Marina and the Diamonds "Family Jewels" greatest hits popcorn synth and a show-stealing

popcorn synth and a show-stealing topline from Masego

" "Beings of Light" with it's blazing character reminds of the ground-breaking "Le secret

New Noise Magazine described some of the tracks saying "They've got a Black Sabbath 'Sweet Leaf' cover that they've dirtied up to the point where it sounds like a High on Fire original

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Marina and the Diamonds "Family Jewels" greatest hits popcorn synth and a show-stealingHighlighted by the UK Top 20 hit single, "Hollywood," "THE FAMILY JEWELS" is proving an early contender for 2010's most distinctive debut. Songs like the dramatic "Oh No!" (produced by Greg Kurstin of The Bird And The Bee), "Obsessions" and the boldly ambitious "Mowgli's Road" see Marina gleefully melding the theatrically lavish vocal and orchestral flourishes of Kate Bush with the wonderful pop eccentricity of everyone from Sparks to the Scissor