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Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia (2006)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 28 Feb 2011 16:35:08

”Yes, Virginia…” is the second studio album from Boston-based alternative rock band The Dresden Dolls, released in April 2006. The album made its debut at number 42 on the US Billboard 200.

The Dresden Dolls could never be accused of being shy and retiring, but on their second full-length, Yes, Virginia…, they sound more confident than ever, igniting their cabaret-rock with more crazed inventiveness and you-are-there immediacy. While there's nothing as instantly captivating as their first album's winsome "Coin-Operated Boy" or the defiant "Girl Anachronism," Yes, Virginia… is a more powerful and consistent set of songs overall, moving from musically and emotionally complex ballads like "Delilah" and the album closer, "Sing," to shouty, forceful numbers such as "Necessary Evil" and "Sex Changes." Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie's production adds to the bigger, more rock-inspired sound of the album, which invigorates Amanda Palmer's character sketches. While the highly theatrical, stylized sound of the Dresden Dolls might seem to be the substance of their music – and, admittedly, it does draw the listener in right away – it's the strong songwriting that makes the band truly impressive. Palmer's lyrics have a mix of sympathy and disdain for the people and subjects in her songs that makes them seem very honest in spite, or perhaps because of, their theatricality. On "Backstabber," she dismisses a "greedy little fit-haver" with a "God, I feel for you, fool" that's a perfect blend of fury and pity. She goes after and celebrates uncomfortable moments, whether it's cataloging the drunken haze of "My Alcoholic Friends" (which is one of the jauntiest, poppiest distillations of the Dolls' sound to date) or "First Orgasm," a bleak and almost creepily intimate ballad that's not at all jokey despite lines such as "I'm taking matters into my own hands" and "there won't be any second coming." Full of ambitious twists and turns, equally vulnerable and sarcastic, Yes, Virginia… alludes to the famous 1897 New York Sun editorial that reassured a little girl that Santa Claus exists for a reason: as arch and ironic as the Dresden Dolls might seem on the surface, inside their music, there's a surprising amount of hope and heart.
Review by Heather Phares, Allmusic.com

Biography

A variety of noteworthy groups were active on the Boston music scene in the late '90s and early 2000s – groups ranging from retro-soul/funk band Superhoney to the quirky, '80s-minded synth pop/new wave trio Freezepop to the hard-to-categorize Moonraker (who have since moved to New York City). But the most unique and intriguing group to come out of Boston during that period may very well have been the Dresden Dolls, a highly unorthodox duo consisting of lead singer/pianist Amanda Palmer (who handles the songwriting) and drummer Brian Viglione. Formed in 2001, the Dresden Dolls have favored a most unlikely blend of alternative pop/rock, riot grrrl catharsis, and German cabaret – especially the German cabaret that flourished when the Weimar Republic was in power in Germany in the '20s and very early '30s (before Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime came to power). The name Dresden Dolls was, in part, inspired by a song from British punk band the Fall, but it also acknowledges Palmer and Viglione's German influences; Dresden, after all, is a German city that was bombed extensively during World War II. However, Palmer doesn't sing or write in German; all of her vocals and lyrics are in English. But even so, the Dresden Dolls' Weimar-era influences are impossible to miss – not only because of their music, but also, because of their physical appearance. When Palmer and Viglione (whose colorful live shows helped them acquire a small but enthusiastic cult following in and around Boston in the early 2000s) perform together as the Dresden Dolls, their clothes and makeup provide a look that is half goth and half Weimar-style burlesque – a look that successfully unites the cultures of different countries and different eras. Like their attire, the Dresden Dolls' clever, darkly theatrical music draws on an unusual variety of influences. Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Weill have influenced the Dresden Dolls, but so have alternative rockers ranging from Tori Amos to PJ Harvey to the controversial Hole founder turned solo artist Courtney Love. And just as the New York City-based, London-born singer/songwriter Nellie McKay has no problem reminding listeners of Doris Day one minute and Alanis Morissette or Randy Newman the next, the Dresden Dolls know how to make their combination of influences from different periods sound perfectly natural and organic rather than forced, pretentious, or contrived. In 2003, the Dresden Dolls' A Is for Accident (a collection of live recordings) was released on the Important label; that CD was followed by their first full-length studio album, a self-titled disc that came out on 8Ft. Records in 2004. The next year, the tour/video compilation Paradise was released, and Yes, Virginia…, the band's second album, arrived in 2006. The similarly titled No, Virginia… followed two years later, collecting the duo's B-sides and outtakes and pairing them with five new songs.

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Tracklist:

1. "Sex Changes" – 4:11
2. "Backstabber" – 4:11
3. "Modern Moonlight" – 4:45
4. "My Alcoholic Friends" – 2:47
5. "Delilah" – 6:54
6. "Dirty Business" – 3:36
7. "First Orgasm" – 3:49
8. "Mrs. O." – 4:40
9. "Shores of California" – 3:35
10. "Necessary Evil" – 2:54
11. "Mandy Goes to Med School" – 4:39
12. "Me & the Minibar" – 4:35
13. "Sing" – 4:40

Personnel:

Amanda Palmer – piano, toy piano, vocals, lyricist, composer, songwriter
Brian Viglione – drums, guitar, backing vocals

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