Electra Heart
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83
Marina Diamandis ... rivals Katy Perry for catchy hooks, commands with the swagger of Gwen Stefani, and even comes close to the ethereal vocal exhilaration of Florence Welch.
80
Marina excels at slower tempos, as in PM, Lies, Valley of the Dolls and The State of Dreaming, where her swooping vocals over an electro-pop beat bring to mind Kate Bush taking the easier option of her earlier days.
80
She comes with album number two to pointedly prove not only that not all second albums are mush, but also that if you try hard enough you can progress to a level where casual observers become fully paid-up members of your fan club.
80
Electra Heart is a brooding, sexy, desperate, overwrought, and infectious record that's both aware and unashamed of its contrivance.
11y
60
Electra Heart is a naturally glossy if not promising progression for the young songstress, and the majority of the album is still eminently fun.
11y
60
Marina Diamandis has a new alter ego to go with her new musical directon. Unfortunately, it's a rather familiar one.
60
Whether she'll increase her fanbase on this second album by cloaking her naked ambition in the character of a self-obsessed bunny boiler called Electra Heart remains to be seen, but she's certainly given it everything.
60
There are some strong singles which are bound to bounce around throughout the summer, but what comes next will be interesting
11y
60
Second album from Welsh-Greek pop princess is predictable but full of vim.
59
Whilst there's no getting past some of the duller and more unbearable material on this record, it's a real shame that it's come hamstrung in this unnecessary concept, ready for people to laugh when Marina fails to pull it off.
11y
50
The album as a whole is an expensive-sounding failure.
11y
50
Electra Heart is a reasonably fun listen, and even if it falls short of its stratospheric ambition, still has more to say than many of Marina's contemporaries.
11y
40
Her husky, swooping voice brims with character, but it’s rarely given room to breathe here, and pairing the blunt metaphorical conceits of songs like Primadonna, Bubblegum Bitch and Homewrecker with equally unimaginative beats results in much middling and unmemorable material.
40
Over brutish electro-stomps and fizzy pop trifles every bit as sickly as that suggests, Marina's shrill Violet Elizabeth Bott inflections proclaim her emptiness.
40
These prom queen themes have had a more intriguing musical treatment from Lana del Rey.
40
Electra Heart sounds high on concept, low on songs.
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11mo
10
‘Electra heart’ is an ingloriously languid statement of Marina’s demise, the final stamp of disapproval on her flailing excuse of a musical career. There is actually a song called ‘Bubblegum Bitch’ on this album. ’nuff said.
I don't know what to say. It is a good pop album. It's not lacking in depth or anything, in fact it has a ton of depth, I just don't want to explore it. I don't get this album at all. What is it trying to be? It's so all over the place its hard to pin down. Some tracks are fun, others are more melancholy, but they all share one thing, a lack of meaning or direction. You want to send a message Marina? How are these tracks doing that? It really is just a mess that I had to sit through for a while ... read more
Electra Heart is the most popular (and captivating album for this generation) of Marina's career, within it she discuss topics such as love and identity, creating the title character "Electra Heart" to represent female archetypes in popular American culture (House Wife, Beauty Queen, Homewrecker and Idle Teen).
For me this album both hits and misses, especially in the production that manages to sound quite dated and predictable in comparison to its predecessor The Family Jewels, ... read more
Listened on 30/11/2023
Neatly produced pop bangers with an interesting and well explored concept. Unfortunatly, the rest of the songs on the album doesent hit the same high as the first two tracks.
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Track List
| 1 | Bubblegum Bitch 2:34 | 88 |
| 2 | Primadonna 3:41 | 86 |
| 3 | Lies 3:46 | 83 |
| 4 | Homewrecker 3:22 | 79 |
| 5 | Starring Role 3:26 | 83 |
| 6 | The State of Dreaming 3:36 | 80 |
| 7 | Power & Control 3:46 | 79 |
| 8 | Living Dead 4:04 | 75 |
| 9 | Teen Idle 4:14 | 85 |
| 10 | Valley of the Dolls 4:13 | 82 |
| 11 | Hypocrates 4:01 | 77 |
| 12 | Fear and Loathing 6:07 | 78 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
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1mo
this sucks lmao raditude by weezer or any ajr album is even better or leisure by blur
Added on: April 26, 2012