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Showtunes (CD)

By: Stephin Merritt (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Showtunes (CD) Album By Stephin Merritt (Artist)
1   Theme From The Orphan Of Zhao
2   At Madam Plum's
3   Top And The Ball, The
4   What A Fucking Lovely Day!
5   Auntie Toothache
6   It's Hard To Be The Emperor
7   Sounds Expensive
8   Red Shoes, The
9   Fan Dance Cha-Cha
10   Little Maiden Of The Sea, The
11   Ukulele Me!
12   Train Song
13   Little Hebrew Girl, The
14   Shall We Sing A Duet?
15   Song Of The Humble Serf, The
16   Collar And The Garter, The
17   Shall We Sing A Duet? Reprise
18   Sorry Wrong Show
19   Storks, The
20   In The Spring, When I Was Young
21   Ugly Little Duck, The
22   And He Would Say
23   World Is Not Made Of Flowers, The
24   Behold The Lowly Centipede
25   In China, Said The Moon....
26   Hail! Son Of Heaven
 

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Review

Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Merritt sings alongside original cast members, clearly relishing each perverted fairy-tale of ruined love, untimely death, wars and whores and human vanity."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "To the cottonfield paddy fields sounds of banjo and jinghu Merritt and friends horse around with funny voices and sardonic lines..."

Title Note

Recording information: 2006.

An amazing tunesmith with an unerring knack for melody and influences that range from Kurt Weill to New Order, Stephin Merritt has used various projects--the Magnetic Fields chief among them--to showcase his unique talents. Merritt is also heavily influenced by musical theater, as SHOW TUNES, the artist's third solo release, reveals. In fact, SHOW TUNES comprises songs that Merritt composed for actual stage productions.

In a long-standing collaboration with the Chinese theater director Chen Shi-Zheng, Merritt has written songs for the Shi-Zheng plays PEACH BLOSSOM FAN, THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO, and MY LIFE AS A FAIRY TALE. The songs are performed by the original cast members, so those looking for Merritt's voice will be sadly disappointed. That said, the songwriting bears the artist's usual hallmarks--wit, superb melodic hooks, a little bit of cheek, and a little bit of melancholy--making the collection indispensable to Merritt fans.

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