Sex O'Clock

Anita Lane

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B00005QK68
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #205,209 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Home Is Where the Hatred Is

2. Next Man That I See

3. Do That Thing

4. I Hate Myself

5. Light Possesion

6. I Love You, I Am No More

7. Like Caesar Needs a Brutus

8. Do the Kamasutra

9. Petrol Wife

10. Bella Ciao

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars intoxicating...addictive, October 31, 2001

By	Patrick M. Hnidka "pghmusiclover" (Munhall, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This release is an intoxicating and addictive treat by the unique Anita Lane. Singing/speaking in equal parts Claudine Longet, Jane Birkin and Nick Cave, she inhabits these songs with melancholy resignation. From the menacing opening cover of Gil Scott-Heron's "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" thru to the deceptively soothing "Bella Ciao"(which I found out is a popular Italian song, celebrating anti-fascist resistance in the Second World War), Mick
Harvey surrounds his muse with lush orchestrations. Along the way, she encounters members of The Birthday Party and imparts "I Hate Myself" with sinister brooding, also making some slyly sensual stops along the way. Don't miss this if you want to hear something that will keep you spellbound for nearly 45 minutes!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a wise woman, April 30, 2003

By A Customer

This one really is good. She has a sexy voice, but doesn't use it just to come on to men and alienate women. She speaks from the point of view of a woman who has learned a lot in life and takes responsibility for her own pleasure, which she has in abundance.

Not content to wither and sing the blues when her man does her wrong, she instead vows to "make love to the next man that I see." In "I love you. I am no more" she is a housewife who is so caught up in lovemaking that she "doesn't know if the kids have eaten," an amusing and liberating line for us working mommies who run around feeling like we have to be everything to our kids, jobs and men.

Another beautiful line from "I Love you.I am no more": "I think there was some kind of sunset." That's just one of the many poetic verses in this album.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, although it takes a few listenings to really love., December 6, 2001

By	Stacey Dawn Brody "gemini29" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this cd after hearing one of the tracks in a store. BELLA CAIO was so haunting to me that it was the impetus to buy the cd(I'm usually not an impulse music buyer). The store that I originally heard the song in was a trendy vintage clothing store run by a drag queen. Although I think drag queens are usually excellent auteurs of music, I think there is a definite style. This should have clued me in on the album. It reminded me alot of the soundtrack for HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (which I really loved and appreciated, but did not buy the cd of). SEX O'CLOCK is really great music, but I don't know if it's something I'll be playing alot in the future (and it was fairly expensive). It reminded me alot of a cross between ABBA and MARIANNE FAITHFUL (without her depth).