I Megaphone (Reis)

Imogen Heap - I Megaphone (Reis)

I Megaphone (Reis)
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Artist: Imogen Heap
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Music Label: Almo Sounds
Soundtracks:
  1. Getting Scared
  2. Sweet Religion
  3. Oh Me, Oh My
  4. Shine
  5. Whatever
  6. Angry Angel
  7. Candelight
  8. Rake It In
  9. Come Here Boy
  10. Useless
  11. Sleep

Music reviews of I Megaphone (Reis)

Music Review: Fiona Apple + Tori Amos + Alanis Morissette = Imogen Heap
Rating: 4 Stars

I found this at a used record store in New Orleans and picked it up solely due to the reviews I had read here earlier. Considering how difficult it is to obtain a copy of this CD these days (its now officially out-of-print), I was truly thrilled and couldn't wait to hear Imogen's music. Usually, when I listen to a musician's music based on their reviews at Amazon, I tend to be disappointed - both Fisher and Julia Darling have disappointed me as they seem like Lilith Fair rejects, yet they were given undue praise.

Imogen, on the other hand, deserves all the praise she can get. This girl has now formed a band called Frou Frou, but her one and only solo album stands out as one of the forgotten gems of the last decade - a combination of Fiona Apple's 'When the Pawn' and Tori Amos's 'From the Choirgirl Hotel' is what it most closely resembles. Also, I was glad to note that for ONCE there was a performer who could deservedly be compared to Tori and Fiona, and most remarkably, even sound like them on different tracks.

The first song that I listened to was Track 2 - 'Sweet Religion'. The opening vocals are very Apple-esque, and the production is very reminiscent of Fiona's first producer Andrew Slater's style. This track deals with one of my favorite themes - organized religion and its futility, and if you're even mildly religiously inclined you may be put off by Imogen's lyrics. While Fiona and Tori play to the woe-is-me crowd, Imogen strikes out at society and the establishment, and is a more pertinent role model for wannabe rebels, in my opinion.

The best track here is undoubtedly the first one - 'Getting Scared'. This multi-layered eclectic combination of electronica and rock works wonderfully, and is bettered only by Imogen's thoughtful lyrics and quaint British accent. 'Getting Scared' is also my favorite because it starts out relatively sombre and plink-plonks its way through the first few minutes, and then launches into a semi-death metal groove that is really frightening. This is an amazing track.

The other stand-outs are of course 'Sweet Religion', 'Oh me Oh my', and the stunning 'Come Here Boy', which is so rich in its' lush production and vocal delivery that its quite overwhelming to sit through it. The first time I heard it in the car I was blown away - the chorus comes with a sound effect that is so subtle, but one that envelops you and makes you shiver in your car. 'Come here Boy' is THE song to play when driving in the rain. Get this album if only for that pleasure.

This is one of my all-time favorite albums - right up there with Fiona Apple's 'When the Pawn' and Bjork's 'Post. Stunning, creatively dazzling. Heres hoping Imogen someday comes back to make a second album.

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Description of I Megaphone (Reis)

Charismatic and compelling singer-songwriter Imogen Heap--recently nominated for two Grammy awards--has gained the ear of America in recent years with her electro/alt songs on cult-fave movies and television shows as well as her 2005 sophomore album Speak for Yourself. Yet i Megaphone, her 1998 debut, has been out of print in the U.S. for seven years. Now, that album has received a much-deserved reissue. i Megaphone revisits the songs that marked Heap as the next great iconoclastic female artist, a lineage that includes Patti Smith, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Bjork, and Liz Phair. After her live debut performing between sets by the Who and Eric Clapton at the 1996 Prince's Trust Concert in London's Hyde Park, the classically trained Heap, from rural Essex, England, signed to Almo Sounds when she was just 17 years old. i Megaphone (an anagram for "Imogen Heap"), produced by David Kahne, Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics), and Guy Sigsworth, and featuring the engaging singles "Come Here Boy," "Shine," and "Getting Scared," earned wide critical acclaim. Unfortunately, Almo Sounds, formed by A&M founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, was winding down and Heap soon found herself adrift. In 2002, she and Sigsworth released a duo album, Details, under the moniker Frou Frou and it too was critically acclaimed. The following year they covered the Bonnie Tyler classic "Holding Out for a Hero" for the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Though by then defunct, Frou Frou enjoyed an unexpected resurgence in popularity in 2004 when "Let Go" was featured in Garden State. Heap's second solo album, Speak for Yourself, emerged the following year. Its "Hide and Seek" was heard in the powerful closing scenes of the Season Two finale of The O.C. and sparked a frenzy. The series' third season ended with her haunting rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." "Hide and Seek" was also featured in the movie The Last Kiss, the reality series So You Think You Can Dance, and as the ending song in the premiere episode of this year's new drama Smith. In addition, she penned "Can't Take It In" for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. But it is because of i Megaphone that America first heard Imogen Heap.

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