Electra Heart

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Electra Heart
Studio album by Marina and the Diamonds

Publication
(s)

April 30, 2012 (UK)
May 25, 2012 (Germany)

admission

2010–2012

Label (s) 679, Warner

Format (s)

CD, download

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

12 + 4 deluxe songs

running time

46:51 (Standard Edition)
62:12 (Deluxe Edition)

production

Liam Howe, Greg Kurstin , Stargate , Dr. Luke , Rick Nowels, Cirkut, Diplo , Devrim Karaoğlu, Dean Reid, DJ Chuckie, Lenssen

chronology
The American Jewels EP
(2010) 		Electra Heart Froot
(2015)

Electra Heart is the second studio album by Welsh artist Marina Diamandis, known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds . The album reached number 1 on the album charts in Great Britain , Ireland and Scotland . It is her first number 1 album.

background

During her 2010 tour, Diamandis announced that she had started work on her second studio album. The song Living Dead was the first new song that she wrote and recorded for the album. In August 2011, she published a video on her YouTube channel called Part 1: Fear and Loathing . The video was shot by Caspar Balslev. Two weeks later, on August 22, 2011, a video also shot by Casper Balslev with the name Part 2: Radioactive followed . Another video, Part 3: The Archetypes, followed on December 15, 2011. On November 20, 2011, she also released a demo version of the song Starring Role and on February 27, 2012 the song Homewrecker on her channel . In addition, long before the album was released, demo versions of the songs Living Dead , Sex Yeah and Power & Control were uploaded to the Internet against their will .

On March 1, 2012, she announced the album's song list and cover on Twitter and Facebook . On March 5th, she finally announced the four bonus tracks of the deluxe version.

Shortly before the album was released, at the request of her fans, she digitally published a mini-EP on her homepage, the Primadonna Exclusive Acoustic EP , which contains the songs Primadonna , Starring Role , Lies and Homewrecker as an acoustic version.

On July 10, 2012 the album was also released in America with a slightly changed song list. The standard version features the song Sex Yeah , one of the four bonus songs of the European version, as well as Radioactive and a new song called How to Be a Heartbreaker . The songs Living Dead , Lonely Hearts Club and Buy the Stars are no longer on the album.

Concept and influence

During an interview, Diamandis stated that the album was like a short story, similar to a 1970s Americana film. The whole album is built around the title character Electra Heart , which, according to the singer, is not an alter ego , but rather a method to depict parts of the American Dream with the content of the Greek tragedy . The songs on the album are divided into different archetypes , the prima donna , the homewrecker (German adulterer ), the teen idle (play on words with teenie idol and the adjective idle , in German about lazy adolescents ) and the Su-Barbie-A (stylized form von Suburbia , in German about suburban Barbie ). These four types represent Diamandis' own views on the facets of the female personality. The idea of ​​building the songs on the album around the character Electra Heart and the four archetypes came to her during the time she was touring the USA after the release of The Family Jewels . As inspirations for the album, she cited artists such as Madonna and Marilyn Monroe , but also Marie Antoinette .

promotion

Electra Heart was accompanied by an 11-part series of videos. These were published between August 2011 and August 2013. The first video for the album song Fear & Loathing was released on August 8, 2011. The last video, which belongs to the previously unreleased song Electra Heart of the same name , was released exactly two years later. With this video the album era came to an end. The other parts are:

part title date
1 Fear & Loathing 08/08/2011
2 Radioactive 08/22/2011
3 The archetypes December 15, 2011
4th Prima donna 03/12/2012
5 Su-Barbie-A 05/18/2012
6th Power & Control 05/30/2012
7th How to Be a Heartbreaker 09/28/2012
8th EVOL 02/14/2013
9 The State of Dreaming 02.03.2013
10 Read 07/17/2013
11 Electra Heart 08/08/2013
Remarks
  • In EVOL is an unpublished song from the recording sessions of the album. It was also made available as a free download on the day the video was released.

Track list

Standard edition

  1. Bubblegum Bitch (Marina Diamandis, Rick Nowels) - 2:34
  2. Primadonna (Diamandis, Julie Frost , Lukasz Gottwald , Henry Walter) - 3:41
  3. Reads (Diamandis, Gottwald, Walter, Wesley Pentz ) - 3:46
  4. Homewrecker (Diamandis, Nowels) - 3:22
  5. Starring Role (Diamandis, Greg Kurstin ) - 3:27
  6. The State of Dreaming (Diamandis, Nowels, Devrim Karaoğlu) - 3:36
  7. Power & Control (Diamandis, Steve Angello) - 3:46
  8. Living Dead (Diamandis, Kurstin) - 4:04
  9. Teen Idle (Diamandis) - 4:14
  10. Valley of the Dolls (Diamandis, Nowels, Karaoğlu) - 4:13
  11. Hypocrates (Diamandis, Nowels) - 4:01
  12. Fear and Loathing (Diamandis) - 6:07

Deluxe edition

The deluxe edition contains four more songs as well as the videos for Radioactive and Primadonna .

