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Sweet Heart Fever

Sweet Heart Fever
Scout Niblett

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Track Listing

  1. So Much Love to Do
  2. Miss My Lion
  3. Into
  4. Dance of Jupiter
  5. Wet Road
  6. Lula
  7. Advice
  8. Big Bad Man
  9. Check Out the Maker
  10. Ground Breaking Service
  11. Wide Shoulders
  12. Sun and I
  13. Brighter
  14. Sweet Heart Fever

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #75059 in Music
  • Released on: 2001-10-22
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Scout Niblett's debut album, Sweet Heart Fever, gives the distinct impression that this singer-songwriter is older than her years but much younger than her sound (imagine PJ Harvey with the weight of history--not just of womanhood--on her small shoulders). Niblett's throaty voice is the main instrument in these songs, which describe identities real and imagined, love as an exorcism and growing up in terms that fashion her as a Lolita figure to Harvey's painted-lady persona.

The songs' spare arrangements, usually consisting of Niblett slowly plucking her guitar while Kristian Goddard counts along on the snare, create a backdrop that evokes Niblett's blues and folk precursors; her sultry, warbling vocals recall those of Swedish singers Stina Nordenstam and Lisa Ekdahl.

While stripped-down orchestration sounds like a recipe for coffee-shop-style background music, Niblett's aesthetic leans toward the creepy in such a way that her music becomes hard to ignore. This doesn't necessarily make it easy to embrace, but it will help you through the few songs it takes to recognise and appreciate Scout Niblett's eye for the perverse and her exceptional skill in creating a soundtrack to the uncanny moments in life. --Sarah A. Sternau

Customer Reviews

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When first hearing this album i found myself being reminded of CAT POWER. Scout Niblett reminds me of CAT POWERS soothing voice which places you into a world far from the stressed one we live in. This album gives you a brilliant chillout feel. The 5th track "the dance of sulphur" is beautilfully crafted song and one of my favourites on the album. Most songs are played with a accoustic guitar which humblely plays it self through the album. A definate album for CAT POWER fans.