Lovesongs for Underdogs

Tanya Donelly, ???????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002ND4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,691 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical, August 22, 2002

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Luke Meyers (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lovesongs for Underdogs (Audio CD)

A fantastic album -- Tanya seems much more free to express her own style now that she's on her own (not part of Belly, Throwing Muses, etc.). This is a somewhat more low-key Tanya than we saw before, but there is still that electric guitar, rock sound going on. And as expected, the real magic is in the lyrics. My personal favorite is "Mysteries of the Unexplained," a breathtaking vision which addresses the question, "what is beauty?" and gives a very satisfying answer.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WITH THESE HIPS THESE LIPS THESE GETAWAY STICKS..., October 6, 2000

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EriKa "E" (Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lovesongs for Underdogs (Audio CD)

I GOT IT MADE... Tanya on her own is a pretty picture. But the album still feels like it lacks something. Where her music felt more complete with Belly, this leaves a little something to be desired. The songs here are all complete, and Donelly even took some singing lessons to enhance her vocal abilities here. But this does not quite live up to her full potential. This album, though, is still fulfilling and satisfying. Donelly's lyrics are more emotional, more confrontational, and she has begun to mature into her own voice. The first four tracks are delightful, especially "Mysteries of the Unknown". "Acrobat" is a surprisingly but modestly understated gem. "Breathe Around You" is a rather sexy turn for Donelly... while the final two tracks "Manna" and "Swoon" are the best on this album. It continues to be an interesting journey to follow Donelly's career in all its various incarnations. Very satisfying, and you won't regret investing time or energy on this album... despite its minor flaws and lack of cohesion.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars loud 'n' dirty, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lovesongs for Underdogs (Audio CD)

Excellent debut solo album from the founder of Throwing Muses, Breeders and Belly, and a singer whose voice alone is always worth the purchase price. Marriage (to Juliana Hatfield Three bassist Dean Fisher) may have softened the spike of some of Donelly's tunes - the chorus of Mysteries of the Unexplained is a gorgeous string-swelling thing - but the lyrics are as neurotic and oblique as ever. The rejection and obsession chronicled in singles Bum and Pretty Deep are a constant theme, laid bare in the claustrophobic Breathe Around You's dissection of a suffocating relationship. Various Pixies, Muses and Sebadoh types contribute to the growling riffs and crunching drive of Bright Light and Landspeed Song - guitar pop as it was meant to be played: loud 'n' dirty - while the tumbling acoustic thrills of Goat Girl usher in the windswept Manna, a worthy successor to Stay and Judas My Heart in the ballad-so-big-it-hurts stakes. With songs as good as this on their side, no wonder everyone loves an underdog.