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• Artist: The Real Tuesday Weld
• Album: I, Lucifer
• Label: Six Degrees
• Year of Release: 2004
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-09-09

Stephen Coates is a London based artist that decided to veer into a career of music. He has chosen the name The Real Tuesday Wild ("The Real" added after a threatened lawsuit by a third party) to work under. His music is a bit cabaret at times and he proves to be a very witty and interesting songwriter. After a release on Kindorcore records, The Real Tuesday Wild has a larger distribution potential with his new label, Six Degrees. This album was released on the smaller Dreamy label only to be re-released by Six Degrees. The premise behind I, Lucifer is to be a soundtrack to a book of the same name by Glen Duncan. While I haven't read the book this album has got my curiosity up over it. Coates starts off the album with a bit of a soliloquy talking about a broken relationship. He then moves into one of the most fun tracks on the album. It's called "Bathtime In Clerkwell" and it is basically complete nonsense but man is it fun. Quicktime video for that song is included on this release with some fun black and white animation. The songs vary from fairly subdued to quite upbeat. We even get some pretty nifty French songs like "La Bete Et La Belle". It's scary home much "The Life And Times of the Clerkenwell Kid" sounds like a Tom Waits song. A much better voice but still along the same lines. Given some time I, Lucifer could become a favorite album for fans of quirkier music.

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