Diamanda Galas - Guilty Guilty Guilty
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Artist: Diamanda GalasEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Music Label: Mute/Caroline
Soundtracks:
- 8 Men and 4 Women
- Long Black Veil
- Down So Low
- Interlude (Time)
- Autumn Leaves
- O Death
- Heaven Have Mercy
Music reviews of Guilty Guilty Guilty
Music Review: Diamanda and a piano - more darkness and despair
Rating: 4 Stars
"Guilty Guilty Guilty" finds Diamanda's voice alone with a piano performing to a live crowd at the Knitting Factory (and elsewhere, apparently). The result is similar to her previous "Malediction and Prayer." If you liked Malediction, you'll like Guilty. It's basically seven more covers turned very strange.
On the release of her 17th album, it's interesting to reflect on her voice and how it has changed over the years. The shrieks and screams are mostly replaced with growls, as her upper range is likely not what it used to be. While she's famous for her 3.5 octave vocal range and array of extended techniques, by 2008 she's become something a bit different. Even if she can't access her upper registers the way she did in the 80s, it doesn't really matter because her voice now has the maturity of age. In much the same way as Tom Waits' voice has become increasingly gravelly over the years, Diamanda's has aged into a quasi contralto with a distinctive gritty quality. She still breaks into her feats of vocal gymnastics periodically, and to great effect. And, she still has one of the most distinctive vocal styles.
This is a minor album in her discography, but one that I think many will enjoy. The songs are much more accessible than some of her long works such as "Vena Cava" or "Plague Mass." It flies by in a little less than 40 minutes. I'm giving the album four stars on a general scale. If I were to restrict my evaluation to Diamanda's music only, I'd probably rate it 3.5 stars, only because she has so many amazing albums, many of which are more ambitious in scope. That doesn't mean it's not worth buying though. While I favor "Malediction and Prayer" over "Guilty Guilty Guilty", this certainly deserves a place on every collector's shelf.
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Description of Guilty Guilty Guilty
2008 release, the much-anticipated collection of tragic and homicidal love songs, most of which were recorded at 'Diamanda's Valentines Day Massacre' at the Knitting Factory, New York City, February 14, 2006. Guilty Guilty Guilty is her 17th album, the first since 2003's Defixiones, Will And Testament and La Serpenta Canta. The dark queen of extended vocal techniques turns standards from Jazz, Blues, and Country music into her own musical genre. Using the full extent of her vocal arsenal and a virtuosic piano technique, Galás carves songs of doomed love into haunting works that promise to rip your heart out. Featured on the album are her much acclaimed reinterpretations of Ralph Stanley's reaper song, 'O Death'; O. V. Wright's '8 Men and 4 Women'; 'Long Black Veil' made popular by Johnny Cash; 'Time (Interlude)' sung by Timi Yuro; Tracy Nelson's 'Down So Low'; her signature rendition of 'Autumn Leaves'; and the favorite 'Heaven Have Mercy', made famous by Edith Piaf. Mute.Alternative Rock CDs
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