- indie rock, art rock
- 45 min
- 11 tracks
- 4AD
Misery Is a Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. The album was released on March 15, 2004, by 4AD. The album's lyrics and imagery reflect on a horseback accident Makino suffered in 2003, which required facial reconstructive surgery and months of rehabilitation, and caused her mental distress. The tracks "Elephant Woman" and "Equus" are more directly about the incident.
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Character-led, spare, grave and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- 1Elephant Woman4:49
- 2Messenger3:22
- 3Melody4:37
- 4Doll Is Mine3:06
- 5Misery Is a Butterfly5:08
- 6Falling Man3:27
- 7Anticipation4:05
- 8Maddening Cloud3:20
- 9Magic Mountain3:03
- 10Pink Love6:13
- 11Equus3:50
11 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Blonde Redhead
- Label
- 4AD
- Released
- March 15, 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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