Theatre Is Evil

Amanda Palmer - Theatre Is Evil
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2012 Ratings: #365 / 1118
User Score
Based on 45 ratings
Liked by 4 people
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
PopMatters

A truly special album, one that will reach out and grab you by the lapels and shake the life out of, or into, you.

87
Paste

This record isn’t simply a record, it’s an emotional, intricate experience that keeps on after the instrumental break.

80
Drowned in Sound

The new album is a Technicolor tour de force of symphonic, stagey pop, bristling with hooks and more than enough confidence to stare down any naysayers.

80
musicOMH

The faithful will lap up every eccentric note, of course, but there's much here for the uninitiated to delight in as well.

78
Beats Per Minute

Before imperfection was a charming result of dedicated effort, whereas now it sounds like the consequence of simply trying to achieve perfection.

60
No Ripcord

Nor is it much of an artistic leap forward for Palmer - the lyrics may be self-consciously (and, to some ears, tiresomely) 'outrageous', but there is a definite musical conservatism in there. 

JayCrackers
69

My main problem with Theatre is Evil, is how long it is. Standing at 71 minutes it is a length album but it does have a nice variety of tracks but i feel some of them cut of been cut and many songs could of been reduced slightly especially the ones which exceed the 6 minute mark but apart from that this is a solid Alternative Rock album which may not be the most amazing or groundbreaking to come out in the early 2010's but overall quite playful and entertaining

Track Review

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dustymoth
96

Yeah sure it's over the top, too long and self indulgent but it is also bloody good and that is what you want from Amanda Palmer.

hellodecatur
75

In many ways, Theatre is Evil was unfairly overshadowed by the Kickstarter controversy that birthed it. Amanda Palmer's non-concrete method of trading with her fanbase, something that's landed her in hot water for years, came to a boil when she raised 1.2 million dollars off a campaign initially only meant to raise $100,000. The statistics behind it all were nearly poetic. Her old band, The Dresden Dolls, became trapped in label hell when their second commercial album sold 25,000 copies, ... read more

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Track List

  1. Meow Meow Introduces the Grand Theft Orchestra 
  2. Smile (Pictures or It Didn't Happen) 
  3. The Killing Type 
  4. Do It With a Rockstar 
  5. Want It Back 
  6. Grown Man Cry 
  7. Trout Heart Replica 
  8. A Grand Theft Intermission 
  9. Lost 
  10. Bottomfeeder 
  11. The Bed Song 
  12. Massachusetts Avenue 
  13. Melody Dean 
  14. Berlin 
  15. Olly Olly Oxen Free

Year End Lists

#7/Alternative Press
#44/PopMatters
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Added on: September 5, 2012