AceAceBaby wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
As an aside, I only found out about The Dresden Dolls after seeing that you listened to them a lot, often between The New Pornographers and the Pipettes (two bands I adore, especially TNP). That piqued my interest and I downloaded the free studio tracks from their website, went "Oooooooh" a lot, and now loves them.
Hooray! I do think Yes, Virginia is their strongest album, although it doesn't have Coin Operated Boy, which is brill. I do keep finding myself listening to TNP. I should probably get Challengers... my favourite tracks mostly seem to come from Twin Cinema and Mass Romantic.
No, Virginia is growing a bit on me. I do like the cover of Pretty in Pink.I do like 'Coin Operated Boy', though from that album the stand-out track for me is definitely 'Girl Anachronism'.
I prefer Yes, Virginia, as I have a huge love of bands/singers who use the piano a lot, and I find that the style of playing I enjoy is reflected well on that album (I'm a big fan of Ben Folds Five, Regina Spektor etc). Also, it plays up to my sense of the theatrical.
I'm excited about Amanda Palmer's solo album, especially since she's recording it in Ben Folds's studio, and he is contributing to the record!