*The Family Jewels* by Marina and the Diamonds Full Album Reaction
Added 2024-10-27 13:00:10 +0000 UTCRealized in editing that Track 7 is missing on Apple Music & I didn't listen to it?? I don't even know which track that was supposed to be??
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Ancient dreams in a modern land is such an underrated masterpiece!!!! 💜
Tamires Pereira
2024-12-17 13:59:08 +0000 UTCI cannot wait for you to listen to the rest of her discography. esspecially electra heart. I just know you're gonna love it!
Dustin Hofmann
2024-11-22 02:42:18 +0000 UTCchecking everyday for Electra Heart 🩷
Patrick
2024-11-12 17:19:28 +0000 UTCwords can not even expresss how excited i am about the other marina and the diamonds album reactions!!!
Neck
2024-11-09 23:15:35 +0000 UTCOooh, track 7 is Hollywood. Listen to that one pleaaase!
János Csupor
2024-10-29 21:28:39 +0000 UTCnot to mention the compulsive negative thoughts Marina mentions in the song
Anna Rotaru
2024-10-29 11:51:30 +0000 UTCAbout Obsessions, to me it's a song about OCD. Being in a shop with many choices of some product you want to buy and taking so long to choose and you feel like everyone's noticing how long it takes you and is looking at you and you're becoming physically uncomfortable, hot and dizzy and you just leave without buying anything and go home cause you're so overlwhelmed. And because you didn't buy anything, your fridge is empty and you stay hungry until you feel confident enough to go to the shop again. I'm so happy you can order food from home without having to talk to anyone these days :D
Anna Rotaru
2024-10-29 11:50:50 +0000 UTCGosh, Marina is such masterful song writer and singer, producer as well. I'm so happy I got to see you listen to this album. I cannot wait for you to listen to the Ancient Dreams album because it's my favourite, but I love all of them and it's so exciting :)
Anna Rotaru
2024-10-29 11:45:04 +0000 UTCYeeees!!! Marinaaa 🔥🔥 OMG Cass you brought back your music reactions with my fav artist!!!! Thank you!!! ❤️❤️ It’s good to keep in mind that Marina makes a lot of references to jewelry and diamonds throughout her music because her last name is Diamandis which is greek for diamond… I’m so excited for Electra Heart!!! 💙
Tamires Pereira
2024-10-28 01:26:06 +0000 UTCOkay my sleep can wait
george
2024-10-27 21:56:23 +0000 UTCStarting the album with Are You Satisfied? that’s about coming to terms with her record deal and ending it with Numb about realizing she gave into people’s perceptions that she had to be miserable to make good art is just *chef’s kiss* an absolutely stellar, dramatic, and timely bang start of her career. I will say Electra Heart is definitely her choosing to continue down the path of fame and what was expected of a 2012 alt breakout star (think of Lana’s transition in sound and vibe from AKA Lizzy to Born to Die that happened parallel to Marina). Only until FROOT will you get some resolution and awareness of how Marina processed the fame of TFJ and EH. Also my interpretation of the album title is two fold—one, since the main theme of the record is fame and wealth, it references the royal family jewels. Second, the fact that they are in reference to men’s testicles (lol) Marina has been open about the strained relationship she had with her father early in her life that flavored her view of failure and abandonment for most of her career.
Felix Gonzalez
2024-10-27 18:34:48 +0000 UTCI'm so happy you listened to Marina and that you enjoyed it. Most people who love Lana, especially Born to Die Lana, love Marina. They were the it alternative girlies back in the early 2010s. Tumblr was obsessed with them. I found Marina and Lana at about the same time, so Marina was on her second album Electra Heart, which is still my favorite of hers. Can't wait to see what you think of it. I said this in discord, but just in case you don't see that, the missing song is called Hollywood. I don't know why it's missing from the standard album, but it is there on the deluxe version on apple music. It's really weird that they left the song out, especially because it's a single.
Jared
2024-10-27 18:34:06 +0000 UTCalso if you are planning on continuing this journey, make sure to listen to the Platinum Blonde edition of Electra Heart which is her second album, it has all the songs 🩷
Patrick
2024-10-27 14:14:09 +0000 UTComg!!! i've always wanted this❤️ i hope you continue with Marina, her next albums are just perfect, this is iconic 🫶🏻
Patrick
2024-10-27 13:22:24 +0000 UTC
