Wow. Just wow. I was scared this couldn't live up to Opheliac, but Goddamn was my worry misplaced. I can't decide if it's equal to it or if it's better. It's a different album, and weaker in some ways, but the story, coherency, emotion and realness of it makes up for the (very few) missteps. It also makes up for The Midsummer Station, so hurray for that! Seriously, though, this is something worth listening to no matter what. It encompasses rock, electronica, classical...so many genres, and she owns each one. My particular favourites are "Time for Tea", "Take the Pill", "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (such old-fashioned vaudevillian cabaret that it's fun), "Gaslight", "The Key", and "Goodnight, Sweet Ladies". I wish it ended with something better than One Foot in Front of the Other, but maybe it'll grow on me.
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