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My Brightest Diamond is the moniker of [[BaroquePop experimental pop]] musician Shara Worden.

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My Brightest Diamond is the moniker of [[BaroquePop experimental pop]] musician Shara Worden.Nova (previously Shara Worden).
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* MissingEpisode: The biography on her website says that Shara recorded three albums before ever meeting Sufjan Stevens, and that she composed music for off-Broadway productions. Nothing else is known about these scores or recordings.

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* RearrangeTheSong: The two remix collections.

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** ''Tear It Down'' is remixes from ''Bring Me the Workhorse''.
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The two remix collections.four ''Shark Songs'' eps are all remixes from ''A Thousand Shark's Teeth''.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Everything Is in Line" does this for ''All Things Will Unwind''.

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"Everything Is in Line" does this for ''All Things Will Unwind''.



* UncommonTime: "In the Beginning", "Lover Killer", and "Shape" are excellent examples.

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"In the Beginning", "Lover Killer", and "Shape" are excellent examples.
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Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and Music/TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens’ backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.

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Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and Music/TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens’ Music/SufjanStevens’ backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.
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Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens’ backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.

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Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and TheNational).Music/TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens’ backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.

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* ''This Is My Hand'' (2014)
** ''Pressure'' single (2014)


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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Everything Is in Line" does this for ''All Things Will Unwind''.
** "Pressure" serves as a title drop for the ''artist'', rather than the album:
-->I forgot the sound of diamonds\\
So bright I cannot hide them.


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* ListSong: "This Is My Hand" lists an awful lot of body parts and personality traits.


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* NewSoundAlbum: ''This Is My Hand'' is dominated by percussion and electronic effects in places, in comparison to the mostly tranquil baroque pop of ''All Things Will Unwind''. The classical instrumentation still plays a huge role, though.


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* UncommonTime: "In the Beginning", "Lover Killer", and "Shape" are excellent examples.
** "Resonance" takes the trope to extremes; at the beginning of the song, the drums, vocals, and keyboards all appear to be playing in different time signatures. Only in the chorus do they all stick to the same (still uncommon) time signature.
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* BurningTheShips: Referenced in the song "Escape Routes" as a metaphor for choosing love over apathy.
-->Let's close off all our escape routes\\
Let's not put it off tonight\\
Let's close off all our escape routes\\
We can have it all tonight

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of ''A Thousand Shark’s Teeth'' is picture of Shara playing an accordion. Neither Shara nor anyone else plays any accordion on that album.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of ''A Thousand Shark’s Teeth'' is a picture of Shara playing an accordion. Neither Shara nor anyone else plays any accordion on that album.

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* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The liner note photographs from ''Bring Me the Workhorse''.

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* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The liner note photographs from cover art for ''Bring Me the Workhorse''.

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* BreakupSong: “Gone Away” is the ”pining for a lost love” variety of breakup song.

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* BreakupSong: “Gone Away” is the ”pining “pining for a lost love” variety of breakup song.


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** ''Be Brave'' Single (2011)

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** ''Be Brave'' Single single (2011)


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* BreakupSong: “Gone Away” is the ”pining for a lost love” variety of breakup song.

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* AnimatedMusicVideo: ”Inside a Boy”.

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* AnimatedMusicVideo: ”Inside “Inside a Boy”.

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Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens' backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.

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Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens' SufjanStevens’ backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.



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* AnimatedMusicVideo: ”Inside a Boy”.
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* {{Chiaruscario}}: The liner note photographs from ''Bring Me the Workhorse''.

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My Brightest Diamond is the moniker of [[BaroquePop experimental pop]] musician Shara Worden.

Shara was raised outside Detroit by a family of musicians (mom was an organist, and dad played accordion) and she studied multiple instruments while growing up. She pursued an Opera degree at University of North Texas, and later studied composition under Padma Newsome (of Clogs and TheNational). Shara first began attracting attention when she performed in SufjanStevens' backing band, and was an opening act for Sufjan’s Illinoisemaker tour. Her debut album was released not long afterwards.

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* ''Bring Me the Workhorse'' (2006)
** ''Disappear'' single (2006)
* ''Tear It Down'' (2007) 13 different electronic artists remixing tracks from ''Workhorse''.
** ''Misfits, Orphans, and Hooligans'' (2008) A collection of b-sides.
** ''Inside a Boy'' single (2008)
* ''A Thousand Shark’s Teeth'' (2008)
** ''Shark Demos'' EP (2008)
** ''From the Top of the World'' single (2008)
* ''Shark Remixes'' (individual volumes released digitally 2009; CD box set released 2010)
** ''Vol. 1 – Alfred Brown''
** ''Vol. 2 – Son Lux''
** ''Vol. 3 – Roberto Lange''
** ''Vol. 4 – DM Stith''
* ''All Things Will Unwind'' (2011)
** ''Be Brave'' Single (2011)

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* Sarah Kirkland Snider: ''Penelope'' (2010). Shara Worden and Signal perform the music.
* Clogs: ''The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton'' (2010). Shara sings on six tracks.
* ''Letters to Distant Cities'' (2011). Shara Worden and Clare Mulduar Manchon read poems by Mustafa Ziyalan.

For individual song collaborations, see [[http://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/collaborations/ the list on Shara’s website]].
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*{{Chiaruscario}}: The liner note photographs from ''Bring Me the Workhorse''.
*CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of ''A Thousand Shark’s Teeth'' is picture of Shara playing an accordion. Neither Shara nor anyone else plays any accordion on that album.
* MelismaticVocals: Used often.
* MissingEpisode: The biography on her website says that Shara recorded three albums before ever meeting Sufjan Stevens, and that she composed music for off-Broadway productions. Nothing else is known about these scores or recordings.
* OppositesAttract: The point of “We Added It Up”.
-->What a pair of disagreeable agreeables
* PrecisionFStrike: “High Low Middle” has Shara’s only (so far at least) recorded profanity.
-->Wasting for a buck\\
and then you're shit and out of luck.
* ProtestSong: “There’s a Rat”.
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