- Category: Music » Rock & Pop » Alternative
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: August 17, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Rune Grammofon
- UPC: 7033662020904
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113718016
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #52359 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #16547 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #1647 in Alternative (See Top 100 Alternative Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "3" by Susanna and The Magical Orchestra to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "3"Browse more products related to "Susanna and The Magical Orchestra"ReviewQ (Magazine) (p.117) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "['Subdivisions'] evokes suburbia's stifling conformity, a nuance previously submerged beneath the original's synths." ReviewQ (Magazine) (p.117) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "['Subdivisions'] evokes suburbia's stifling conformity, a nuance previously submerged beneath the original's synths." Product notePersonnel: Susanna and The Magical Orchestra (programming); Susanna Karolina Wallumrod (vocals); Morten Qvenild (keyboards). Title NotePersonnel: Susanna and The Magical Orchestra (programming); Susanna Karolina Wallumrod (vocals); Morten Qvenild (keyboards). Album DescriptionSusanna Wallumrod's albums with and without the Magical Orchestra (aka Jaga Jazzist's Morten Qvenild) have all taken a similar approach, whether she focuses on her own songs (List of Lights and Buoys, Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos) or the songs of others (Melody Mountain, Flower of Evil): her subtly remarkable voice -- which carries within it echoes of singers from Nina Simone to Karen Carpenter -- came first and foremost, surrounded by abstract arrangements soft enough not to detract from her vocals, but interesting enough to enhance them. Often, she sounded like she was singing with the weight of the world on her shoulders, but on the simply named 3, she and Qvenild sound like they're bound for the stars. Lighter and more overtly electronic than Susanna & the Magical Orchestra's previous work, these songs have a sci-fi glamour and wistfulness to them, as well as a grandeur that suggests vast dark skies filled with twinkling lights. 3 begins with one of its boldest departures, "Recall," which sets Wallumrod's voice adrift on bubbling analog synths, weaving a hypnotic spell broken by huge drums that sound all the more massive compared to the polite percussion on her previous work. "Palpatine's Dream" is even more striking, a song about Star Wars' Sith lord made sleek and strangely sexy with electronics that stream by like meteorites and backing vocals by Wildbirds & Peacedrums' Mariam Wallentin and Susanna's brother Fredrik Wallumrod. Not all of 3 is this drastically different than what came before it. Gently insightful songs like "The Game" and "Come On" could have appeared on Wallumrod's earlier albums, and she includes a couple of covers that reinforce what a gifted interpreter she is: Roy Harper's "Another Day" becomes a dead-of-night piano meditation, and Rush's "Subdivisions" is turned into a sparkling, ironically detached manifesto against conformity. Throughout, Wallumrod, Qvenild, and company never lose the purity of their vision, particularly on "Lost," an aching ballad so simple and vulnerable it feels like a cover when it actually isn't, and "Someday," which blends the album's alien frostiness with all-too-human intimacy, hope, and despair. Ambitious and diverse, 3 opens new possibilities for Susanna & the Magical Orchestra, but it shares the sense of wonder and beauty in all of their music. ~ Heather Phares If You Enjoy "3 (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "3 (CD)" by Susanna and The Magical Orches...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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