è Sempre bello rispolverare album d'esordio un pò ''datati'' (dal mio punto di vista neanche tanto) di cantanti che ora vanno per la maggiore. Infatti Lykke Li, con questo suo primo album, non riuscì ad arrivare, come ha fatto ora (grazie anche al remix di ''I Follow Rivers''), in Europa e America; riuscì però a vendere moltissimo e farsi conoscere nella sua madre patria, la Svezia.
Su di lei c'è sicuramente da dire che è una ragazza molto giovane (all'epoca 22enne) con una bella voce, molto ''scandinava'' (qui mi ricorda spessissimo Robyn, sopratutto in "Let It Fall"); non il massimo della particolarità, quindi, ma che sicuramente auspica a qualcosa di buono.
Per quanto riguarda le canzoni, principalmente pop, troviamo inaspettati, ottimi arrangiamenti; cori molto sofisticati che supportano e rendono meravigliose molte canzoni (la dolce "Hanging High", l'esuberante "Breaking It Up"), dolci "sussurati" (come il particolare inizio, un po' azzardato, "Melodies & Desires", la breve "This Trumpet in My Head"), massime di percussioni (la sobria e sensuale "Little Bit", che adoro su tutte; "Dance, Dance, Dance" con quel caldo sassofono) ballate elettriche ("Complaint Department").
(Da ricordare in ogni caso anche il singolo "I'm Good, I'm Gone", la bellissima "Tonight" e lo stupendo finale di "Everybody But Me", sintesi, veramente ben fatta e ben cantata, di tutti gli elementi principali dell'album).
Tutto si basa, quindi, su un insieme di: pop, elettriconica, folklore (dato dalle ricche percussioni, elemento che sapientemente fuso alla sua voce, più amo) e saldi cori. Elementi che, in realtà, prevedono un qualcosa di banale e di già sentito ma che invece rendono questo disco di esordio un vero calderone di influenze, si, ma di un'artista fresca e particolare che risulta anche innovativa; vuoi anche per quel Björn Yttling dei Peter Björn and Jonh alla produzione (facilmente riconoscibile).
Parliamo di un disco d'esordio molto ''timido'' e anche ''discreto'', di un'artista che è ancora insicura. Un disco che è senz'altro, però, un'ottima premessa a quella che sarà l' esuberanza esplosiva di Wounded Rhymes.
Da ascoltare, molto piacevole e ''inaspettato''.
Ps: è la mia prima recensione; grazie a chi si è cimentato a leggere e grazie in anticipo a tutte le critiche volte a migliorarmi.
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02 Dance, Dance, Dance (03:41)
Having troubles telling how I feel
But I can dance, dance, dance
Couldn't possibly tell you how I mean
But I can dance, dance, dance
So when I trip on my feet
Look at the beat
The words are, written in the sand
When I'm shaking my hips
Look for the swing
The words are, written in the air
Dance,
I was a dancer all along
Dance, dance, dance
Words can never make up for what you do
Easy conversations, there's no such thing
No I'm shy, shy, shy
My hips, they lie 'cause in reality I'm shy, shy, shy
But when I trip on my feet
Look at the ground
The words are written in the dust
When I'm shaking my hips
Look for the swing
The words are written in the air
Dance,
I was a dancer all along
Dance, dance, dance
Words can never make up for what you do
Dance, dance, dance
03 I'm Good, I'm Gone (03:09)
Steppin', stormin'
I'm all gone
Give me a tone and I'm all gone
Yeah, I'm walkin' by the line
I hear that in my mind
I'm workin' a sweat
But it's all good
I'm breakin' my back
But it's all good
'cause I know I'll get it back
Yeah, I know your hands will clap
Yeah, I'm workin'
Yeah, I'm workin'
To make butter for my piece of bun
And if you say I'm not OK
Then that's the goal
If you say there ain't no way that I could know
If you say I aim too high from down below
Well, say it know 'cause when I'm gone...
You'll be callin' but I won't be at the phone
And you're hanging around 'til it's all done
You can't keep me back once I've had some
Wasting time to get it right
And you will see what I'm about
Yeah, I'm workin' a sweat
But it's all good
I'm breakin' my back
But it's all good
'cause I know I'll get it back
Yeah, I know your hands will clap
And if you say I'm not OK
Then that's the goal
If you say there ain't no way that I could know
If you say I aim too high from down below
Well, say it know 'cause when I'm gone...
You'll be callin' but I won't be at the phone
05 My Love (04:36)
I miss you man
Where have you gone?
I miss you much
I miss you long
So many men
Where did you go?
