Haunted | 
 enlarge | Artist: Poe
Label: Sheridan Square
Category: Music
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Rating:  300 reviews
Sales Rank: 5062
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 821838257424
EAN: 0821838257424
ASIN: B00064LP22
Release Date: October 5, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Exploration | | • | Haunted | | • | Control | | • | Terrible Thought | | • | Walk the Walk | | • | Terrified Heart | | • | Wild | | • | 5 1/2 Minute Hallway | | • | Not a Virgin | | • | Hey Pretty | | • | Dear Johnny | | • | Could've Gone Mad | | • | Lemon Meringue | | • | Spanish Doll | | • | House of Leaves | | • | Amazed | | • | If You Were Here | | • | Hey Pretty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Give Poe credit for overcoming obstacles and delivering a second album as ambitious and loaded as Haunted. Extending over 15 wildly diverse tracks linked together by ambient interludes and spooky tape splices of old cassette recordings featuring the singer's late father, documentary filmmaker Tad Danielewski, the album shows the songstress moving effortlessly through ethereal folk-hop ("Haunted"), Shania Twain-style country rock ("Walk the Walk"), and flamenco-infused balladry ("Spanish Doll"). The only constant through the turbulence--emotional and otherwise--remains her desperately romantic voice and its desire to bid her father a proper farewell at every turn. --Jaan Uhelszki
Album Details
Described as 'folk-hop' with Comparisons to Portishead, the Album features a Bonus Track 'hey Pretty (Drive by 2001 Mix).
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| Customer Reviews:
 The greatest album since THE WALL...(even better!) November 30, 2008
MMACPUGUY (The Coast of Maine)
When THE WALL came out a friend came and grabbed me and said "I'm going to do you a favor!" and he put Pink Floyd's masterpiece on and we listened in awe. Let me do you a favor and tell you to BUY this album, dim the lights, have a wine and listen to start to finish.
This album is simply perfect. POE's HAUNTED takes you on a journey with an unbelievably crisp combination of delicate, raw, edgy, sexy, personal and perpetually fresh lyrics, music and sounds.
The production on this album is simply astonishing. Poe's voice is absolutely perfect to pull off this album and you can hear every word she sings.
Listen to it from start to finish as she takes you on a intense experience and each song is a different stage. If it were a movie, you could compare it to Shawshank Redemption (yes I know that was random)and POE is both Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins as she takes you through the pain and triumphs of life in way the transcends description.
A Fascinating Journey October 14, 2008
N. Peleg (Tel Aviv, Israel)
I discovered this wonderful singer through a song called "Walk the Walk", which I fell in love with the second I heard it. Soon after, I got hold of the entire CD and realized that this is not just a great rock album, it's a story, a journey. Poe (Annie Decatur Danielewski) delivers each song in such a personal way that you can't help but get swept away by the enchanting music and the intriguing lyrics. Some songs, like "Wild", "Control" and "Walk the Walk" leave you feeling empowered and are very cathartic. Others, like "Haunted" and "5 and a Half Minute Hallway", have a dream-like feel to them. Then there are those songs that are simply a joy to listen to without having a specific agenda, such as "Spanish Dall", which is a beautiful combination of Spanish guitar and heart-wrenching lyrics, or "Lemon Meringue", which lives up to its promise that "this will be a good song" (as the funny guy in the intro says). At the forefront of it all is Poe's voice, mature and compelling, which carries each song with intelligence and grace. And as strange as this may sound, the songs are not the only thing that makes this album great. It also contains bits of dialogue between father and daughter, some of which appear at the beginning or end of songs, some are independent tracks, and all these bits add depth and mystery to the story told by this album.
So if you appreciate innovative rock and are looking for more than your average pop-rock sound that dominates today's charts, this could be the album for you.
 ok album September 24, 2008
Sandy D. Lamison (York, PA)
I'm new to Poe. When I heard the first track, I knew I had to get this album. I love morbid. That's what this whole album is. The reason it gets 3 stars is, because the voices in the background are annoying. It's a good album nonetheless. My favorite tracks are
Exploration B
Haunted
Control
Terrible Thought
Beat of my own drum
Wild
Spanish Doll
I'M "AMAZED"..... May 3, 2008
L. Sumner
Sometimes I have to hide this CD from myself for months, because it will simply take over any and all players as well as my head for excruciating long periods of time. Ahh, sweet, sweet Haunted torture...I found myself immensely intrigued with the running thread of her father and her family's past.
Truly one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time--and that's really saying something because I am an all-genre kind of gal. The only thing I'd heard previously from Poe was 'Angry Johnny' because it smothered the airwaves back when I actually listened to radio. Then I found this, purely by accident...although I have a feeling there's nothing accidental about any of Poe's work.
The CD was released in conjuction with her brother's book The House of Leaves, and the two complement each other subtly yet effectively. That book is quite a commitment, so take it slowly.
Brilliant.
Bewitching February 2, 2008
Twelv-12e
In the musical realm, there is feminine and masculine, Yin and Yang. While this is very much a 'Feminine' work, it manages to appeal to a masculine listener a lot more then, perhaps Sara McLaughlin. I wouldnt go as far to say as it's 'Pop-y' as some reviewers did, as much as I would say it is a very diverse album. Albums like this generally tend to capture the interest of a diverse audience, and are in turn thought of as 'mainstream'. Yeah, so it's not as snarling and dripping with passionate angst like Hello. Whats here is a passion of another kind. Overall, the melodies are lush and beautiful, the lyrics enveloping, and the progression of the album tracks perfectly placed. If you can listen to 'Hey Pretty', 'Wild', 'Haunted', or really ANY of the tracks on this album and think 'Emotionally void, too mainstream, contrived', then go back to listening to G.G. Allen, you elitist prick. Or was Troubled Troubadour too commercial for you?
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