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Who Killed Amanda Palmer Roadrunner Records |
Amanda Palmer’s first solo album is a gorgeous record laden with talent including Ben Folds, Zoe Keating (Rasputina), East Bay Ray (Dead Kennedys), Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and others. Some of the songs are fast and some of the songs are slow, and a lot of the songs are songs you might have heard live, except now they’re fully produced with strings and backing vocals. The purists might say they liked them better simple, but the production adds a warmth and depth to Palmer’s original tunes. Her lyrics are occasionally heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious, but never ordinary. Essentially, if you like Amanda with The Dresden Dolls, you’ll like this album. It’s got the same heart, but a very different atmosphere, something playful but sort of sinister, like a fairytale for adults. It’s fitting then, that Neil Gaiman wrote the jacket.
—Juliet Bennet Rylah
