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| 1000 Fires | 
 enlarge | Artist: Traci Lords
Label: Mca
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 906249
Media: Audio Cassette
UPC: 008811121143
EAN: 0008811121143
ASIN: B000003BR7
Release Date: February 28, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Control - Traci Lords, Lords, Traci | | • | Fallen Angel - Traci Lords, Bley, Johann | | • | Good-N-Evil - Traci Lords, Watkins, Ben | | • | Fly - Traci Lords, Babble | | • | Distant Land - Traci Lords, Bleu | | • | Outlaw Lover - Traci Lords, Holweck, Stephane | | • | I Want You - Traci Lords, Babble | | • | Say Something - Traci Lords, Edwards, Mike | | • | Father's Field - Traci Lords, Edwards, Mike | | • | Okey Dokey - Traci Lords, Edwards, Mike |
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"Let me kiss it and make it better," purrs the X-rated vixen turned mainstream actress as she attempts (on "Control," the first single) to get a rise out of the techno audience. With writing/production from Babble (ex-Thompson Twins), the KLF's Ben Watkins and Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones, the music is sleek, robotic, and primed for clubbers who'll view her as the camp descendant of disco queen Amanda Lear. "Outlaw Lover" is worthy of Mitsou and the serious tone of "Father's Field" tells us not to treat her too lightly. --Jeff Bateman
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 For all you who THINK you know what you're talking about.. December 27, 2003
16 out of 32 found this review helpful
I just finishing reading Ms. Lord's autobiography "Underneath it All" and decided to check out some of her music. While it seems talented, I feel I must correct some of the reviews. It is mistakenly said numerous times that in the song "Father's Field" Traci is speaking about being raped by her father. If you refer to her book, she was never raped by her father. She was raped at the age of 10 or 11, I forget which, by her first boyfriend, a boy of 16. Later on in life, she was molested in her sleep by her mother's boyfriend, someone she trusted but nonetheless took advantage of her. But her real father never committed any of these crimes, although was a bad seed in other ways. Just had to say my peace.
 GREAT CD! February 25, 2003
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I normally tend to stay away from the techno genre, as i find it too repetitive and boring after awhile. This cd is so different though. I loved it. The first six tracks are unbelievable! Traci's seductive whispery voice on the first track called Control is perfect for this style of music. There is such a seductive, hypnotic, dreamy quality to this song, i was hooked on first listen. The next track Fallen Angel is even better and has that same beautiful quality to it: angelic and haunting background singers and Traci's soft and sultry voice over a driving beat and even a touch of Flamenco guitar. Amazing! Both of these songs sound great in a car when you're driving down the highway. Outlaw Lover is one of the standout tracks on the cd that will have you wanting to hear it again and again. It's catchy and very cheesy, but in a fun and totally likeable way. I can totally see Mitsou or Stacey Q doing this song and having the vocals sound very similar. Good And Evil has a very German techno meets James Bond sound to it that is great. I can see why these songs would be good movie soundtrack songs. The slower songs took awhile to grow on me and lack a lot of the impact of the first six tracks, but i enjoy them very much and they don't deminish the quality of the cd at all. The song Father's Fields is a very disturbing and personal song about when she was raped by her father when she was a kid. It's not an enjoyable song to listen to, but it's one that should be heard and is an important song. The final track Okey Dokey is annoying and cute all at the same time. Personally i think the cd could have done without it, but i'm still giving this cd top marks and highly recommend it.
All Hail Goddess Traci April 7, 2000
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Very rarely does a CD come along I can listen to from beginning to end without even skipping one track. In fact, with the exception of this CD, there are none. "1,000 Fires" is the best CD I have ever heard and that is not just because I am a huge Traci Lords fan.This album has something for everyone. If you are into the hard tempo dance gooves of raw techno, the sexy "Control" and "Outlaw Lover" are for you. If you're like me and prefer a trance inducing trip-hop sound, check out "Say Something", "I Want You", and "Distant Land", which is the song Traci sang in her movie "Underworld". My personal favorite is the flamenco-tinged sound of "Fallen Angel", written about the death of Kurt Cobain and an appropriate title on this vixens album. Also don't over look the haunting melody of "Father's Field", a true song written about the rape she endured at the hands of her father. And finish off the album dancing and laughing at song "Okey Dokey", whose main (and only) lines are "okey dokey doggy daddy yummy mummy sugar". I can't praise her enough. Buy this album, I guarentee you'll LOVE it!
 Babble fans - 2 Babble songs here November 16, 2002
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
Just a heads up. Two of the songs on 1000 Fires are Babble tunes. If you are a Babble fan, then you probably want to check this out....
Near Perfect February 22, 2000
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Traci Lords has proven herself as a more than competent artist, putting together (with help from some of the Juno Reactor peeps) a deceptively simple album that stands strongly amongst the other, more well known names in my collection. She almost knowingly flaunts her sexuality in "Control" and moves effortlessly into the trance rythems of "Fallen Angel". The album trips slightly around "Distant Land" (it just didn't seem to fit in with the feeling of the album).Recovering easily, though, Traci puts together the disturbing and innately haunting story that is "Father's Field". That song still gives me goosebumps. And just as easily, she gives us a smile at the end, and just to prove she doesn't take her too seriously, she gives us "Okey Dokey", full of tounge-in-cheek lyrics and excellent dance beats. All-in-all, this remains one of those albums that comes very close to that mythical perfection that Floyd's "Dark Side", and Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" attained. I look forward to watching her mature as a songwriter and as a performer.
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