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Tanya Donelly
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  • Audio CD (February 19, 2002)
  • Original Release Date: February 19, 2002
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks
  • Label: 4ad / Ada
  • ASIN: B00005UCZP
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #161,779 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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While it's tempting to suggest that Tanya Donelly tore a page from her stepsister and former Throwing Muses partner Kristin Hersh's songbook for the excellent but overcast Beautysleep, the observations culled here clearly owe to the vagaries of life (and motherhood) rather than the demons of mental illness. Even for a singer-songwriter as versatile as Donelly--contrast her trailblazing, protofeminist punk with the Breeders and the technicolor splatter of Belly--Beautysleep is a simmering stunner, filled with dusty corners, fickle rhythms, stark images, and a haunting duet with late Morphine singer Mark Sandman. That song, the minor-key epic "Moonbeam Monkey," is all the more unsettling thanks to Donelly's own gauzy voice, which stalks the song as much as sings it. "The Night You Saved My Life," meanwhile, seems to float by on a pleasant cloud of acoustic guitar until the lyrics sink in. And the woozy, spooky "Another Moment" is probably the best song the Cocteau Twins never wrote. Instruments such as mellotron and glockenspiel keep the oddball quotient high, but Beautysleep's real payoff is Donelly's angular songwriting. She seldom holds back the curtains to reveal sunshine, but she makes the most of the candlelight at hand. --Kim Hughes


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A work of darkly sparkling sensuality and soul searching from ex-member of Throwing Muses, Breeders & Belly. 4AD.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tanya Donelly - back with a vengeance!, February 19, 2002
By "whminor" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
Tanya Donelly's latest effort is a moody triumph. After taking a break following her solo debut - 1997's underrated Lovesongs for Underdogs - Donelly returns after the birth of her first child with an introspective album that combines sharp, insightful lyrics and some of her best singing ever. And fans of Tanya from her Belly and Throwing Muses days needn't worry - she still rocks (just a bit quieter these days, like many of us). Come the end of the year, this will be on numerous top ten lists - but don't wait until then to pick up a copy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Some performance flaws, but great songs., March 3, 2002
By D. Mok (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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Tanya Donelly writes terrific songs. Always underrated, whether as second fiddle in Throwing Muses or in her own band Belly, Donelly is a quirky but poetic lyricist, and her melodic sense is infallible, melding Beatlesque tunes with a touch of Goth, country, and college rock.

Beautysleep is not Donelly's strongest work, but it remains intriguing. As its title implies, this is Donelly's most mellow album yet, but she retains her trademark playfulness and colourful lyrics, and her instrumentation remains quite innovative. In fact, at times, Donelly exhibits a new and not-so-welcome tendency to overuse non-musical effects. But the songs are so well written and so assured that they are still highly enjoyable.

The one weakness of current Donelly material is her singing, and it's what caused her work to become so overlooked ever since Belly's Star album in 1993. On Star, Donelly relied mostly on a strong, even midrange that got across the strength and resilience of her songwriting remarkably well, and provided counterpoint to her quirky songwriting. Starting with Belly's sophomore album King, Donelly has increasingly lapsed into an overly girlish, sugary chirp that really pushed the sweetness factor of her music into overdrive. On Beautysleep, it's often grating to watch her go into the "baby's coo" mode of singing. It's a weakness I hope to see her address, because her music deserves better. A rediscovery of her rockier edge would also be nice. For now, though, it's still great to see Donelly working.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A record of rare beauty and spirit, November 15, 2003
By giovanni (Greece) - See all my reviews
Fifteen years after the first Throwing Muses offering and ten after the unexpected success of the spooky fairytales of Star , Tanya Donelly finds herself in the awkard place of not having much of an audience to adress to . Even so , she seems to be happier than ever . " Thank you thank you my darling girl and her dad my true blue dream of sky " she declares on the sleeve of her latest offering . She's the mother of a little girl and wife to bassist Dean Fisher now . She doesn't seem to care at all about topping the charts or getting covers to flashy music magazines. Maybe that's why Beautysleep is her most haunting , magical album yet .

There are so many discreet details about this album's songs which makes them so special and exciting to listen to : child-voices on " Life Is But A Dream " , a choir piece at the end of " The Wave " , tender melancholy wordplay on " So Much Song " . Donelly has a sensitive soul with a rich darkside and even though " The Night You Saved My Life " is a perfect indie-pop track which could have easily put her back on the radio top ten , it's when she sings those mystical lullabies when she's most affecting like " Moonbean Monkey " and the ethereal " Another Moment " , a melody about finding self-confidence .

We fans will scream that this is her best work yet and one of the best records of the last few years by a female artist and it's been eventually ignored but there's a line on " I'm Keeping You " which seems to perfectly describe what Donelly thinks about her sudden stardom followed by media indifference "...there's something that you learn on a tight-rope / just outside the spotlight there's a big net waiting for " . The girl who once gave us " Honeychain " is now a woman and thanks God , she hasn't stopped writing music .

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
I really just wanted to write a review to help boost this album's rating.

With Beautysleep Tanya really started to mellow out, and that's a good thing. Read more
Published on May 6, 2007 by T. Laxson

4.0 out of 5 stars Not really her best
This is really formulaic and nice and she has done much much better stuff.
Published on February 1, 2007 by Lovblad

3.0 out of 5 stars Takes a while, but her grooves are affecting...
As a Belly fan, I was initially dismayed at the direction Tanya Donelly was taking in her solo career. Read more
Published on September 14, 2005 by jon sieruga

5.0 out of 5 stars Tanya can do no wrong
Is this the best work of Tanya's career? Probably not. BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MOOD FOR THIS CD, NOTHING ELSE WILL DO. Read more
Published on July 26, 2005 by Tigger64

3.0 out of 5 stars anticlimactic
I've always been a huge Belly fan, and well, Tanya is just the cutest. 'Lovesongs' was a great album. Read more
Published on July 23, 2004 by Pantone292

3.0 out of 5 stars It's Slow. Everything is Slow.
If this CD was put out by anyone else, I would have given it 4 stars.
But Tanya Donelly is MUCH better then this CD shows. Read more
Published on May 14, 2004 by Brian Dowrick

5.0 out of 5 stars Graceful and Melodic
I offer here the perspective of 40-something music fanatic who has almost no prior experience listening to Tanya Donnelly's previous bands. Read more
Published on March 28, 2003 by Mitch Bogen

5.0 out of 5 stars The beauty shines through
When I saw Tanya perform live last year, just after releasing this perfect album, standing on the same stage I had seen Kristin Hersh stand on less than a year previously, I was... Read more
Published on January 17, 2003 by riotboy

2.0 out of 5 stars Murky and diluted
I was curious to see how Tanya Donnelly's 2001 solo effort compared with 'Sunny Border Blue' (one of the best of 2001, in my book). Read more
Published on September 3, 2002 by bushbean

5.0 out of 5 stars easily one of the year's best compact discs
beautysleep is the 2nd solo album from a vanguard of alt pop rock. when we stop to look at tanya donnelly's impressive resume, there is absolutely no reason to believe that she... Read more
Published on June 23, 2002 by moongrenadine

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