Swanlights (CD)


Antony and The Johnsons

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Amoeba Review

10/12/2010

Though his signature style is a penetrating, abyss-gazing alto croon, something like a gothic Nina Simone, Antony Hegarty is hardly confined by the one thing, and on Swanlights, he lets a surprising number of styles roam free. "Fletta," a duet with Bjork, starts and stops and uncoils in wildly unexpected fits and starts. Elsewhere the rhythms romp and trot while Antony's voice whirls above the crowd, and yet elsewhere he warps and punishes his voice to evoke the torture of a dying animal. Arrangements by Nico Muhly are always full and fearless, and the Johnsons play with aplomb on quite a challenging range of material. Though there is less of the plangent balladry than ever, this introduces us to a much richer, more musically diverse Antony than we ever knew.

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Track Listing



Disc 1 Titles
Artist
Length
1.
Everything Is New 		Antony and The Johnsons 04:32
2.
The Great White Ocean 		Antony and The Johnsons 04:59
3.
Ghost 		Antony and The Johnsons 03:08
4.
I'm in Love 		Antony and The Johnsons 03:52
5.
Violetta 		Antony and The Johnsons 00:35
6.
Swanlights 		Antony and The Johnsons 06:08
7.
The Spirit Was Gone 		Antony and The Johnsons 03:17
8.
Thank You for Your Love 		Antony and The Johnsons 04:14
9.
Flétta 		Antony and The Johnsons , Björk 04:23
10.
Salt Silver Oxygen 		Antony and The Johnsons 03:52
11.
Christina's Farm 		Antony and The Johnsons 07:21

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