Damien Rice - 9

Hands down, album of the year. No doubt in my mind. It's QUITE possibly the best album I've heard in the past 5 years. Holy **** I just can't get over how amazing this is. Its raw, its emotional, diverse and original and all without trying to be something it's not. I tried breaking it down song by song but after Rootless Tree I just wanted to enjoy the album again without having to worry about analyzing it. I dont CARE what you listen to, you'll find something to like on here.

After some sleuthing I think I've discovered the meaning of both album titles and the general theme of the albums. I've always assumed that "O" was a declaration of love centered around one person and the affects it had on Damien's life, and it seems like that's accurate. "The Story of O", as reference in Amie, is an actual book. The description I found is "The classic erotic novel, THE STORY OF O relates the love of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer for Rene. As part of that intense love, she demands debasement and severe sexual and pychological tests. It is a unique work not to be missed." The author, Jean Paulhan, described it as the most fiercely intense love letter.

The meaning behind the title 9 isn't definite as far as I know, but I was doing some thinking and this album seems to have a theme of cheating. 9 Crimes is definetely about cheating, and its referenced in Elephant as well as some of the other songs that I've picked up. So then I was thinking what the significance of the number 9 could be to cheating and I realized (though I'm not sure if it would have significance to him as an Irishman) that there are 9 supreme court justices. So it would seem to me that he's laying himself and his crime out to be judged by the 9.



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How the **** did I miss this?

He's Irish - why does this not release in Europe until after America?



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~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

Also didn't they turn The Story of O into a soft-core porn film?



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

Second Sofi, how the hell did I miss this!? The first album was incredible, I cant wait to listen to this!





Si

'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle

i uploaded the "9" torrent on demonoid.com

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9 Girlfriends?

I saw him 18 months ago and recognise a lot of these songs from then, Accidental Babies probably being the greatest song of EVER.



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

TOUR!!!!!



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

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And what is wrong with it?



Post Edited (11-22-06 12:16)

~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

i bought the album a couple of weeks ago, there are like 4 amazing songs that caught me (9 Crimes, Elephant, Dogs, Gray Room).

But A few caught me off guard though. "Rootless" starts off and takes your breath away, but then from the left field, the repetative chorus screams in--his passion is great BUT very repetative!!. And he does almost the same repetative thing in "Me, My Yoke". His repetition annoys me--I don't know... maybe because my english teacher slapped me on the wrist whenever I wrote papers with a lot of redundancies.

oh and what's with the 15min of nothing at the end. "Sleep Don't Weep" is great, but I find the huge silence with a few whirling sounds pointless.

Nonetheless, majority of the album is great... though after listening, I'd have to go to something with a lil more rhythm & bass

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well spoken, Shadab. I hope you don't review any of the bands I like =)

Message deleted on 2015-09-05 06:30:16 PDT

A whole THREE people are fixated on Brand New. Whoopdedoo.



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

Message deleted on 2015-09-05 06:30:16 PDT