I was listening to one of my favourite albums of alll time tonight and I realized I very rarely talk about it or mention it when I descirbe my decision to make a double album and specifically a concept one.
The album I hail as one of my favorites of all time is actually a
Eurythmics album called 'Savage'. At the time, it was very misunderstood. I don't know if it did well in the charts but I know it was a shock for a lot of mainstream pop listeners who expected the band to churn out another 'Miracle of Love' or 'Missonary Man'. This was a deeply disturbing and pyschological journey of a woman. I dare not presume exactly what the exact stories described - but to me it seemed to speak for downtrodden women and particuarly the sort of disenfranchised female uber class who were delegated the role of sophisticated house wife but were in fact miserable.
With lines like 'I wear this unhappiness, like a chain around my neck' and 'I wish I was invisible so I could climb through the telephone.. don't cut me down when I'm talking to you...' The album seemed to be this beacon of hope, perhaps dimming in strength, but never the less emitting a pulse out of the heart of a woman beaten down by domesticity.
From the first insane beats of 'I love to listen to beethoven' to the heart wrenching 'You have placed a chill in my heart' this album is truly conceptual. The music videos were all linked and featured, essentially 3 characters. The mad houswife, the crazy alter ego uber tart and of course, Annie.
If you haven't listened to this album and you wanted to connect the dots from a piece of art that inspired the record I made, do check it out.
Annie has a new album coming soon.
Songs of mass destruction.
What a gorgeous title.
On that note, I'm off.
With love
D