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Track Listings
| 1. Our Hell |
| 2. Doctor Blind |
| 3. Crowd Surf Off A Cliff |
| 4. Detective Daughter |
| 5. The Lottery |
| 6. The Maid Needs A Maid |
| 7. Mostly Waving |
| 8. Reading In Bed |
| 9. Nothing & Nowhere |
| 10. The Last Page |
| 11. Winning |
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Four years and four cities later, Metric's Emily Haines is finally (almost) ready to release her debut solo effort. On September 26, Last Gang Records will release Knives Don't Have Your Back, which was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the last four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse's Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Metric's Jimmy Shaw. Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she'd been plotting this for years. Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal, while some were recorded in Toronto in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines' father. According to the label, the album is intimate and mellow, featuring piano-driven tracks with string and horn arrangements.
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Format:Audio CD
Emily Haines (of Metric) creates a soft touch kind of album. This album would be the soft spoken cousin of Metric, with its light vocals, reminiscing of Cat Powers and Beth Gibbons. My only (small) beef with this CD is that several of the tracks start the same way, with a repetitive piano cord. Otherwise, I find this album very soothing, just what you need when taking a hot bath or drinking a cup of tea.
4 stars out of 5!!!
4 stars out of 5!!!
By Dazed
Format:LP Record
On the back of my "KDHYB" there are only 5 tracks on side A not 6 like the tracklist states. Side A begins with "Our Hell" and ends with "the Lottery" , Side B begins with "the Maid Needs a Maid" and ends with "Winning".
Am I the only one with this small but never the less mistake?
Though "Knives Dont Have Your Back" has to be one the decades most profound and beautiful records.
I am still hoping for a follow-up.
Am I the only one with this small but never the less mistake?
Though "Knives Dont Have Your Back" has to be one the decades most profound and beautiful records.
I am still hoping for a follow-up.
By soulmoxie
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is not Metric, this is not Metric, warn the aghast popsters. No, it is not Metric, but it is the pure, stripped-down creative genius upon which Metric is based. So simple and quiet, yet so devastating. I shiver in awe every time I hear "Crowd Surf Off a Cliff" - that voice, that piano part. It is always so interesting to have these proto-documents from artists that have made it in rock or pop: it's like going to wellhead, finding out where it all comes from. (Another example: Martina Sorbara's "The Cure for Bad Deeds": her later reincarnation -- Dragonette). Now if we could only have "Cut in Half and Also Double", which is well-nigh impossible to find. Emily, could you please pull a "Grow Up and Blow Away" and see that "Cut in Half" is reissued? I doubt it can be as good as Knives, but it sure would be lovely to find out.
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Never heard of one of Canada's finest artists?
Perhaps you've never heard of Emily Haines. Maybe you've heard of Metric, she's the lead singer of a talented alternative music group called Metric. Read more
Published on Nov 30 2009 by lpkay
4.0 out of 5 stars
the maid needs emily haines and the soft skeleton.
i have loved (or grown to love) practically eveything emily haines has been involved with. therefore, i did not hesitate to buy this CD. no, this is not a metric CD. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2008 by horse wife
5.0 out of 5 stars
Emily
Emily haines has such a soothing voice, there is something about it that makes you want to close your eyes and rest peacefully. Read more
Published on Nov 18 2006 by Olivier Campeau
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
the people who gave this album a poor rating are ignorant critics. Firstly the album is amazing, filled with meloncholy sounds and amazing lyrics. Read more
Published on Oct 28 2006 by Efrain
5.0 out of 5 stars
Emily Haines goes in a different direction
If you buy this album expecting to hear everything Metric than you will be disappointed. This is first and foremost a side project with completely different band members. Read more
Published on Oct 16 2006 by Ian Thomson
1.0 out of 5 stars
Saw her perform it live...
... and was bored to tears. If you want to listen to Metric, go listen to Metric and avoid this album. Emily self indulges in her desired little ditties. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2006 by P. Gvildys
1.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing
i'm a big fan of metric, and i love her sweet, sexy voice, but this album is monotonous and incredibly boring. Read more
Published on Sep 15 2006 by J. Tan
3.0 out of 5 stars
Knives Don't Have Your Attention
Emily Haines of Metric has strayed from her usual indie-rock-pop sounds, and instead has come out with an entirely piano-orientated album. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2006 by C. Horgan
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