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This Earthly Spell | 
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| Artist: Karine Polwart
Label: Hegri Music
Category: Music
List Price: £13.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1179
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 805520212526
EAN: 0805520212526
ASIN: B0013BKUOQ
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: fast dispatch from the UK
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| Tracks:
| • | The Good Years | | • | Sorry | | • | Better Things | | • | Rivers Run | | • | Painted It White | | • | Firethief | | • | Behind Our | | • | Eyes | | • | The News | | • | Sorrowlessfield | | • | Tongue That Cannot Lie |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 What a find!!! August 25, 2008
Faultless!
Buy this one, and then buy them all. You'll not be disappointed.
 That's Proper Folk May 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'd heard of Karine Polwart but never heard her perform until I spent 1.99 on the "That's Proper Folk" CD (or whatever it's called).
Possibly the best 1.99 I've ever spent, if only because it introduced me to this album.
Karine Polwart was head and shoulders the winner on that CD (and I'm a fan of Cara Dillon, so work that one out) with the track "Sorry". Which meant that I had to go out and buy this CD.
Worth every penny: there's clearly a trad-folk element running throughout this, whether it's the tunes or the lyrics, but with a definite modern flavour. Her singing is strong, with her accent a joy to hear (that's one of the great things about folk - no faux American accents), and this is a consistently rewarding album.
If you've come here off the back of the "That's Proper Folk" album, buy this - you won't be disappointed. Now I have to get my wallet out and buy the other albums....
 Dissapointing April 24, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have loved karine Polwarts first two albums Faultlines and Scribbled in Chalk and she is great live and i was really looking forward to this new album. However, despite repeated plays i just cannot get in to it. Compared to the other 2 albums there is a lack of tunes and it is rather dull.It all seems a much of a muchness and all the tracks tend to sound the same. There are some good lyrics but it is ruined by the lack of tunes.If you are new to Karine i would stick with the first 2 albums identified above which are excellent and as for me i hope the next album is better.
Spellbound....... April 6, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I only really heard Karine's work for the first time when "Scribbled in Chalk" came out. I listened to the previews of the new album on her myspace page and almost fell off my chair. "Firethief" is powerful and moving especially given the subject matter, "The Good Years" uplifting with it's wonderful melody and vocal harmony and "Sorry" is just too good for words. Actually, there's not a bad song on this. Karine's voice is just perfect, the playing is impeccable, the lyrics are profound and the whole thing made me smile and cry at the same time. I haven't stopped playing it since I bought it. I've already told anyone who will listen that they should buy this album and reward real talent. I'm going to see her in Edinburgh next Sunday and can't wait. Am I gushing? Probably. There's much that is naff about Scottish music but this, currently, is about as good as it gets.
A mature, wonderful album of beautiful (and gritty) songs. March 31, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For some songwriters, the re-positioning of priorities that new parenthood brings seems to turn their writing ability to mush overnight. Thankfully, it seems to have had the opposite effect on Karine Polwart. Many of the old concerns are aired again in the songs on This Earthly Spell - anger at the perfidy of our political leaders, the state of the world and the mess being made of it by those who should know better (for those who seem to think Karine has suddenly started writing 'protest songs', have you not been listening over the last few years?). Songs of life, love, fear, beauty and hope are all to be found here.
The band have really matured as a unit over the last couple of years, and the arrangements are varied and rich without being too fussy. I also think Karine's voice has matured, and she sings with greater confidence than ever before. I do have one reservation - I don't think the musical style of 'The News' works. It's one of the good things about Karine and her band that they are not afraid to try working in different musical styles - unlike some reviewers, I don't see this as some kind of betrayal of their trad roots but as a development of a very individual talent - but in the case of this one song I don't think the style works with Karine's voice. Then again, if you don't try something new, how will you know if it works or not? And it may just be me that doesn't like it!
That one small weakness does not lose this album any stars for me, as the whole is incredibly good. Karine is a master of using songs to draw out of you an emotional response that forces you to think about the issues that make her angry, sad, frustrated or joyful.
Buy this album if you listen with your head and your heart, as well as your lugs.
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