13. Radioactive (Diamandis, Clyde Narain, Fabian Lenssen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen) - 3:47
14. Sex Yeah (Diamandis, female course) - 3:46
15. Lonely Hearts Club (Diamandis, Ryan McMahon, Ryan Rabin) - 3:01
16. Buy the Stars (Diamandis) - 4:47
17. Radioactive [Video] - 3:48
18. Prima donna [video] - 3:47

It is also possible to use the CD to activate additional bonus material online. It includes:

  • Read (Acoustic) [Video] - 4:07
  • Primadonna (Benny Benassi Remix) - 3:55
  • Primadonna (Kat Krazy Remix) - 3:39

US standard version

  1. Bubblegum Bitch (Marina Diamandis, Rick Nowels) - 2:34
  2. Primadonna (Diamandis, Julie Frost , Lukasz Gottwald , Henry Walter) - 3:41
  3. Reads (Diamandis, Gottwald, Walter, Wesley Pentz ) - 3:46
  4. Homewrecker (Diamandis, Nowels) - 3:22
  5. Starring Role (Diamandis, Greg Kurstin ) - 3:27
  6. The State of Dreaming (Diamandis, Nowels, Devrim Karaoğlu) - 3:36
  7. Power & Control (Diamandis, Steve Angello) - 3:46
  8. Sex Yeah (Diamandis, female course) - 3:46
  9. Teen Idle (Diamandis) - 4:14
  10. Valley of the Dolls (Diamandis, Nowels, Karaoğlu) - 4:13
  11. Hypocrates (Diamandis, Nowels) - 4:01
  12. How to Be a Heartbreaker (Diamandis, Gottwald, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik, Walter, Daniel Omelio) - 3:50
  13. Fear and Loathing (Diamandis) - 6:07
  14. Radioactive (Diamandis, Clyde Narain, Fabian Lenssen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen) - 3:47

US deluxe version

The US deluxe version includes remixes by Primadonna and Power & Control as well as the music videos for Primadonna and Radioactive .

15. Prima donna (Burns Remix) - 4:29
16. Power & Control (Michael Woods Remix) - 6:38
17. Prima donna [video] - 3:47
18. Radioactive [Video] - 3:48

Chart placements

Charts position
United Kingdom 1
Germany 17th
Ireland 1
Austria 25th
Switzerland 11
United States 31

Singles

year title Chart placements Remarks
DE AT CH UK
2011 Radioactive - - - 25th Promo sound carrier , download only
Release: September 30, 2011 (UK)
2012 Prima donna 18th 3 16 11 Release: April 16, 2012 (UK)
May 18, 2012 (DE)
Power & Control - - - - Release: July 23, 2012 (UK)
How to Be a Heartbreaker - - - - Release: December 7, 2012

The first song Radioactive , produced by Stargate , DJ Chuckie and Lenssen, was released digitally as a promotional single on September 30, 2011 in the UK. In addition to the radio version, the single contains six other remixes of the song. In the UK, the song reached number 25 on the charts. The accompanying video, which was shot by Caspar Balslev, celebrated its premiere on August 22, 2011 on the official Diamandis YouTube channel. The German release took place on October 7, 2011, the song could not place in the charts. Radioactive can only be found on the deluxe version of the album.

The first official single was Primadonna , produced by Dr. Luke and Cirkut, published in the UK. The radio premiere took place on March 12, 2012. It reached number 11 in the charts, which is the artist's best single placement to date. The German release took place on May 18, 2012. The director of the video, which was shot in Copenhagen , was again Caspar Balslev. The video premiered on the same day as the radio premiere. An acoustic version of the song was uploaded to their YouTube channel on March 19, 2012.

On May 2nd, 2012 it was announced that the song Power & Control will be the second single to be released in the UK on July 23rd. The video, shot again by Casper Balslev, premiered on May 31, 2012.

On July 3, 2012, the song How to Be a Heartbreaker , which was initially only on the US version of the album, was announced as the third single in Great Britain and the second single in the USA. The single was released on December 7, 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Electra Heart in the Official UK Charts (English)
  2. ↑ Ireland.com, 4th May 2012: Marina and The Diamonds' 'Electra Heart' at No.1 ( Memento of 10 May 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.valve-magazine.net
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.planetnotion.com
  5. ↑ ♡ PART 1: FEAR AND LOATHING ♡ | MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS . YouTube . Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ ♡ PART 2: RADIOACTIVE ♡ | MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS . YouTube . Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ ♡ PART 3: “THE ARCHETYPES” ♡ | MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS . YouTube . Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  8. ^ "Starring Role" demo | MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS . YouTube . Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ ♡ "HOMEWRECKER" ♡ Album Track | MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS . YouTube . Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/marina-talks-about-leaked-demos/
  11. ↑ http://twitpic.com/8qnlx5
  12. ↑ http://twitpic.com/8qnjub
  13. ↑ 'Marina and the Diamonds' Website: Primadonna Exclusive Acoustic EP (MP3) ( Memento from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/radioactive/id534339822?i=534340055&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
  15. ↑ http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/an-interview-with-marina-the-diamonds/
  16. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0413/1224314669871.html
  17. ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/marina-and-the-diamonds/63222
  18. ↑ Marina And The Diamonds | Part 1: Fear And Loathing , YouTube , youtube.com
  19. ↑ Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  20. ↑ Chart sources: DE , AT , CH , UK
  21. ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/radioactive/id459788787
  22. ↑ "PRIMADONNA"
  23. ↑ http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/173313/9
  24. ↑ http://www.directlyrics.com/marina--the-diamonds--power--control-music-video-premiere-news.html
  25. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a391343/marina-and-the-diamonds-talks-new-uk-single-how-to-be-a-heartbreaker.html
  26. ↑ http://www.lastfm.de/music/Marina+and+the+Diamonds/How+To+Be+A+Heartbreaker

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