums vibe of the Dresden Dolls. This is no bad thing, as powerhouse tracks like "The Point of It All" are a perfect match to Palmer's melodramatic vocals.
Industry Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 -- PALMER is a wonderful album, one that captures the most well known and beloved side of the titular character with the forgiving, often magical lens of producer Ben Folds.
[I]ntriguing, which is as you might expect from the mind of one half of cabaret-punk duo The Dresden Dolls.
4 stars out of 5 -- Across 12 stylistically divergent tracks, the singer-pianist dials things up a few notches with ambitious arrangements....'Another Year' is a personal snapshot of the singer at her most honest.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [A] dark gem, a high-IQ song cycle that combines guilt, neurotic lust, and low self-esteem into piano-based tunes that come studded with lyrical daggers.
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