Dancing with Daggers

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Dancing with Daggers
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Studio album by Magneta Lane
Released April 4, 2006
Genre Indie rock, pop punk
Label Paper Bag
Producer Al-P, Jesse F. Keeler
Magneta Lane chronology
The Constant Lover
(2004)		Dancing with Daggers
(2006)		 Gambling with God
(2009)

Dancing with Daggers is the debut studio album by the Canadian indie-rock girl group Magneta Lane, released April 4, 2006 on Paper Bag Records. This album was released in a special bonus track edition on October 24, 2005 on Pony Canyon Records in Japan only.

Magneta Lane is a Canadian indie rock music group formed in 2003 in Toronto.

Paper Bag Records is a Canadian independent record label, artist-management company and music publisher, founded in 2002 and based in Toronto, Ontario.

Contents

Songs

The album opens with the track "Bridge to Terabithia", named after Katherine Paterson's novel of the same name. The lyrics bear no significance to the novel nor does the theme of the music. "Broken Plates" is the first single released from the album, the second being "Wild Gardens".

Katherine Womeldorf Paterson is a Chinese-born American writer best known for children's novels. For four different books published 1975-1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of three people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.

<i>Bridge to Terabithia</i> (novel) American childrens novel, 1977, by Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom in their imaginations. It was written by Katherine Paterson and was published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell. In 1978, it won the Newbery Medal. Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from a real event that occurred in August 1974 when her son's friend was struck dead by lightning.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) [2]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Stylus B− [4]

Reviews for the album were generally positive. Allmusic had nothing but the highest of praise for the album, saying "Each song is snappy, playful, and stylish, and that's what makes Dancing with Daggers work so well." They asserted that the songs have a rare originality, and said that Magenta Lane "lead the pack of new millennium girl groups" and "could very well be a modern day version of the Shangri-Las." [1] Pitchfork and PopMatters both said that the album lacks a genuine show-stopper to compare to "The Constant Lover" from their debut EP, but that there are nonetheless plenty of standout moments. [2] [3] The reviewer for PopMatters also praised the album's exceptional brevity (less than a half-hour long). [3] Stylus Magazine were less enthusiastic, asserting that the album is essentially one or two outstanding pieces surrounded by similar-sounding filler: "Dancing With Daggers could be re-released as "Wild Gardens," its best song, repeated thirteen times and I’d hardly bat an eye." [4]

The Shangri-Las American pop girl group

The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with teen melodramas, and remain especially known for their hits "Leader of the Pack", "Remember ", and "Give Him a Great Big Kiss".

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet.

<i>The Constant Lover</i> (EP) 2004 EP by Magneta Lane

The Constant Lover is the first EP by the Canadian indie-rock girl group Magneta Lane, released October 5, 2004 on Paper Bag Records.

Track listing

  1. "Bridge to Terabithia" - 3:25
  2. "Broken Plates" - 2:51
  3. "Wild Gardens" - 3:16
  4. "22" - 2:31
  5. "Secrets Aren't So Bad" - 2:30
  6. "Carnival in Spain" - 3:01
  7. "Artistic Condition" - 2:10
  8. "Daggers Out!" - 3:51
  9. "The Better Plan" - 3:05
  10. "Butterflies are Blue" - 3:10
  11. "The Constant Lover" - 3:13 (Japanese Bonus Track)
  12. "Follow Me" - 2:11 (Japanese Bonus Track)

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References

  1. 1 2 Dancing with Daggers at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 Tangari, Joe (March 8, 2006). Album review, Pitchfork.
  3. 1 2 3 Keefe, Michael (April 4, 2006). Album review, PopMatters.
  4. 1 2 Cobo, James (January 29, 2007). Album review, Stylus Magazine.
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