Track Listing

1. Exploration
2. Haunted
3. Control
4. Terrible Thought
5. Walk the Walk
6. Terrified Heart
7. Wild
8. 5 1/2 Minute Hallway
9. Not a Virgin
10. Hey Pretty
11. Dear Johnny
12. Could've Gone Mad
13. Lemon Meringue
14. Spanish Doll
15. House of Leaves
16. Amazed
17. If You Were Here
18. Hey Pretty [Drive-By 2001 Mix]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30858 in Music
• Released on: 2004-10-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Album Details
Described as 'folk-hop' with Comparisons to Portishead, the Album features a Bonus Track 'hey Pretty (Drive by 2001 Mix).

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

Customer Reviews

ok album
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".....
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
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?