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Shedding the "and the Diamonds" appendage of her stage name, Welsh pop maven Marina emerged from a self-imposed four-year absence to unveil a revitalized approach on her fourth album, Love + Fear. Stepping into the spotlight without the protection of her former moniker, she reveals a renewed confidence and tempered optimism, shedding some of the quirkiness and cheek of her early efforts, while moving past 2015's lackluster Froot. Following the difficult promotion of that album, Marina was worn out and considered quitting music. She retreated to recalculate life, studying developmental psychology -- a process she describes in "Handmade Heaven" -- and shedding the Diamonds to be herself. Alongside producers Joel Little, OzGo, Sam de Jong, and others, she crafted a double-album concept presented as complementary sides reflecting the two base emotions (according to psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross).
Kicking off the album with Love, Marina embraces optimism and peace with joyous dance-pop cuts and feel-good anthems packed with enough lyrical life mantras to fill a gallery's worth of affirmative self-help posters. Even on existential ruminations "To Be Human" and "End of the Earth," the purity of Marina's wonder helps pull some clunky "We Are the World"-esque lyrics from drowning in corny sentimentality. Most of the album's standouts reside in this first half, such as the shimmering "Handmade Heaven" and the pulsing "Superstar." Marina's irresistible Latin-kissed hit "Baby" -- a collaboration with Clean Bandit and Luis Fonsi -- slides comfortably into the mix, while the insightful "Enjoy Your Life" empowers with a motivating message that finds Marina sharing her positive headspace with listeners who might need this aural pep talk.
Hopping over to Fear, she delves deeper into the troubled thoughts and anxieties that bubbled beneath Love's sparkling surface. "Believe in Love" sounds like a Reputation-era Taylor Swift song, a bittersweet heartbreaker that pairs twinkling piano and a mid-tempo beat with the sentiment that "losing you is what I'm afraid of." "Life Is Strange" prolongs the inner turmoil as Marina admits "[I] don't know what I'm doing with my life" before concluding "all we know is life is strange" with quirky production that echoes her Family Jewels sound. These songs are a bit lyrically heavy for pop, but they remain catchy enough to dance and groove through the gloom, especially on the Broods-featuring "Emotional Machine," a throbbing club track that eschews the rest of this half's by-the-numbers approach (which falls somewhere between Swift and Ellie Goulding). By the time Marina reaches her big cathartic moment on album closer "Soft to be Strong," she's realized "when love is lost, it's only fear in disguise" and resolves that "love has to be soft to be strong."
As the first offering of a new stage in her career, Love + Fear not only reveals its creator as newly hopeful, but it also gives hope that future efforts might be carved in a similar fashion. Marina's Electra heart still beats, it's just pumping smoother and with a confidence born from a renewed and mature perspective.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
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Joel Little, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Sam de Jong, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - John Hanes, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Ryan Rabin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Ryan McMahon, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Ben Berger, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Erik Hassle, Writer - Oscar Görres, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - John Hanes, MixingEngineer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Marina, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jakob Jerlström, Writer - Eric Hassle, Guitar
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Jason Evigan, Writer - Mike Horner, Engineer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Luis Fonsi, FeaturedArtist - Mark Ralph, Producer, Mixer, Guitar - Marina, FeaturedArtist - Camille Purcell, Writer - Clean Bandit, MainArtist - Jack Patterson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Trumpet, Writer - Grace Chatto, Producer, Bass - Luke Patterson, Additional Drums, Percussion - Greg Eliason, AssistantEngineer - Alex Robinson, Engineer - Tom AD Fuller, Engineer - Ross Fortune, Engineer - Nakajin, Acoustic Guitar - Ray Charles Brown Jr, Engineer - Matthew Knott, Writer - Luis Lopez-Cepero, Writer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a Warner Music Group Company
Oscar Görres, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer - Marina, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Oscar Holter, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Noonie Bao, Writer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Oscar Görres, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Writer, Programming - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Programming, MixingEngineer - Marina, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Oscar Holter, Writer - Noonie Bao, Writer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Joel Little, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Marina, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, MixingEngineer - Niko Batistini, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Programming, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - James Flannigan, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Violin, Writer, Programming - Joe Janiak, Writer - Matt Deutchman, Coordinator
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
DISCO 2
