I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too

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I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too

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In the three years since her critically-acclaimed debut, Martha Wainwright has toured and recorded with acts ranging from Neko Case to Snow Patrol. She has performed Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall, and appeared on the big screen in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. But her greatest achievement is, undoubtedly, the creation of her sophomore record. Entitled I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too, it is a musically and lyrically ambitious effort, from understated ballads to intense rock numbers. Wainwright offers new takes on a couple old classics as well: Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" and the Eurythmics' "Love Is A Stranger." With I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too Wainwright has created a masterpiece that will further establish her as one of the most exciting and brilliantly creative songwriters of her generation.

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Martha is the youngest of the Wainwright clan (with brother Rufus two years her senior), and she's also still the one with the most to prove, even after her eponymous 2005 debut captured hearts aplenty via a delightful bundle of timeless folk ruminations with intriguingly fraught seams--and one infamously foul-mouthed diatribe against her father (folk singer Loudon Wainwright III). It's hard to know whether the family association does her more harm than good, but what is certain is that sophomore album I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too is as complex and emotionally tumultuous as its title and lays to rest any doubts regarding the reach of her artistry. From lavish psychedelic arrangements in "Tower" to "You Cheated Me" and "Hearts Club Band" which gush with the slick country-pop of Fleetwood Mac, to "So Many Friends" and "Bleeding All over You" alternating between Kristen Hersh's husky folk persona on one hand and Kate Bush's gallivanting tonsils on the other, all the way to "Niger River" which quivers and ebbs, fluttering between peaks with eastern trace-like qualities, she sounds both utterly liberated and firmly in control. It's a more challenging experience than the first record, but covers so much more ground and is richer for it. In spite of the title it can surely no longer be a case of always the mistress and never the bride. --James Berry

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Rating:
Date: 2008-06-24
Not Good
I was really looking forward to another Martha Wainwright release. This album disappoints on so many levels. It is not even comparable to her self-titled album that came out a few years ago. Her folksy sound is all but drowned out by electronic drum beats, strings and electric guitars. If her previous album hadn't been so good maybe I would have been a little more fair with the review of her latest one. I've listened to the album several times now and there really isn't a high point to remember. Boring.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-16
Are we all listening to the same album?
I streamed a few of the songs over the weekend--FALLING IN INSTANT LOVE WITH EACH--but only now am I getting to hear the full cd. I've only heard up to tracks 5 & 6, The Tower and Lonely Hearts Club, but can report that these songs alone kick the a** of her entire first album--and it's one of my five favorite albums ever. Ignore the earlier reviewers who rated I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too one or two stars. This record is magic.

UPDATE: Just now hearing track 8, In the Middle of the Night. I'm crying, people! YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS RECORD!

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-14
I am Martha, hear me roar ...
This is dazzling, and if it's not one of the strongest CD's by any performer, male or female, that you hear this year (or this decade) I'll eat Loudon's hat.
I was lucky enough to see Martha here in concert a couple of years ago (and Rufus and Loudon in their own concerts earlier this year). She was impressive then and on her debut CD, but on this she steps out with something superbly self-assured and finely nuanced ... I hear echoes of Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith and even Kate Bush, but Martha's very much her own woman.
"You Cheated Me" should be a hit, but probably the whole CD won't get the attention it deserves ...

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-12
I, too, have feelings...
and my feelings about this album are not positive. It's a sad day when the best song Martha Wainwright can crank out is a cover, but that's all "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings, Too" offers. Wainwright's cover of "Love Is A Stranger" is good because it allows her voice to take center stage whereas on the rest of this album things like melody are sacrificed in order to accommodate lyrics that are, at best, mediocre and at worst clunky and cliche. The liner notes list guest spots by her brother Rufus, Donald Fagen and Pete Townshend, but you'd be hard pressed to tease them out of this mess. I own everything Wainwright has released including her early out of print EPs. Oddly it seems like Wainwright is regressing, not progressing musically. I think the best thing she can do is to find herself a good songwriter.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-12
Ouch. What happened?
I must agree with "Doug" on this CD but am not as generous with stars. I loved the debut album and Martha's songs on the Leonard Cohen tribute CD.

The best part of this CD is the cover.

The sound quality is awful---Martha's crisp, violin quality voice turns screechy and annoying on this CD.

I'm very disappointed...will dump mine on Ebay.