Marina Diamandis, or Marina and the Diamonds as she is known in the music world, came on to the music scene in 2010 with her debut album, The Family Jewels, a great, fun, poppy album with hits like Hollywood and I Am Not A Robot, which showcased Marina's fab voice and lyrical writing talent. However I have to admit, despite the quality of the album I was worried that Marina and the Diamonds would be one of those acts that just disappear in to thin air after their first album, but I'm glad this worry was wrong. I've been anticipating the new album 'Electra Heart' for some time, and now it's out I can't stop listening to it!!
The new album, as most second albums do, really shows how Marina and the Diamond's has grown as an artist. The new album still shows off her fabulous voice, with great electro-pop tunes, yet there seems to be a lot more depth and personality in the new album. Electra Heart shows off more than great music: it shows off a lot of personality, or even personalities. Many of the songs seem to focus on ideas surrounding young relationships and sex, and Marina's lyrics take on a life of their own. Many are clever, witty, fun and/or heartwarming. For example in 'Home-Wrecker' Marina cheekily sings 'Girls and their cosmic gourmet vomit, Boys and their toys and their six inch rockets' after introducing the song by singing the lines 'Every boyfriend is the one, Until otherwise proven', something which I think most girls can relate to!!
The album also has a sort of black humour about it, for example in the song 'Teen Idle' Marina sings in the perfect carefree pop voice 'Wish I’d been a prom queen fighting for the title, Instead of being sixteen and burning up a bible, Feeling super, super (super!) suicidal'.
This album feels like so much more than a simple pop album, the witty, somewhat sarcastic lyrics, the hailing back to teenage to angst and young love, the dramatic themes of different personality, this album is the most clever pop album i've came across! What I love most about it, is Marina raises thoughts about youth everyone can relate to, yet I think she is also sort of saying 'do remember, it is only pop, don't take it too seriously'!
Top 5 Hits from the album:
1. Primadonna
2. Teen Idle
3. Home-Wrecker
4. Bubblegum Bitch
5. Radioactive.
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