release date: Feb. 8, 2000
format: cd (2004 reissue)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,62]
producer: Antony Hegarty
label: Secretly Canadian - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Twilight" - 2. "Cripple and the Starfish" (4 / 5) - 4. "The Atrocities" - 5. "River of Sorrow" - 6. "Rapture" - 8. "Divine" - 9. "Blue Angel"
Studio album debut by Antony and the Johnsons originally released on the small independent label Durtro is an album written, composed and produced by vocalist Antony Hegarty. The band is basically a project centered around (British born) US-resided singer and keyboardist Hegarty, although, his 'collaborators' are a stable unit but also a wide range of musicians of 7-8 persons.
It took me some time to get accustomed with Antony Hegarty's voice but I soon found it surreal, out-of-this-world. Also, I found that he sounded much like Bryan Ferry but he's anything but a clone or a copy, and the music is wonderful theatre-like. This was the first album I listened to by Antony Hegarty though it's not my favourite from this project. Unfortunately, it should take Hegarty another five years before revealing his next full album.
Still, this is a very good place to start.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
