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The New York City-based trio Rasputina was led by singer/songwriter Melora Creager, a classically-trained cellist who backed Nirvana on the group's final tour. In 1992, Creager placed a want ad seeking other cellists to form a rock band; among those responding was Canadian musician Julie Kent, and with the later addition of Polish native Agnieszka Rybska, Rasputina was born. The three cellists'… Read more in Amazon's Rasputina Store

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  • Audio CD (June 26, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: June 26, 2007
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Limited Edition
  • Label: Filthy Bonnet
  • ASIN: B000QEILTM
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,654 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. 1816, The Year Without a Summer
2. Choose Me For Champion
3. Cage In a Cave
4. Incident In a Medical Clinic
5. Draconian Crackdown
6. Child Soldier Rebellion
7. Oh Bring Back the Egg Unbroken
8. Old Yellowcake Breaking News
9. In Old Yellowcake
10. We Stay Behind
11. A Retinue of Moons / The Infidel Is Me
12. The Pruning

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Oh Perilous World is the sixth release by Rasputina, a singularly inventive outfit led by Melora Creager. A cellist herself, she creates a frontline of multiple cellos. Eschewing the faux-classical shenanigans of the Electric Light Orchestra, she welds the instruments with sensibilities that evoke everyone from Van Dyke Parks to Tom Waits. The album opens with the lines "In the spring of 1315 there began an era of unpredictable weather. It did not lift until 1851. You remember 1816 as the year without a summer." The dozen songs address the set's title with a mix of journalism and poetry. Creager draws directly from the daily news, but rather than paddling about in simple reportage, she uses phrases and ideas as starting points for her rich and multifaceted results. She moves easily from ballads laced with dulcimers to spiky rockers sporting fuzzed cellos and propulsive drums. The arrangements, which sometimes include layered vocal choruses, utilize complexity with natural grace. --David Greenberger

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Oh Perilous World is the long awaited new studio album from chamber-rock trio Rasputina. Deciding current world events were more bizarre than anything from the distant past, Rasputina foundress Melora Creager culled words, phrases and whole stories from the Internet that especially intrigued her to create the lyrical inspiration for the album. Rasputina has built a loyal and committed following over six albums through their constant live recitals.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars You're showing every sign of losing your heart, July 9, 2007
Gothic alt-rock played with cellos -- it sounds pretty horribly precious, doesn't it?

And it would be, if Rasputina weren't such great musicians, who could mingle tragic history stories with quirky chamberpop and classical instrumentation. And their latest album "Oh Perilous World" comfortably straddles the fence between rock and cabaret, and seems to be having fun while it does so.

It opens with a creepy, ominous cello melody, and Melora Creager's girlish voice telling us solemnly, "In the spring of 1315/There began an era of unpredictable weather/It did not lift until 1851/You remember 1816 as the year without a summer." It's a rambling, weird song about Freemasons, Ben Franklin, Frankenstein, volcanoes and other such subjects.

Things get even stranger with the quirky chamber-rocker that follows ("choose me to be your champion/I am possessing of a very righteous style!"), not to mention the string of melodies that follow: clashing cellopop, gothic balladry, a rapid-fire rocker, a tinkly pop song, rambling interludes, and the sweeping beauty of "Old Yellowcake" and the sly "A Retinue Of Moons/The Infidel Is Me."

Rasputina is one of those genrebusting bands -- they manage to keep themselves rooted in rock, pop, chamber music, and still sound like they live in a big old ruined Victorian house with some friendly ghosts and a lot of newspapers. They're a little bit of everything, and have kept their quirk.

Obviously the main instrument here is cello. Lots of cello. And Creager knows how to mold it to her purpose, whether it's a melodious sweep, an awkward twang, or urgent dark chords like an electric guitar. But to keep it from getting monotonous, there's some fuzzy guitar in "Draconian Crackdown" that takes over the song, as well as a gentle piano in the ballads, and a jingle of bells here and there.

Creager has a pretty, girlish voice, but she sings some pretty weird, sometimes gruesome songs about broken butterflies, blood-spattered lace curtains and the descendants of mutineers. Some are taken from actual history. And how can you ignore lyrics so quirky as to tell you that a reaper is inthe flowerbed? Or that "I have charisma and of course a winning smile/I stand accused of being an audacious redeemer/Not a charge I can deny."

Full of history and dark humor, "Oh Perilous World" is a pretty solid chamber-rock album that has its moments of excellence. Definitely worth hearing, if nothing else for its cello playing.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unlike Anything You've Ever Heard Before..., July 10, 2007
By Jake Blues (Broken Arrow, OK) - See all my reviews
...and I mean that in a good way. This album and this band are proof that the best music and most talented artists ARE NOT ON YOUR RADIO.

