Penny Sparkle

This is a really amazing album. Don't recall any other band who after 18 years are still progressing and taking the listener to new planets. Thanks Glen Johnson for turning me onto them way back in 1995. Yes they were intense then & they are still intense. Every track here is breathtaking. One after one they grab your heart twist & turn it into little pieces. 'Here Sometimes', 'Not Getting There', 'Will There Be Stars', 'My Plants Are Dead', 'Love Or Prison', 'Oslo', 'Penny Sparkle', 'Everything Is Wrong', 'Black Guitar' & the exceedingly brilliant 'Spain'. Kazu with her fragile beautiful voice & via the melodic backing of Amedeo & Simone then the end result is simply astonishing. It is hard to understand all the lyrics but what I hear or grasp is breathtakingly inspirational but in any case you can find them beautifully presented with both the LP & CD artwork. Would say that over the last three years that this has been the album that have played the most & the vinyl version is simply sublime. When ever I feel down & out then this is the LP that I turn to, to lift my spirits.

I like it , but not nearly as much as the other 4 albums of theirs that I have, it seems more distant & less intense/ exciting

Blonde Redhead are singer Kazu Makino and twins Simoneand Amadeo Pace. They have been making music since 1993and their new album 'Penny Sparkle' took me by surprise,partly because I hadn't heard them before but mostlybecause this is such a lovely recording.Together this fine little trio demonstrate the moregentle face of contemporary electro-pop. This has agreat deal to do with Ms Makino's fragile and verypretty voice (not unlike that of Lali Puna's ValerieTrebeljahr at times) which glides effortlessly throughthe ten numbers in this creditable collection.The formula is an uncomplicated but effective one.Uncluttered rhythm tracks are decorated with layersof diaphanous synth chords and occasional guitaraccents. The pace of the music is uniformly slow tomid-paced and I cannot imagine that anyone came evenclose to breaking a sweat during its creation.('Not Getting There' is about as sprightly as things get!)'Love Or Prison' is a particularly interesting invention.Not unlike Berlin's splendid 1986 song 'Take My Breath Away',it trundles along laconically on the back of a fruity synthobligato with Ms Makino's voice floating above it like a ghost.'Your Plants Are Dead', as its title might suggest, is amarvelously maudlin affair. The melody, however, is one of thestrongest in the bunch and even though the somewhat waywardguitar tuning is a tad distracting (perhaps it's meant to bethat way!) it still manages to be one of the album's highlights.Title track 'Penny Sparkle' is a haunting composition. Thestripped-down arrangement (redolent of some of Bjork's quietermoments) is rather beautiful in a less-is-more kind of way.'Oslo' seems to have become my favorite in the bunch. The cheekybeats and fully-formed tune come quite near to being a pop song.Ms Makino's ideosyncratic vocal peformance, however, enusres thatthe band never strays too close to the mainstream!Blonde Redhead's minimal grooves are unlikely to get youdancing (although a smootch or two are potentially feasible!)but there are more than enough good ideas on this album tokeep us quietly entertained and out of trouble for a while.Recommended.

A well produced new album by the NYC trio, with some more beats than the previous album, and the distinctive voice of Kazu Makino along with the Pace brothers.The 8th studio album is a nicely organized set of tracks, combining colorful tunes with darker ones in perfect harmony.For fans the album is a must, specially in the Deluxe Edition, with plenty of design details to admire.

Questo album è semplicemente fantastico. Riassume brani di rara bellezza per chi ama questa band già strana di suo. L'eclettica Kazu Makino riesce ad incantare l'ascoltatore grazie alla voce unica nel panorama musicale del genere d cui fa parte. Di particolare rilevanza le tracce Oslo, Spain e l'omonima Penny Sparkle. Consigliatissimo.

Le doy una estrella porque el articulo recibido no es el ofertado. Se trata de la edición normal y corriente, nada que ver con el cofre edición limitada y con ''chucherías'' varias que se ve en la imagen.A veces da la sensación de que no saben ni lo que te están vendiendo.

Producto en excelentes condiciones, llegó antes de lo estimado. Solo un pequeño detalle: El embalaje debería ser más seguro porque llego en un sobre de papel. Pero fuera de eso el producto es de calidad.

Sfumature oniriche e raffinate fanno da cornice all'ultimo lavoro del gruppo italo-nippo-newyorkese sempre più lontano dalle chitarre ruggenti e graffianti dei primi dischi e adesso maggiormente orientato verso un pop elettronico più dolce e sognante.

que decir una de las mejores bandas del mundo.