Drama (Dig)

Bitter:Sweet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Quango
• ASIN: B0017R1E5U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,794 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #54 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Finland

Track Listings

1. Get What I Want

2. Come Along with Me

3. The Bomb

4. Drama

5. Waking Up

6. A Moment

7. Sugar Mama

8. Trouble

9. Love Revolution

10. Neurosis

11. Drink You Sober

12. Everything

Editorial Reviews

Two years after their intoxicating debut, Bitter:Sweet returns with their much anticipated 2008 sophomore release, Drama. Aptly titled, the album takes the listener through a range of heightened emotions and sounds. The meticulous production, impeccable songwriting, and sensual vocals are present as ever on an album that polishes the signature style introduced by The Mating Game. Backed with full string ensembles and horn sections Drama embraces a more organic sound that moves Bitter:Sweet confidently into the pop realm. Equal parts flirtatious numbers, and achingly beautiful songs; Drama is playful, moving, and sure to become a classic. Quango.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More upbeat than their previous album., August 14, 2009

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Doug Pardee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drama (Dig) (Audio CD)

The songs on this album tend to be fun and playful whereas the songs on The Mating Game tend to be considerably deeper. There are a lot of feel-good songs here, where The Mating Game was a lot heavier on torch songs. There are also some unabashedly sexy songs on this album--Get What I Want, Drink You Sober, and (in the online extras) Trois--while there were none on The Mating Game.

The flip side of that is that none of the songs on Drama reach much emotional depth. "A Moment" has the most emotional depth of the lot, and it's still a "feel-good" song. "Everything" is sentimental but there's a difference between sentiment and emotion, and it's another "feel-good" song too. "Drama" and "Waking Up" are the only torch songs here, and neither one is a patch on Bitter:Sweet's work on The Mating Game.

Speaking of which, "Trouble" is a fun little song unless you're familiar with "Dirty Laundry" from The Mating Game, which covered the same territory about five times better. It's not that "Trouble" is bad because it's not, it's that "Dirty Laundry" is outstanding.

Shana's also reined in some of the wild poesy that marked her lyrics in The Mating Game, lyrics that were sometimes amazing and sometimes inscrutable. One thing that hasn't changed is that you can still do an easy drinking game: whenever she sings "drink", take one.

Don't get me wrong, I love the album (see the 5 stars I rated it?). But the musical choices are decidedly different: light, bouncy, playful, and sexy. Drama is certainly not The Mating Game II.

One other difference: this album comes with a lyric sheet for all of the songs except "Trouble". I love Shana's voice, but she favors interpretation over enunciation, and when combined with occasional odd choices of lyrics, frequent unexpected changes of cadence, and her whistled sibilants, it can be difficult to understand what she's singing at times.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars liked the first one better...., January 22, 2010

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Sophie (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Drama (MP3 Download)

if i would have heard this album on its own, it would have gotten 5 stars from me. but, because i find i like the darker, more "bitter" side of their album "the mating game", this one seems a little too up-beat for me. still, it's great lounge music with beautiful, fun vocals and instrumentation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply awesome!, July 21, 2008

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S. Buenfil "Mike & Sue" (Burbank, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drama (Dig) (Audio CD)

This album (along with the first release by Bitter:Sweet "The Mating Game") make me want to host a dinner party complete with candles & martinis! I cannot get enough of this album -- it has been in non-stop play since we purchased it! If you liked the first album, you will enjoy this one, too. It's the perfect mix of lounge meets electronica with the track "Trouble" being a James Bond-esque favorite!