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This is a timeline on The Family Jewels' creation, including when the album photoshoots were shot, music videos were filmed, and when songs were first available, or mentioned, though not necessarily when they were recorded.
Note: A fansite from The Family Jewels era, rockabilly.net, compiled a song timeline.[1] This is made up from comments first mentioning the songs, so please note that some of these songs could have been on her MySpace slightly earlier and due to a data wipe, and possibly Marina's team, these comments are now mostly inaccessible. Songs that were definitely on her MySpace during this time have got references, though the exact dates might not be known, due to late reporting etc. Songs with [citation needed] have no source other than Rockabilly.
2008[]
January[]
On an unknown date during this month, the demo 'Hollywood Infected Your Brain' is posted.
On the 17th, the demo, We've Got Obsessions, along with a new version of Simplify is posted.[citation needed]
On the 27th, Blindfold Me, a home-recorded song, is posted.[2] The song is low quality and most likely sung into her laptop-microphone. The lyrics at the end of the song noticeably mirror The Outsider's demo bridge: "I'm smart, I'm dumb, I'm rich, I am poor, I am fat, I am thin".
April[]
On the 12th, a demo of Bad Kidz is posted.[citation needed]
May[]
On the 22nd, a new version of Seventeen is posted.[3]
On the 29th, Porn Does Good, a satirical song, is posted.[citation needed]
June[]
On the 7th, the studio version of Starlight is posted.[4]
On the 15th, the demo Girls Girls Girls, often referred to as the "calm down" version, is posted.[5][6]
On the 23rd, in a Blogpost entitled: 'Blog on girls, fat & how i’m a 'mysogynist',[7] Marina speaks about the background of the aforementioned song, and what inspired her to write it.
July[]
On the 2nd, a demo of Are You Satisfied? is posted.[8]
On the 23rd, the demo, 'The Shampain Sleeper', is posted.[9] Notably, this version of the song made it all the way to the Album Sampler before being changed.
August[]
On the 16th, Not That Ugly, a currently unavailable song, is posted.[10] It is often theorised to potentially be Supermodel's Legs, though Marina usually names her songs very "on the nose". Mowgli's Road, another song from the era, is a notable exception however.
On the 29th, Marina performs at The Monarch, and someone films footage of her live performance.[11]
October[]
On an unknown date during this month, Marina is signed to 679 Recordings.
On the 3rd, a demo of Mowgli's Road is posted,[12] featuring a longer outro.
November[]
On an unknown date during this month, the music video for Obsessions is shot, directed by Tim Brown.
On the 19th, Obsessions, the double A-side single is released alongside the demo of Mowgli's Road as the other A-side.
December[]
On the 12th, an updated version of Obsessions is posted.[13] On the same day, the music video for the song is released.
2009[]
In 2009 Marina wrote many blogposts, the ones that have been archived can all be found here. The album's title track The Family Jewels, and the song Rootless, have no further information other than being made during 2009.
February[]
On the 23rd, the demo of I Am Not a Robot is posted.[14]
March[]
On the 17th, the demo of The Outsider is posted.[15] It features a bridge, and a pre-chorus which is partially used as a bridge in the final.
April[]
On the 6th, Marina's Twitter is created.
On the 11th, Jealousy, an album outtake, is posted.[16][17]
On the 22nd, Marina has a photoshoot with Mari Sarai, which becomes the cover for Mowgli's Road. On the same day, The Crown Jewels EP is announced.[18]
May[]
On the 3rd, a snippet of Guilty is posted.[19]
On the 6th, the music video for I Am Not a Robot is shot, directed by Rankin and Chris Cotton.
On the 15th, The Crown Jewels EP artwork is revealed.[20]
On the 18th, a 100 download link of the demo 'Girls!!!', often referred to as the "fast car" version, is posted.[21]
On the 22nd, Girls!!! is made available for full streaming on MySpace.[22]
June[]
On the 1st, The Crown Jewels EP is released. It was intended to be a 'teaser' for the album, but only I Am Not a Robot made the track list on all versions. Seventeen ended up being on the US version and a UK bonus track on the album, and Simplify being scrapped altogether.
On the 24th, the music video for I Am Not a Robot is released.
July[]
On the 2nd, the demo of Numb is posted.[23][24]
On the 15th, the ITunes Live: London Festival '09 EP is released.
August[]
On the 27th, The Outsider's final version is posted.[25][26]
October[]
On the 2nd, the final version of Mowgli's Road is posted,[citation needed] only a few weeks before its release.
On the 15th, Marina has a photoshoot with Rankin, which becomes the cover for the album and remaining singles.
On the 20th, the music video for Mowgli's Road is released, directed by Chris Sweeney.
