Top 25 Albums
#25. Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart
The only things unfortunate about this album are that a.) it’s a conceptual piece trying to break into a more mainstream audience b.) the artist herself never really grasped her own concept and c.) because of this the artist never reached her full potential with this concept. Fortunately most of her fans have grasped the concept and the work she
did accomplish spoke to us all on a strangely accurate and personal level. Especially with songs about love and identity. But ironically a common thread in this record is sarcasm. Pair it with regret and you get ‘Teen Idle,’ pair it with lonesomeness and you get ‘Lonely Hearts Club,’ pair it with vanity and stubbornness and you get ‘Primadonna.’ In case you missed it, ‘Electra Heart’ is a character Marina used to write more honestly and this Electra girl is one sarcastic bitch and she wants you to know it. This method, or tool, allowed for an “indie” “alternative” “new wave” etc kind of artist make an overall interesting conceptual pop record. But I still can’t help but wonder what would happen if Marina herself wrote it on her own again and took the time to figure out her conceptual aspirations. I think it would be further up the list.
Trinity: Teen Idle, Fear and Loathing, Radioactive