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''Lady in Satin'' is a 1958 album by Music/BillieHoliday. It was the last record she released during her lifetime and her personal favorite. At the time critical reaction to the album was mixed. Years of drug addiction had ravished ravaged her voice, though the emotional power of a woman who's been through a lot shines through. In that regard, this record paved the way for similar troubled female musicians expressing their ravaged souls such as Music/NinaSimone, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/MarianneFaithfull and Music/AmyWinehouse.
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''Lady In in Satin'' is a 1958 album by Music/BillieHoliday. It was the last record she released during her lifetime and her personal favorite. At the time critical reaction to the album was mixed. Years of drug addiction had ravished her voice, though the emotional power of a woman who's been through a lot shines through. In that regard regard, this record paved the way for similar troubled female musicians expressing their ravaged souls such as Music/NinaSimone, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/MarianneFaithfull and Music/AmyWinehouse.
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* DespairEventHorizon: In Holiday's case case, death was already on the corner when she recorded this album, making her songs about unrequited love and breakups all the even more tragic than they already are.
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* FollowTheLeader: At the time no other musician had quite being so world weary and honest about what they had gone though in life in terms of drug addictions and other tragedies. And even though she doesn't allude to it in the lyrics, her voice never makes you forget it. It's still an inspiration for all other troubled singers that came after her.
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'''Lady In Satin''' is a 1958 album by Music/BillieHoliday, often called her MagnumOpus. It was the last record she released during her lifetime and her personal favorite. At the time critical reaction to the album was mixed. Years of drug addiction had ravished her voice, though the emotional power of a woman who's been through a lot shines through. In that regard this record paved the way for similar troubled female musicians expressing their ravaged souls such as Music/NinaSimone, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/MarianneFaithfull and Music/AmyWinehouse.
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'''Lady In Satin''' is a 1958 album by Music/BillieHoliday, often called her MagnumOpus.Music/BillieHoliday. It was the last record she released during her lifetime and her personal favorite. At the time critical reaction to the album was mixed. Years of drug addiction had ravished her voice, though the emotional power of a woman who's been through a lot shines through. In that regard this record paved the way for similar troubled female musicians expressing their ravaged souls such as Music/NinaSimone, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/MarianneFaithfull and Music/AmyWinehouse.
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: "I Get Along Without You Very Well" is a list of all the ways she isn't getting along very well.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''You don't know what love is until you know the meaning of the blues'']]
'''Lady In Satin''' is a 1958 album by Music/BillieHoliday, often called her MagnumOpus. It was the last record she released during her lifetime and her personal favorite. At the time critical reaction to the album was mixed. Years of drug addiction had ravished her voice, though the emotional power of a woman who's been through a lot shines through. In that regard this record paved the way for similar troubled female musicians expressing their ravaged souls such as Music/NinaSimone, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/MarianneFaithfull and Music/AmyWinehouse.
The orchestral arrangements were conducted by bandleader Ray Ellis.
'''Tracklist'''
[[AC:Side One]]
# "I'm A Fool To Want You" (3:23)
# "For Heaven's Sake" (3:26)
# "You Don't Know What Love Is" (3:48)
# "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (2:59)
# "For All We Know" (2:53)
# "Violets For Your Furs" (3:24)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "You've Changed" (3:17)
# "It's Easy To Remember" (4:01)
# "But Beautiful" (4:29)
# "Glad To Be Unhappy" (4:07)
# "I'll Be Around" (3:23)
!! ''Tropes in Satin''
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "You Don't Know What Love Is"
--> '' Until you've '''l'''oved a '''l'''ove you've had to '''l'''ose ''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''ut '''B'''eautiful".
* BreakupSong:
** "Easy To Remember"
--> ''I hear you whisper: "I'll always love you."''
--> ''I know it's over and yet''
--> ''It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget.''
** "I Get Along Without You Very Well"
--> ''I get along without you very well''
--> ''Of course, i do''
--> ''Except perhaps in spring''
--> ''But i should never think of spring''
--> ''For that would surely break my heart in two''
** "I'll Be Around"
--> ''And when things go wrong''
--> ''Perhaps you'll see you're meant for me''
--> ''So, I'll be around when she's gone''
** "You've Changed"
--> ''That sparkle in your eyes is gone''
--> ''Your smile is just a careless yawn''
--> ''You're breaking my heart''
--> ''You've changed''
* BrokenBird: Holiday was only in her forties when this album was recorded, but years of alcohol and heroin addiction caused her to sound like someone way older.
* CoverAlbum: All songs are covers.
* DarkerAndEdgier: A large part of the album's appeal is listening to a woman in decay and the knowledge that she would die the next year, with her final album recorded during her lifetime being released posthumously.
* DespairEventHorizon: In Holiday's case death was already on the corner when she recorded this album, making her songs about unrequited love and breakups all the more tragic than they already are.
* DrugsAreBad: While Holiday's delivery remains exquisite her vocals sounds rough, raspy and express the weariness and despair she went through her entire life. All of it due to her alcohol and heroin addictions.
* FaceOnTheCover: Billie's face in close-up.
* FollowTheLeader: At the time no other musician had quite being so world weary and honest about what they had gone though in life in terms of drug addictions and other tragedies. And even though she doesn't allude to it in the lyrics, her voice never makes you forget it. It's still an inspiration for all other troubled singers that came after her.
