| Alas I Cannot Swim | 
| Artist: Laura Marling
Label: Virgin/EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Sales Rank: 401
Languages: English (Unknown), Spanish (Original Language)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4
EAN: 5099951688028
ASIN: B001164904
Release Date: February 11, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Ghosts | | • | Old Stone | | • | Tap At My Window | | • | Failure | | • | You're No God | | • | Cross Your Fingers | | • | Crawled Out Of The Sea (Interlude) | | • | My Manic And I | | • | Night Terror | | • | The Captain And The Hourglass | | • | Shine | | • | Your Only Doll (Dora) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Reading-based songstress Laura Marling has been likened to veteran folksters Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez. Despite such hyperbolic accolades, her entry into the crowded world of young female singer-songwriters has been remarkably hushed and wonderfully organic. Having started writing songs at the age of 15, Marling's success has been achieved not by shouting, but by whispering her way through the ranks. Perhaps because of her youth--she turned 18 just before releasing this Alas, I Cannot Swim--Marling has an understated yet accomplished manner that just doesn't grate like some of her peers. Plus her songs are good--very good. Backed by imaginative arrangements from leftfield acoustic outfit Noah and the Whale, the tracks here are often coyly charming, though far from naïve. Marling digs impressively deep into all kinds of universal topics, from religion and parents to love and romance. Lead single "Ghosts" introduced to many her soft, alluring vocal style, and other songs here share the same sense of intimacy, even if they differ thematically and musically. Things are kept simple throughout (think acoustic strums and a homespun delivery), but there are subtle and beautiful contrasts throughout; the Beirut-esque carnival aura of "Crawled out of the Sea" and the brooding "Night Terror", for example, which provide darker counterpoints to airier fare like the folksy title track and the compelling "My Manic & I". Disarming yet deep, provocative yet peaceful, Alas places Marling head and shoulders above the bawlers and wailers. --Paul Sullivan
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