- Audio CD (Mar 17 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Warner
- ASIN: B000AY9ON0
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #41,434 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. High Rise |
| 2. Destroy Everything You Touch |
| 3. International Dateline |
| 4. Soft Power |
| 5. CMYK |
| 6. amTV |
| 7. Sugar |
| 8. Fighting In Built Up Areas |
| 9. The Last One Standing |
| 10. Weekend |
| 11. Beauty*2 |
| 12. White Light Generator |
| 13. All The Way |
Product Description
Album Description
Witching Hour is Ladytron's 3rd album, and their best to date. Features 13 tracks including 'Destroy Everything You Touch', 'Sugar', 'The Last One Standing', 'All The Way' and more. Island. 2005.
Album Details
Special Edition of the 21st Century Electronic Group's 2005 Album that Includes a Bonus Dvd with a 20 Minute Tour Featurette and Three Full Length Promotional Videos.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love you Ladytron.,
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This review is from: Witching Hour (Audio CD)
I'm a big fan of Ladytron, and have been for a while, and this record is such a wonderful surprise. Witching not only captures and builds upon many of the traits that I love about Ladytron's sound (whispy, ethereal, and haunting melodies and vocals pumped through wonderfully poppy and dancy synth sensibilities) and expands upon them beautifully. This record is so much richer and more thoughtful it seems then the previous 604 and Light and Magic (and I still adore those records), but still retains that breazy but moving sound that won me over to Ladytron years ago, so as you can imagine, Witching Hour has made me a happy boy.This record is also more dark and moody in tone than their previous work. 'Destroy Everything you Touch' and and 'International Dateline' are particularly amazing tracks, and really reflect their evolution in this direction. Imagine the the tone of previous tracks like 'Skool's Out...' from 604 or 'The Reason Why' or 'Evil' from Light and Magic, but done more consistently over a whole record, and with a more orgnanic and less mechanical sounding approach, and you might get an idea of Witching Hour's overall tone. Another great surprise is that Helen Marnie's voice is brought much more to the surface in Witching Hour, no longer buried under as much synthy haze as before, and she sounds more full, more immediate, and yet, more ghostly than ever. Just beautiful. For everyone else, now's as good a time as ever to finally check Ladytron out with Witching Hour!
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4.1 out of 5 stars (46 customer reviews) 35 of 38 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Where's Mira?,
By Jessica Winney - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Witching Hour (Audio CD)
This album is in some ways a step up for Ladytron and in some ways a step down, depending upon how one chooses to look at it. On the positive side, "Witching Hour" is warmer and more mysterious than anything they have previously done. The soundscapes are incredibly lush and sweeping while also dense and fuzzy. This makes for a very interesting listening experience and Helen Marnie's vocals are better than ever. She sounds almost surreal, particularly on "International Dateline" and "Beauty*2". In a word, WOW. On the negative side, Mira Aroyo is featured on only two tracks and her presence is not nearly as prominent on this album as it was on previous albums. I have always thought that the interplay between her thick, Bulgarian vocals and Marnie's sweeter, more melodic vocals really gave Ladytron an edge. While Marnie has the voice to carry the album herself, she sounds better when complemented by Aroyo and similarly, Aroyo sounds better when backed by Marnie. Aroyo has always been less vocally prominent than Marnie and on this album she is almost non-existent. One fears that she will disappear into the background as Marnie takes over as the frontwoman of the band. My only other complaint is that I can't quite figure out the hidden track. This album contains a "hidden" 14th track, yet it is nothing but nine minutes of silence. Perhaps this is supposed to be symbolic? Who knows? "Witching Hour" is otherwise a very strong effort and an album that rewards repeated listening. It is definitely on my top ten list of albums released in 2005.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Icy cool, 21st century pop,
By cagey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Witching Hour (Audio CD)
This is my first purchase of a Ladytron album, actually my first purchase of anything of theirs, since I've only been a very casual fan since their beginning. I've really only heard their singles "He Took Her To The Movies" and "Seventeen". There is much more material on "Witching Hour" that grabs you at first listen, though. The songs may have more melody, for the most part. So it's not surprising that fans of their earlier work may feel jilted by their new pop accessibility (although I felt the early singles were accessible as well) or the disappearance of any existing eccentricities.The single "Destroy Everything You Touch" has a driving dance beat reminiscent of the 80's hits of Depeche Mode or New Order. I couldn't stop playing this after I downloaded it from iTunes. Then you notice the other songs and practically everything has something to offer. There are no tracks that I skip (not counting the final silent track). Songs like "Sugar" and "Weekend" are the kind I love playing LOUD speeding down a dark highway. "Beauty*2" has a fragile, haunting quality to it and I wish it didn't end so soon. "International Dateline" is another that stays in my head days after I hear it. The whole album is well produced and SOUNDS great. I would place this as probably my favorite album of 2005 after Thievery Corporation's "The Cosmic Game". I have no reason not check out Ladytron's earlier releases after hearing this stunning album. **** 1/2 stars. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just Right... Warm, Dense & Electric...,
By Rafael Cova "Kid X" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Witching Hour (Audio CD)
The atmosphere of this record is electric and dark at the same time, beautiful at times and noisy and disturbing at others, like all the best records should be. "Witching Hour" is an album that reaches further than its predecessors: warm and dense, there is a feeling of susceptible magic wrapped within all tracks.Witching Hour achieves a certain timelessness. Sure, these songs betray the inspiration of three decades of electronic pop, but none of them touch long enough to leave a fingerprint. Instead, Ladytron's warm songs sound new, retro and familiar without ever letting on that they've ever listened to synth-pop before. The artful blend of darkness and warmth ultimately proves to be the record's best asset; it's a delicate balance, but Ladytron gets it just right. |
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