Haunted (Poe album)
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| Studio album by Poe | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 & 2000 | |||
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| Length | 68:47 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| LA Weekly | Positive |
| Popmatters | Positive |
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Haunted is the second album by American singer/songwriter Poe, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music) after a five-year hiatus from her debut album Hello in 1995. The self-produced album was created as a tribute to her father, and counterpart to her brother Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves.
Haunted found Poe combining traditional pop notions with electronic, dance and hard rock music. A critical success and largely adored by her existing fanbase, it nonetheless flopped commercially, largely due to the manner in which it was marketed. The song "Hey Pretty" was released as a promo single, but Poe's vocals had been replaced with a chapter reading from her brother, as alternative radio of 2001 was not very willing to play female artists. It reached #13 on Billboard's US Modern Rock chart. The music video for the song was deemed too racy for MTV showing a scantily clad Poe writhing around in mud. A follow-up promo single, "Walk the Walk", was released because it had been chosen as the theme song to a new TV drama called Girls Club. However, the show was canceled after two episodes. "Wild" was released as a third single, garnering some radio play in the Chicago area. The single was never released commercially, but featured a shorter radio mix in addition to an acoustic/rock version of the song. The title track was used as the theme song to the film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. The commercial failure of Poe's second album contributed to the loss of her distribution contract with Atlantic Records.
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