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Martha Wainwright by: Martha Wainwright

Publisher: Drowned In Sound
Release date: 4th April, 2005
Media: Audio CD

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Track List

• Far Away
• G.P.T.
• Factory
• These Flowers
• Ball and Chain
• Don't Forget
• This Life
• When the Day is Short
• Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
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Editorial Review

Martha Wainwright comes from a family that some would call "musical royalty". She is the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, and sister of Rufus Wainwright, yet she writes and sings with a style completely her own. After several tours as opener and band-mate for Rufus, and appearances on his albums, Martha made her own bold statement with the release of her EP Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole earlier this year. The EP garnered rave reviews: The Times called it a "tour de force" while The New York Times named it "a gorgeous teaser" to her forthcoming full-length debut. The release of this self-titled debut album takes things to a whole new level. An album of contrasts, Martha Wainwright features tracks filled with raw, fiery, passionate energy alongside unforgettable, hauntingly beautiful ballads. --C Wingbaps

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Rating: - Lush

Wait until a sunny summer evening, get super chilled and melancholic and put this album on.
Bliss

Rating: - The Wainwright family strikes again

A prestigious musical family such as the Wainwrights may lead one to beleive that this album by Martha Wainwright- the sister of Rufus and the daughter of Louden- may just be a family pushed venture, which would sell purely on the Wainwright name alone.. However, Martha boldly asserts herself as the most interesting, cutting edge and talented female singer songwriter around in an album which rivals Gemma Hayes - Night On my side and her own brother's self titles album for the best debut albums by singer songwriters in the last twenty years. Distinctive enough to be Joni Mitchell and good enough to make lily allen look like that girl you knew in highschool who now has ten kids at the age of 20. She deserves far more credit than any of the ruffians who are among the top of the musican scene, I will not name any names as they don't deserve any credit.

Rating: - Martha my dear

Alternative Indie folky Martha has produced an album which in turn excites and relaxes. Some powerful compositions display raw emotion which is obviously drawn from living a life less ordinary.
Martha spins her compositions across the emotional spectrum and who are we to doubt her sincerity.

Strong as steel...soft as honey.

Rating: - this woman/girl nails some sentiment on this album!

whatever you think this album is going to be like forget it, it will just blow you away. have you ever heard a woman sing like a child one minute with vulnerability showing through. how does she do it? she sings like she's been locked in a tower all these years and someone's finally let her sing her thoughts on an album with beautiful guitar accompanying her. you can while away the day, fantasise about being in some parisian city then sing with her whilst you share the annoyance she has with work, love and growing up.
absolutely bl@@dy magical. best album i've heard in a long long time. inspirational.

Rating: - The Wainwright dynasty continues...

It amazes me that every member of the Wainwright family has a sound and energy all their own. In stark contrast to Rufus' flair for the theatric, this album is much more rooted in the real world.

The album is emotionally raw and powerful this is not one for the fainthearted. My advice is just to put the CD on and do nothing but let the sound affect you, otherwise I don't think you could give this album the attention it so rightly deserves.

A bright shining light in a world of trivial fluff.

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