Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart

[lauc05]

I love the tracks produced by Rick Nowels. The best songs off the album, in my opinion.

[HYSTERIA]

This is by far my favorite album of the year so far. The only track I'm not 100% sold on is 'Homewrecker' (mainly because of the dodgy spoken-word verses), but it's more a case of a B- track on an album of A+.

The bonus tracks are sublime. I actually think I prefer the latter half of the album.

Why does everyone dislike the spoken word verses on Homewrecker ? When I got the free download of it and heard those verses is when I fell in love with her. I love the dodgy rhyming of "one" and "proven"

[James_B]

I like it too, you're not alone!

[clockworknovak]

I love the lyrics, don't get me wrong. I just feel like the spoken-wordiness of it is a little awkward. The chorus deserves something a bit more melodic to pair with.

[Glitterizer]

What the hell is "angel cake", anyway?

[ssa]

What the hell is "angel cake", anyway?

Chocolate cake is in another verse, so I guess it is the normal angel cake, with nothing particular in it, not a strange mataphor..

I'm just wildly guessing.

[BEST FICTION]

Chocolate cake is in another verse, so I guess it is the normal angel cake, with nothing particular in it, not a strange mataphor..

I'm just wildly guessing.

It must be a UK thing, cause I have never in my life heard of Angel Cake prior to Teen Idle.

[SunshineConcubine]

I think it is a British thing. It's kind of sickly, I'd stick to chocolate cake personally.

[LightningRider]

I'm not from the UK, but even I know Angel Cake. It's disgusting though, but I hate cakes in general.

[DanielS94]

I adore Angel Cake, the little Mr Kipling ones with the icing are just everything.

[ssa]

It must be a UK thing, cause I have never in my life heard of Angel Cake prior to Teen Idle.

Oh, I'm Italian. I just think I've heard about it somewhere.
And I imagined it to be like in that picture but with no cream in it.

Not a fan, by the looks of it.

[HYSTERIA]

I'm British and had heard of it, don't think I've ever had it though.

Looking at it now, I can see why Marina would want to puke it up.

[Noir]

I adore Homewrecker and its awkward verses. They are like halfway between The Shangri-Las and Pet Shop Boys. Plus they make the chorus sound even more hard-hitting in comparison.

[clockworknovak]

Angel cake isn't angel food cake, right?

[HYSTERIA]

I adore Homewrecker and its awkward verses. They are like halfway between The Shangri-Las and Pet Shop Boys. Plus they make the chorus sound even more hard-hitting in comparison.

And then that middle eight ? Where she really belts it , and then everything just stops and its her again, and then BOOM , final chorus.

[SunshineConcubine]

One is eaten by angels, the other is made from them. Cannibalism etc.

But really, they're unrelated, I think angel food cake is an American thing and Angel Cake is a British thing.

[MiChiMadNesS]

I adore Angel Cake, the little Mr Kipling ones with the icing are just everything.

PREACH! So good.

[Resi12]

Angel Cake is so nice!

[Rosalita]

Electra Heart has dropped to number 28 in the mid weeks. Oh dear.

Baffled.

[Resi12]

Are people really that surprised? I never expected it to have great longevity.

[Kirkland]

She managed to get a fluke number one during a week with low album sales all around. Did anyone really think it would stay in the Top Ten for weeks after everyone got a chance to hear Primadonna? The fact it made #1 is still a good hook to promote the album. She's got to make sure she doesn't do a Diana Vickers though. I think she'll sell enough to keep her deal, stay borderline, but never sell huge amounts. I doubt even X-Factor would give her huge sales. She isn't that sort of artist! I don't care anyway.

[Rosalita]

Maybe I'm slightly naive, but I expected it to stick around a little longer. Primadonna has passed 100,000 sales now.

[Rosalita]

I don't base my opinions on sales, I love the album. But realistically speaking, album #3 is completely provisional based on those sales. Dr Luke wouldn't have been cheap.

[Breakfast2]

Electra Heart has dropped to number 28 in the mid weeks. Oh dear.

Baffled.

Baffled? She has 20 fans who all pre-ordered 4534905 billion formats on release date.

[Glitterizer]

Angel cake isn't angel food cake, right?

According to Wikipedia, they're completely different things.