November[]
On the 16th, Mowgli's Road is released, with Space and the Woods (cover) as a B-side.
The following day on the 17th, the music video for Hollywood is shot, directed by Kinga Burza.
December[]
On the 2nd, Oh No! was available, only a few months before the album was released and after the album had been mastered.
On the 26th, Marina flew to LA to write with Benny Blanco and Dave Sitek, expressing a desire to re-release the album in the same vein as "The Fame Monster" by Lady Gaga.[27]
2010[]
January[]
On the 30th, the music video for Hollywood is released. The following day on the 31st, Hollywood is released as a single alongside Bad Kidz as a B-side.
February[]
On the 6th, Marina says in an interview with WalesOnline that she is working on her second album.[28]
On the 15th, The Family Jewels is released. (not in the US)
On the 27th, Dirty Sheets is posted.[citation needed]
May[]
On the 12th, The Gem Tour begins.
On the 25th, The Family Jewels is released in the United States.
June[]
On the 10th, the music video for Oh No is shot, directed by Kinga Burza.
On the 28th, the music video for Oh No! is released.[29]
August[]
On the 2nd, the single Oh No! is released alongside Starstrukk (cover) as a B-side.
On the 11th, Marina officially states she is not doing a repackage of The Family Jewels.[30]
On the 24th, the music video for Shampain is shot, directed by Kim Gehri.
September[]
On the 6th, the music video for Shampain is released.[31]
October[]
On the 11th, the single Shampain is released.
On the 19th, The Burger Queen Tour begins.
2024[]
April[]
On 2nd, Marina reflected on the album, telling the Rolling Stone:[32]
❝ I feel so much more compassion for that version of myself. It feels very far away. It is hard to even watch interviews from that time, because I’m like, "Who is she?" Whenever I hear those records, I love them. I love my past, and it also always helps to listen to them right before I’m doing a new record. Because I want to know where I’ve come from, and what I’d like to bring in, what energy I want to bring in. I think this time, it’s an opportunity to do something really different. ❞
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110502060729/rockabilly.net/marina/discog/songs.shtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081224232034/http://www.myspace.com:80/marinaandthediamonds scroll down to the comments Nov 19 2008.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080706222006/myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds Liam Howe listed as the producer in the sidebar. EPILEPSY/MIGRAINE WARNING. Flashing background.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080706222006/myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds Liam Howe listed as the producer in the sidebar. EPILEPSY/MIGRAINE WARNING. Flashing background.
- ↑ https://marinatest.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/take-ma-picture/#comment-152
- ↑ https://marinatest.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/and-suddenly-it-all-makes-sense/#comment-338
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081011214900/http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=85092104
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080706222006/http://www.myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds comment from July 2nd "I'm sad inside too, but this makes me feel a little bit better about it knowing miss marina is sad inside like me"
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/23/marina.and.the.diamonds
- ↑ http://www.rockabilly.net/marina/discog/songs.shtml
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLK4vWWS6-I
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081224232034/http://www.myspace.com:80/marinaandthediamonds comment: "that middle 8 sounds like demonic mice"
- ↑ https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/marina-and-the-diamonds-the-crown-jewels-ep-the-family-jewels.9042/#post-329162
- ↑ https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/marina-and-the-diamonds-the-crown-jewels-ep-the-family-jewels.9042/page-2#post-404982
- ↑ https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/marina-and-the-diamonds-the-crown-jewels-ep-the-family-jewels.9042/page-3#post-430485
- ↑ https://twitter.com/biffco/status/1509968281
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130409182847/https://www.popjustice.com/songs/marina-the-diamonds-jealousy/
- ↑ MySpace/Posts/2009/22thApril
- ↑ Blog/2009/May/3#2
- ↑ MySpace/Posts/2009/15thMay3
- ↑ https://marinatest.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/bend-over-and-curtsy/
- ↑ https://marinatest.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/and-suddenly-it-all-makes-sense/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090730194246/http://tashed.com/2009/07/marina-the-diamonds-numb/
- ↑ https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/marina-and-the-diamonds-the-crown-jewels-ep-the-family-jewels.9042/page-15#post-732522
- ↑ Blog/2009/27thAugust
- ↑ https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/marina-and-the-diamonds-the-crown-jewels-ep-the-family-jewels.9042/page-8#post-604609
- ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a192242/ones-to-watch-marina-and-the-diamonds/
- ↑ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/knew-id-famous---marina-1933260
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr-SqRWImmI
- ↑ https://marinaandthediamonds.fandom.com/wiki/Blog/Posts/2010/11thAugust
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHi83LTQjU
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/marina-announces-eat-the-world-poetry-book-interview-1234997572/