My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess

My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess Artist: Kimya Dawson
Label: Important Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 793447501925
EAN: 0793447501925
ASIN: B0000BZWBN


Release Date: 2004-08-03

My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess


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Tracks:

  1. Chemistry
  2. Velvet Rabbit
  3. Hadlock Padlock
  4. Being Cool
  5. Anthrax
  6. Beer
  7. Will You Be Me?
  8. Everything's Alright - Kimya Dawson,
  9. For Katie

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  1. Hidden Vagenda
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  4. I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean
  5. The Moldy Peaches

Album Description

Obviously, Kimya Dawson's solo albums are highly recommended to fans of the Moldy Peaches, but don't expect sex and drug jokes. These albums are more serious, transcending the novelty and humor of the Peaches. Embracing nostalgia, melancholy and sincerity, Dawson proves as unique as she is brilliant, creating an album that is both compelling and charismatic: an instant anti-folk classic. #4 In Time Out New York's Top 10 of 2003 and #9 on Robert Christgau's Dean's List in the Village Voice.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Top ten list for favorite cd ever.......2007-03-18

Kimya Dawson is truly an amazing, inspiring artist. This by far is my favorite Kimya Dawson cd that has ever been made. These songs will make you laugh and cry and wish you were 10 again and didn't have to worry about the world so much.

If you like music that makes you think - then this is the cd for you. Play this at a party or in a long car ride. Great for all ages.

5 out of 5 stars A thoughtful and emotive journal.......2006-05-09

I think I would venture to say this is my favourite Kimya album (although they are all good and have their place) and perhaps one of my favourite lo-fi, anti-folk albums ever. Kimya has a brilliant way of making you feel like bouncing and crying at the same time. Her melodies are generally light, and often on this album the lyrics are quite heavy.

Will You Be Me? is a fabulous song that drifts you away into a sort of fantasy/lullaby world (this song in fact is probably what pushed the album to the top for me). The Beer is catchy but haunting and disturbing while being somewhat amusing. Who else could pull of throwing in a reference to the Mad Max movies?

I was lucky enough to see Kimya live in a small grungy club when I was in the UK, and she is brilliant. At that time I only knew her more recent stuff, and even her songs that I didn't know had captivated me. She has a magnetic personality and an unmatched talent for portraying how life is both desperate and amusing at the same time. Her work is very personal and somewhat confessional (like Plath's poetry, perhaps), but it is still very relatable and accessible.

Give Kimya a listen. Often it takes a few listens for the genius to come out, but I think you'll find it's worth the effort. If, however, you like a more polished sound, perhaps try her later album the Hidden Vagenda, which is a bit more produced.

5 out of 5 stars If the whole world listened to Kimya Dawson, there would be no wars.......2006-01-14

I am severely in love with this album. It is vital that you are aware of the beauty and creativity of this artist. To begin with, the lyrics are clever and original. Clever and original may even be understatements. They're humorous, but at the same time saddening and beautiful. It's as if I could have written these songs, except that I'm not talented and eloquent and I can't play guitar.
In a world of digitally enhanced voices and repeated dull power chords considered acceptable guitar lines, Dawson's voice and music is refreshingly girlish and raw. It makes me smile to hear someone with perhaps not the most conventionally perfect voice, but one that is impressive and different on its own level.
I think it's possibly that I enjoy solo Kimya Dawson even MORE than The Moldy Peaches, which is quite a bold statement for me.
If you don't buy this album, you are depriving yourself.

5 out of 5 stars

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  4. Cloud Breaker ~ Astral Doors
  5. Beauregard ~ Elliott Murphy
  6. On Top Of Things! ~ The Chains
  7. Big Dog
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