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Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
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Track Listing
- Cardinal Song
- Slipping Husband
- 90 Mile Water Wall
- It Never Happened
- Murder Me Rachael
- Thirsty
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- Sugar Wife
- Trophy Wife
- Fashion Coat
- Patterns Of Fairytales
- Lucky You
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #39703 in Music
- Released on: 2003-11-03
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Love, hate and despair...............
This album resonates with resigned beauty captured by evocative music and articulated superbly by the deep rich voice of Matt Berninger. The songs tell of love and hate and that fine line that divides and joins our relationships. Despite the mostly bleak subject matter, there is something that is strangely uplifting about the album - almost life affirming, much as Willard Grant Conspiracy seem to have acheived with their musings on death on Regard the End. The alt-country-tinged "90-mile water wall" is at variance musically with the pounding drums, throbbing bass and screaming guitars and vocals of "Murder Me Rachael" but they convey their messages superbly.
The last track, "Lucky You" rounds off an excellent album probably best enjoyed alone, late on in the night in a mood-lit room with some fractured memories and a large glass of Macallan.........perhaps not for everyone then, but if that feeling has ever got to you, you'll enjoy this.
An album for people who hate people
In short, if you like Lou Reed's Berlin album, Replacements and Bill Hicks then this is the album for you. No happy songs, no optimistic songs, just pure despair, failed relationships and hatred. But, it's melodic and sung exactly as these types of songs should be sung. For the intrigued, depressed and recently divorced, press Play.
Best of the National - buy it!
The National have a great back catalogue and to me this is their best album.