Let me add that I am not your typical Rasputina fan. I'm a blue-collar male who is pushing 40 and listens to artists like Tool, Chris Cornell, and the Beastie Boys. I happened upon a review for "Cabin Fever" in Blender Magazine and was intrigued by the promise of "Gothic Chamber Rock" and I bought the CD without ever having heard a note of music from Rasputina. I was blown away by that album and quickly bought up all their previous CDs. I've bought every subsequent release via pre-order because I'm that excited to hear what Melora has cooked up next.

This album is absolutely brilliant. I was worried when I listened to it the first time through because I didn't like it and every other Rasputina album hooked me instantly. By the third time through, I liked it and by the 5th time I thought this could be the best Rasputina album yet. I love every song on this album with the possible exception of track 10, "We Stay Behind".

I don't know that this would be the best CD for a Rasputina newbie. For that I would recommend "Cabin Fever".

Do a lesser known artist a favor and tell a friend about Rasputina. Most will be glad you did.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums of 2007, June 28, 2007
As a Rasputina fan from the beginning, I think this is absolutely one of their best, musically tightest albums. The narrative fits together like a complicated puzzle, revealing subtleties with each listen. Rasputina continues to be one of the fiercest rock bands on the planet, but IMO, this album contains a deeper emotional resonance than prevous releases. The band has always tempered balls out rock with beautiful, emotional passages, and they've perfected that approach. Melora imbues every word and passage with knowledge, and a true understanding of every angle of the story she's telling. While Rasputina are definately challenging themselves and their fans, Oh Perilous World is also their most accessible album. I feel like any person who likes good music and songwriting, regardless of genre, would like, or at least respect this album. There's nobody in existance like Rasputina, and I think they've continually raised the bar for good music in general. I was actually thinking the other day about how I've never had a friend say anything bad to me about Rasputina. I've met people who didn't love them, but they're always blown away by their musicianship. So, if you love Rasputina, I think you'll love this album. If you're not familiar, but consider yourself a fan of good, unique music, Oh Perilous World is worth a listen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh how they've grown
I saw Rasputina in concert a few years back when they released "Cabin Fever", and they were wonderful. Read more
Published 18 months ago by L. Richard

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff
Everything as promised in the Washington Post review. Sorry I missed their recent show in Washington, DC. Next time I'll drag my friends to see them too.

Published on January 7, 2008 by K. Edward Bender

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost everybody has... has snail fever
This is actually the first Rasputina album I have bought though I have heard some of their other tracks, which had made me curious about them in the first place. Read more
Published on November 27, 2007 by Nicole Ridge

4.0 out of 5 stars Anchor in real life
I just happened to be listening to Woodsong Old Time Radio Hour on NPR this afternoon and heard Rasputina's "1816, The Year Without a Summer" from the CD Oh Perilous World. Read more
Published on October 7, 2007 by Lawrence M. Yoder

5.0 out of 5 stars smiling
Rasputina always makes me smile. I think I may like this album the best, though. Good pop melodies that could've made it to the Beatles White Album or Abbey Road combined with... Read more
Published on September 13, 2007 by the eternal answering machine

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
The first disc of the two is great. I love the lyrics and the instruments are hypnotic. It has a goth feel, but it sounds like no other goth band that I have ever heard. Read more
Published on September 1, 2007 by Thomas M. Gardner

2.0 out of 5 stars Kinda boring
I am sure that it is very hard to follow the success of Frustration Plantation, but Oh Perilous World really misses the mark. Read more
Published on August 15, 2007 by Belinda Jansen

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't just buy the album!
I'm humbly petitioning all Amazon patrons to please see Rasputina live as soon as you humanly can. It was my privilege to attend their recital in Austin, TX on July 27, 2007, and... Read more
Published on July 31, 2007 by Emerson Lockwood

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best.
Hum, Oh Perilous World isn't an album for those that want to know Rasputina right now, I advice you to buy Cabin Fever or How We Quit The Forest to let your ear a little prepared... Read more
Published on July 30, 2007 by Antonio C. L. Mello

3.0 out of 5 stars there's a reason we read newspapers, not sing them
Oh Perilous World, chamber-rock trio Rasputina's sixth full-length album, is a study in what happens when blind ambition meets undeniable talent in a head-to-head death match... Read more
Published on July 29, 2007 by Feminist Review blog

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