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Baker's Dozen

Alchemy Happens: Lou Rhodes's Favourite Albums
The Quietus , August 31st, 2016 08:42

Penning her own Baker's Dozen of albums that shaped her career as both a member of Lamb and a solo artist, the singer picks 13 records that represent her "soul-music", following the release of theyesandeye

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Joanna Newsom – Milk Eyed Mender
I heard this album first over the stereo in the cafe at Metropolis Mastering in Chiswick (I guess we were mastering Lamb's fourth album, Between Darkness And Wonder) and I remember thinking this must be the voice of a young child. Some research later, however, and many more listens, and I was utterly hooked and this became a regular in-car singalong experience with my then two and six-year-old sons. Still now, at 15 and 18, they can be persuaded to give a rendition of 'Bridges & Balloons'.

This is a truly magical record; the kooky lyrics ("I killed my dinner with karate…") combined with her utterly quirky vocal and heavenly harp.