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 - Not enough words for how beautiful this album is!!!Okay, the negative reviews are crazy! In brief, Martha is amazing and this album is magic. Ina world of musical crap and fluff, she sparkles out the truth and grit of love and life. And if you have never seen her live, shame on you. Of her whole family, she is the most amazing. Rating:  - Not GoodI was really looking forward to another Martha Wainwright release. This album disappoints on so many levels. It is not even comparable to her self-titled album that came out a few years ago. Her folksy sound is all but drowned out by electronic drum beats, strings and electric guitars. If her previous album hadn't been so good maybe I would have been a little more fair with the review of her latest one. I've listened to the album several times now and there really isn't a high point to remember. Boring. Rating: - Are we all listening to the same album?I streamed a few of the songs over the weekend--FALLING IN INSTANT LOVE WITH EACH--but only now am I getting to hear the full cd. I've only heard up to tracks 5 & 6, The Tower and Lonely Hearts Club, but can report that these songs alone kick the a** of her entire first album--and it's one of my five favorite albums ever. Ignore the earlier reviewers who rated I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too one or two stars. This record is magic. UPDATE: Just now hearing track 8, In the Middle of the Night. I'm crying, people! YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS RECORD! Rating: - I am Martha, hear me roar ...This is dazzling, and if it's not one of the strongest CD's by any performer, male or female, that you hear this year (or this decade) I'll eat Loudon's hat. I was lucky enough to see Martha here in concert a couple of years ago (and Rufus and Loudon in their own concerts earlier this year). She was impressive then and on her debut CD, but on this she steps out with something superbly self-assured and finely nuanced ... I hear echoes of Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith and even Kate Bush, but Martha's very much her own woman. "You Cheated Me" should be a hit, but probably the whole CD won't get the attention it deserves ... Rating: - I, too, have feelings...and my feelings about this album are not positive. It's a sad day when the best song Martha Wainwright can crank out is a cover, but that's all "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings, Too" offers. Wainwright's cover of "Love Is A Stranger" is good because it allows her voice to take center stage whereas on the rest of this album things like melody are sacrificed in order to accommodate lyrics that are, at best, mediocre and at worst clunky and cliche. The liner notes list guest spots by her brother Rufus, Donald Fagen and Pete Townshend, but you'd be hard pressed to tease them out of this mess. I own everything Wainwright has released including her early out of print EPs. Oddly it seems like Wainwright is regressing, not progressing musically. I think the best thing she can do is to find herself a good songwriter.
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