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Neko Case - Middle Cyclone Audio CD

A fair review of the Neko Case "Middle Cyclone" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Neko Case reviews here, or go back to the Neko Case tabs.

Neko Case Band: Neko Case
Title: Middle Cyclone
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Release Date: 2009-03-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: This Tornado Loves You 2: The Next Time You Say "Forever" 3: People Got A Lotta Nerve 4: Polar Nettles 5: Vengeance Is Sleeping 6: Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth 7: Middle Cyclone 8: Fever 9: Magpie To The Morning 10: I'm An Animal 11: Prison Girls 12: Don't Forget Me 13: The Pharaohs 14: Red Tide 15: Marais La Nuit

Somewhere between dreaming and facing reality...
Yes, even the frogs. I love this CD. I feel like NC really captures the feeling of being in a dream but understanding and accepting the harshness and disappointment of reality at the same time. I think that people who think this album is negative or despressing are only hearing the more superficial layers of these songs. Wholistically, this album is a journey through the human experience -- our desires, the pain we experience as a result of others, the pain we inflict on others, and our connectedness with the earth -- all wrapped up in a lovely metophoric bow.

I'm so glad that Ms. Case is coming to Houston next month so that I can see her live!.


Cover Art


Given the title of Middle Cyclone, it makes me wonder why she is perched on top of a Mercury Cougar and not a Mercury Cyclone. This is a very good album from Neko.
Was that intentional or . . .

Neko is perched on the hood of a 1967 Mercury Cougar standard coupe.

A couple of examples of the Mercury Cyclone are here:
1968: [. . . ]
1970: [. . . ]

Oh. . . details. . . details. . . :-D
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Neko WHY are YOU so un-happy?
I hated the single "maneater" just awful. I loved her last record - even went to see her live - I hated this record. Wishing Neko would find happiness in her music - instead, rank, dark, myopic music - only her die hard fans would give this awful record 5 stars COME ON - REALLY? Hardly worth ONE star - let alone five. Hopefully the next one will be more appealing - but I really don't think she cares.


not this one
This is the first CD I ever received (new from Amazon) that had a large scratch on it making the last few songs unplayable. I have ordered hundreds of CD's from Amazon and e-bay, both new and used. But to tell you the truth, the songs on the first 2/3 of the album were so dull that I didnt' ask for a replacement. I have enjoyed the previous studio and live work of Nico Case, but this one had no distinguished songs. . . . there was a complete lack of energy. I just can't recommend this (at least the first 2/3 I heard).


Another great CD from Neko Case
Her prior CD, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood was one of my favorites from 2006 and Middle Cyclone will easily rank as one of the best CDs from 2009. Neko Case was one of those artists who grew on me. Her songs are beautiful, she has a beautiful unique sounding alternative country voice and she is a wonderful songwriter, her songs have a kind of timeless sound to them. "This Tornado Loves You" is one of the more pop sounding songs. Many of the songs are a little slower than her last CD and quieter than than her work in the New Pornographers. If you like her other music, you will like this CD.


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