Oscar Görres, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer, Ukulele, Programming - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Marina, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, MixingEngineer - Niko Batistini, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Joel Little, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Writer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, MixingEngineer - Niko Batistini, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Sam de Jong, Producer, Keyboards, Programming - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Joe Janiak, Writer - Jack Patterson, Production, Writer - Geoff Swan, MixingEngineer - Niko Batistini, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Mark Ralph, Producer, Guitar, Mandolin, Ukulele, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Ryan Rabin, Writer - Ryan McMahon, Writer - Ben Berger, Writer - Jack Patterson, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Tom AD Fuller, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Ross Fortune, Engineer, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Sam de Jong, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Writer, Programming - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Programming, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Georgia Nott, Piano, Writer - Caleb Nott, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Writer
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Sam de Jong, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Justin Parker, Writer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Programming, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Additional Programmer, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - James Flannigan, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Writer, Drum Programmer - Alex Hope, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Writer, Drum Programmer - Matt Deutchman, Coordinator
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Sam de Jong, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programming - Marina Diamandis, Writer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Rick Nowels, Writer - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Programming, MixingEngineer - Marina, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
Resenha do Álbum
Shedding the "and the Diamonds" appendage of her stage name, Welsh pop maven Marina emerged from a self-imposed four-year absence to unveil a revitalized approach on her fourth album, Love + Fear. Stepping into the spotlight without the protection of her former moniker, she reveals a renewed confidence and tempered optimism, shedding some of the quirkiness and cheek of her early efforts, while moving past 2015's lackluster Froot. Following the difficult promotion of that album, Marina was worn out and considered quitting music. She retreated to recalculate life, studying developmental psychology -- a process she describes in "Handmade Heaven" -- and shedding the Diamonds to be herself. Alongside producers Joel Little, OzGo, Sam de Jong, and others, she crafted a double-album concept presented as complementary sides reflecting the two base emotions (according to psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross).
Kicking off the album with Love, Marina embraces optimism and peace with joyous dance-pop cuts and feel-good anthems packed with enough lyrical life mantras to fill a gallery's worth of affirmative self-help posters. Even on existential ruminations "To Be Human" and "End of the Earth," the purity of Marina's wonder helps pull some clunky "We Are the World"-esque lyrics from drowning in corny sentimentality. Most of the album's standouts reside in this first half, such as the shimmering "Handmade Heaven" and the pulsing "Superstar." Marina's irresistible Latin-kissed hit "Baby" -- a collaboration with Clean Bandit and Luis Fonsi -- slides comfortably into the mix, while the insightful "Enjoy Your Life" empowers with a motivating message that finds Marina sharing her positive headspace with listeners who might need this aural pep talk.
Hopping over to Fear, she delves deeper into the troubled thoughts and anxieties that bubbled beneath Love's sparkling surface. "Believe in Love" sounds like a Reputation-era Taylor Swift song, a bittersweet heartbreaker that pairs twinkling piano and a mid-tempo beat with the sentiment that "losing you is what I'm afraid of." "Life Is Strange" prolongs the inner turmoil as Marina admits "[I] don't know what I'm doing with my life" before concluding "all we know is life is strange" with quirky production that echoes her Family Jewels sound. These songs are a bit lyrically heavy for pop, but they remain catchy enough to dance and groove through the gloom, especially on the Broods-featuring "Emotional Machine," a throbbing club track that eschews the rest of this half's by-the-numbers approach (which falls somewhere between Swift and Ellie Goulding). By the time Marina reaches her big cathartic moment on album closer "Soft to be Strong," she's realized "when love is lost, it's only fear in disguise" and resolves that "love has to be soft to be strong."
As the first offering of a new stage in her career, Love + Fear not only reveals its creator as newly hopeful, but it also gives hope that future efforts might be carved in a similar fashion. Marina's Electra heart still beats, it's just pumping smoother and with a confidence born from a renewed and mature perspective.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
Sobre o álbum
- 2 disco(s) - 16 faixa(s)
- Duração total: 00:56:08
- Artistas principais: Marina
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Gravadora: Atlantic Records UK
- Género: Pop
© 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited. With the Exception of Track 4 2018 Atlantic Records UK, a division of Warner Music UK Limited.
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