* HaveAGayOldTime: "But Beautiful"
--> ''Love is tearful or it's gay''
--> ''It's a problem or it's a play''
--> ''It's heartache either way''
* LoveHurts:
** "But Beautiful"
--> ''Love is funny or it's sad''
--> ''Or it's quiet or it's mad''
--> ''It's a good thing or it's bad''
** "You Don't Know What Love Is"
--> ''You don't know how lips hurt''
--> ''Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost''
--> ''You don't know how lips hurt''
--> ''Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost''
--> ''You don't know what love is''
* LoveMakesYouDumb: "I'm A Fool To Want You"
--> ''Time and time again I said i'd leave you''
--> ''Time and time again I went away''
--> ''But then would come the time when I would need you''
--> ''And once again these words I had to say''
--> ''Take me back, I love you''
--> ''I need you''
--> ''I know it's wrong, it must be wrong''
--> ''But right or wrong, I can't get along without you.''
* LyricalDissonance: The sweet string arrangements try to cover up Holiday's gloomy delivery.
* NonAppearingTitle: The title alludes to Holiday herself, not the lyrics.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: More breakups, drugs and {{Jazz}}, but the point is the same.
* UnrequitedLove: "Glad To Be Unhappy"
--> ''Unrequited love's a bore''
--> ''And I've got it pretty bad''
--> ''But for someone you adore''
--> ''It's a pleasure to be sad''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''You don't know what love is until you know the meaning of the blues'']]
'''Lady In Satin''' is a 1958 album by Music/BillieHoliday, often called her MagnumOpus. It was the last record she released during her lifetime and her personal favorite. At the time critical reaction to the album was mixed. Years of drug addiction had ravished her voice, though the emotional power of a woman who's been through a lot shines through. In that regard this record paved the way for similar troubled female musicians expressing their ravaged souls such as Music/NinaSimone, Music/JanisJoplin, Music/MarianneFaithfull and Music/AmyWinehouse.
The orchestral arrangements were conducted by bandleader Ray Ellis.
'''Tracklist'''
[[AC:Side One]]
# "I'm A Fool To Want You" (3:23)
# "For Heaven's Sake" (3:26)
# "You Don't Know What Love Is" (3:48)
# "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (2:59)
# "For All We Know" (2:53)
# "Violets For Your Furs" (3:24)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "You've Changed" (3:17)
# "It's Easy To Remember" (4:01)
# "But Beautiful" (4:29)
# "Glad To Be Unhappy" (4:07)
# "I'll Be Around" (3:23)
!! ''Tropes in Satin''
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "You Don't Know What Love Is"
--> '' Until you've '''l'''oved a '''l'''ove you've had to '''l'''ose ''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''ut '''B'''eautiful".
* BreakupSong:
** "Easy To Remember"
--> ''I hear you whisper: "I'll always love you."''
--> ''I know it's over and yet''
--> ''It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget.''
** "I Get Along Without You Very Well"
--> ''I get along without you very well''
--> ''Of course, i do''
--> ''Except perhaps in spring''
--> ''But i should never think of spring''
--> ''For that would surely break my heart in two''
** "I'll Be Around"
--> ''And when things go wrong''
--> ''Perhaps you'll see you're meant for me''
--> ''So, I'll be around when she's gone''
** "You've Changed"
--> ''That sparkle in your eyes is gone''
--> ''Your smile is just a careless yawn''
--> ''You're breaking my heart''
--> ''You've changed''
* BrokenBird: Holiday was only in her forties when this album was recorded, but years of alcohol and heroin addiction caused her to sound like someone way older.
* CoverAlbum: All songs are covers.
* DarkerAndEdgier: A large part of the album's appeal is listening to a woman in decay and the knowledge that she would die the next year, with her final album recorded during her lifetime being released posthumously.
* DespairEventHorizon: In Holiday's case death was already on the corner when she recorded this album, making her songs about unrequited love and breakups all the more tragic than they already are.
* DrugsAreBad: While Holiday's delivery remains exquisite her vocals sounds rough, raspy and express the weariness and despair she went through her entire life. All of it due to her alcohol and heroin addictions.
* FaceOnTheCover: Billie's face in close-up.
* FollowTheLeader: At the time no other musician had quite being so world weary and honest about what they had gone though in life in terms of drug addictions and other tragedies. And even though she doesn't allude to it in the lyrics, her voice never makes you forget it. It's still an inspiration for all other troubled singers that came after her.
* HaveAGayOldTime: "But Beautiful"
--> ''Love is tearful or it's gay''
--> ''It's a problem or it's a play''
--> ''It's heartache either way''
* LoveHurts:
** "But Beautiful"
--> ''Love is funny or it's sad''
--> ''Or it's quiet or it's mad''
--> ''It's a good thing or it's bad''
** "You Don't Know What Love Is"
--> ''You don't know how lips hurt''
--> ''Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost''
--> ''You don't know how lips hurt''
--> ''Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost''
--> ''You don't know what love is''
* LoveMakesYouDumb: "I'm A Fool To Want You"
--> ''Time and time again I said i'd leave you''
--> ''Time and time again I went away''
--> ''But then would come the time when I would need you''
--> ''And once again these words I had to say''
--> ''Take me back, I love you''
--> ''I need you''
--> ''I know it's wrong, it must be wrong''
--> ''But right or wrong, I can't get along without you.''
* LyricalDissonance: The sweet string arrangements try to cover up Holiday's gloomy delivery.
* NonAppearingTitle: The title alludes to Holiday herself, not the lyrics.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: More breakups, drugs and {{Jazz}}, but the point is the same.
* UnrequitedLove: "Glad To Be Unhappy"
--> ''Unrequited love's a bore''
--> ''And I've got it pretty bad''
--> ''But for someone you adore''
--> ''It's a pleasure to be sad''
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