Over seas, under chairs
Oh lover boy
You're hiding out
Oh could it be
I passed you by a thousand times before
Not knowing who you were
My love will come, my love will come
My love
For you i wait, for you i wait
My love
My love it burns, my love it burns
My love
My love will come, my love will come
My love
Solitude,
I'm doing fine
I dance alone
With my head high
Oh soltiude it's all sublime
To swing along
The choice is mine
To wait my lover's plane
Delay my love, i'll wait
My love will come, my love will come
My love
For you i sing, for you i sing
My love
My love it burns, my love it burns
My love
My love will come, my love will come
My love
06 Tonight (04:13)
watch my back so i make sure
you're right behind me as before
yesterday the night before tomorrow
dry my eyes so you won't know
dry my eyes so i won't show
i know you're right behind me
and don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
you walk the surface of this town
the high heels above the ground
and high horses that we know
keep us safe until the night
you know them all, i know it all
stay put and play along
'cause i'm looking for my friend
now i got you, got you
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
i dry my eye, dry my eye
dry my eye, dry my eye
dry my eye . . .
dry my eye, dry my eye
dry my eye, dry my eye
dry my eye . . .
yeah,
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
don't you let me go, let me go tonight
let me go, let me go
let me go, let me go
let me go, let me go
let me go, let me go
let me go, let me go
07 Little Bit (04:33)
Hands down, I'm too proud for love
But with eyes shut, it's you I'm thinking of
But how we move from A to B, it can't be up to me
'cause I don't know
Eye to eye, thigh to thigh
I let go...
I think I'm a little bit
Little bit
A little bit in love with you
But only if you're a little bit
Little bit, little bit
In love with me
And for you I keep my legs apart
And forget about my tainted heart
And I will never ever be the first to say it
But still I
Yes, you know, I.. I.. I..
I would do it
Push the button
Pull the trigger
Climb a mountain
Jump off a cliff
'cause you know, baby
I love you, I love you a little bit
You would do it, you would say it
You would mean it, that we could do it
It was you and I
Not only I
I think I'm a little bit
Little bit
A little bit in love with you
But only if you're a little bit
Little bit, little bit
In love with me (x2)
Come here, stay with me
Struck me by the hair
'cause I would give anything... anything
To have you as my man (x2)
Little bit
Little bit
A little bit in love with you
But only if you're a little bit
Little bit, little bit
In love with me
I think I'm a little bit
Little bit
A little bit in love with you
But only if you're a little bit
Little bit, little bit
In love with me
I think I'm a little bit
Little bit
A little bit in love with you
But only if you're a little bit
Little bit
Little bit
09 This Trumpet in My Head (02:36)
I can't get that trumpet out of my head
I can't get that trumpet out of my head
I woke up and I can't get that trumpet out of my head
And you say you can't stand me when I'm quiet,
and so I shot you in my silence
I can't get that trumpet out of my head
10 Complaint Department (04:32)
Me oh my you thought you had something strong
Me oh my it turned out that you were wrong
Me oh my you your luck seems to be no more
Fighting to get up, falling to the floor
Me oh my you say (I can't know) what you're going through
Funny you forgot (that I've had) the exact same thing from you
If you wanna complain
If you wanna complain
I'm not the complaint department
If you wanna complain (x3)
Me oh my you thought you had something strong
Me oh my it turned out that you were wrong
(If you wanna complain)
Me oh my you your luck seems to be no more
(If you wanna complain)
Fighting to get up, falling to the floor
If you wanna complain
I'm not the complaint department (x 9)
(My oh my, oh no no
My oh my, oh no no)
11 Breaking It Up (03:40)
If you're going abroad I can't help you
If you're crossing the street I might be there
If you give it a minute it's wrong
If you give it a minute it's gone
If we're just waiting a second too long
Darling I'll leave and you won't come along
So give me the reason to stay
Give me the reason to wait
You know I don't look to get caught
'Cause darling we're here but my true love is not
I'm breaking it up, before it's on
Breaking it up, it's already gone
Breaking it up, I didn't mean to fraud
Breaking it up
If you're going abroad I can't help you
If you're crossing the street I might be there
And I call you baby I will and I do
Persuade you in though I know that we're through
I let you think that I'm yours when I'm not
Keep you here though I'm ready to drop the last line
I'm breaking it up, before it's on
Breaking it up, it's already gone
Breaking it up, I didn't mean to fraud
Breaking it up
If you're going abroad I can't help you
If you're crossing the street I might be there
Breaking it up
Breaking it up
12 Time Flies (03:21)
I sit tight, don't want to miss the show
I hang on, don't want to miss my prime
'Cause time will fly, upon my baby's back
Time will fly, upon my baby's back
Stay a while, my baby wants me to
Don't you go, my baby begs me so
But tide will dry, upon my baby's back
Tide will dry, upon my baby's back
I get weak
I get weary
I miss sleep
I get moody
I'm in thoughts
I write songs
I'm in love
I walk on
Fingers crossed, my time is coming now
Don't you go, my baby begs me so
Time will fly, upon my baby's back
Time will fly, upon my baby's back
I get weak
I get weary
I miss sleep
I get moody
I'm in thoughts
I write songs
I'm in love
I walk on
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