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I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too | 
| Artist: Martha Wainwright
Label: Drowned in Sound
Category: Music
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5055131701413
ASIN: B00177Z56O
Release Date: May 12, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Bleeding All Over You | | • | You Cheated Me | | • | Jesus and Mary | | • | Comin' Tonight | | • | Tower Song | | • | Hearts Club Band | | • | So Many Friends | | • | In The Middle Of The Night | | • | The George Song | | • | Niger River | | • | Jimi | | • | See Emily Play | | • | I Wish I Were |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Martha is the youngest of the Wainwright clan (with brother Rufus two years her senior), and she's also still the one with the most to prove, even after her eponymous 2005 debut captured hearts aplenty via a delightful bundle of timeless folk ruminations with intriguingly fraught seams--and one infamously foul-mouthed diatribe against her father (folk singer Loudon Wainwright III). It's hard to know whether the family association does her more harm than good, but what is certain is that sophomore album I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too is as complex and emotionally tumultuous as its title and lays to rest any doubts regarding the reach of her artistry. From lavish psychedelic arrangements in "Tower" to "You Cheated Me" and "Hearts Club Band" which gush with the slick country-pop of Fleetwood Mac, to "So Many Friends" and "Bleeding All over You" alternating between Kristen Hersh's husky folk persona on one hand and Kate Bush's gallivanting tonsils on the other, all the way to "Niger River" which quivers and ebbs, fluttering between peaks with eastern trace-like qualities, she sounds both utterly liberated and firmly in control. It's a more challenging experience than the first record, but covers so much more ground and is richer for it. In spite of the title it can surely no longer be a case of always the mistress and never the bride. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Its That 2nd Album Thing! June 16, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yep, Enjoyed her first offering, which was/is more refreshing.
Like a few hear I agree, she's grown-up, not good. And she got married, whats she like!
I've only played it twice, 3 might be pushing it, sorry.
Hey, When she gets divorced we might get a good 3rd album, with swearing and stuff!! fingers crossed!
 A Grower June 7, 2008
I really liked her previous album and bought this but felt disappointed at first...
But it's grown on me - her voice is truly unique and I love it.
She's evolving and that's a good thing - can't wait for the next album!
the talent of wainwright, heriditory! June 4, 2008
i had been waiting for the follow up to martha's critically acclaimed debut self titled album. this shows pure genius, simply anything that is touched by martha shines a light. obvious cameo's from parent's and brother rufus and the immense pete townsend.
my fav track although the decision was difficult is 'jesus and mary' powerful in many ways, vocals put massive emphasis on the quite basis but quirky background music.
other stand out tracks, opening rocker 'bleeding all over you' lots of wording and promoting of the album title and 'comin tonight'. comin tonight gives the first taste of pete townsend on guitars, marthas vocals are sounding early joni mitchell to patti smith. the diverse 'the george song' samples just how talented martha and rufus are when they are put together, why not release a joint album???!
in fact this album is both intense and amazing, ive had the privilage to go see martha live a few times now and she never disappoints.
 Nothing to match BMFA May 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The press has been very kind to this record. Here's the key question, though - does it have any songs as bracingly fantastic as the unprintable 'BMFA' from her debut? Brutal answer: no. Martha has grown up in a big way here, but that's not a compliment. Some of these tracks are so AOR that they could be Sheryl Crow.
Martha Does It Again May 24, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Well at least the "Album Title of the Year" title can be wrapped up early in 2008.
Martha Wainwright's debut album was one of the best debut's that we've had this century; it may have been a difficult listen at times, but in many ways that made it all the more compelling. If there's one singer-songwriter out there at the moment willing to tell us what she really thinks, without filtering out too much of the interesting stuff, it's Wainwright.
I Know You're Married... is, lyrically, more of the same, but with an added commercial surety. Whether or not this is seen as a good thing depends on your point of view. Me? Well I've never seen anything wrong with wanting to sell more records. Especially when she's kept what was so great about her in the first part largely intact.
Whether it's nailing unrequited love on Bleeding All Over You, putting 911 into perspective on The Tower Songs or chronicling her mother's recent battle with cancer on In The Middle Of The Night, Wainwright is never less than a compelling narrator.
Her strengths of course will be labelled as her weaknesses by some critics, and that is fair enough. I've said before that Wainwright, like all of her family clan, is somewhat of an acquired taste. But whatever way you look at it, this album is breathtaking and is further proof that Martha may well prove to be the best Wainwright of them all.
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