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- 1 Black Sky 5:24
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- 2 Everybody Knows 4:46
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- 3 The Good War 4:19
- 4 Hi Def Distance Romance 3:32
- Total length: 18:01
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Songs From Primal Heart: Reimagined [p] Digital file, Streaming
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Black Sky
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Everybody Knows
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The Good War
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Hi Def Distance Romance
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Hi Def Distance Romance
The other reason I think this succeeds where MassEducation failed is quite simply that it's shorter: the small number of songs here indicates that these tracks were deliberately chosen for reinvention, because Kimbra thought that there was more she could get out of these songs specifically. Consider the fact that one of them, "Hi Def Distance Romance", wasn't even included on Primal Heart - that suggests to me that there was something about the original version she maybe wasn't fully satisfied with, which, if true, would have made it a prime candidate for reimagining. To drive the point of comparison into the ground, St. Vincent went ahead and redid every song from Masseduction, and whilst some of the new versions were good, many were just fine, most felt unnecessary, and at least one just simply didn't work ("Pills", which, tellingly enough, was the best song from the original album and the one which felt more vividly realised by Jack Antonoff's maximalist pop production).
I don't mean to diminish Kimbra by devoting so much of this review to criticising someone else, but I think the comparison is an illuminating one in that it shows exactly why, for me, this EP works so well. This is a very fine EP which should serve as a deserved victory lap for one of the most exciting and naturally talented pop artists around right now.
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Note: Unlike reviews, comments are considered temporary and may be deleted/purged without notice.i want kimbra to do a full album like this ughhh her vocals are so gentle here, it matches the sparser production
Totally gorgeous.