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Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can

Pop · 2010

Album cover: Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can

The sleeve

Images of the pressing listed below, from Discogs.

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Folk & folk rockSinger-songwriter & classic pop

89.2
overall
No. 9
of 250 in the pop ranking

Scores

Performance90
Showcase84
Pressing76
Taste match90
Acclaim88

Character

Brightness50
Dynamics80
Space78
Sub-bass reliance5
Vocal presence88
Warmth82

Occasion suitability

Dinner72
Café78
Headphones90
Friday58
Background78

About the artist

English singer-songwriter, born and raised on a farm in the Hampshire village of Eversley; daughter of a music teacher and a baronet who ran a recording studio and taught her guitar, she moved to London at 16

All records by Laura Marling

The pressing

Discogs master274448
Versions3
Speed33 rpm
Audiophile notesDiverse Records 2011 original (DIV028LP, 180g audiophile)
Top-rated release2683933
Reference pressingDiverse Records 2011 original DIV028LP (180g, Bob Ludwig master)
Discogsthe pressing on Discogs

The record

Side A

1Devil's Spoke3:39
2Made By Maid2:52
3Rambling Man3:16
4Blackberry Stone3:29
5Alpha Shallows3:42
6Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)3:45

Side B

1Hope In The Air4:32
2What He Wrote4:07
3Darkness Descends3:40
4I Speak Because I Can4:00

Tracklist: Discogs pressing listing; timings from the Discogs listing