Although the second album by Marius in 1976 still sounds a little immature, I shall take care not to rate it poor. Sure, you could then can not predict credible: but who has a decades-long career ahead of him! The arrangements on "I'm usually in red" or "I love you so terribly" are scary. But my unbeaten Marius-favorite song "final push" is it here! A poignant, kitsch story of a terminally ill woman who savors every remaining day and dies with a smile. I cry every time here in the cushions. After 1. Listen many years ago I was disappointed with "bittersweet" and was the album more bitter than sweet. But the melodies and lyrics of the pieces "Paula", "Franz stump" and "Poor Star" are me - I say it plainly - grown fond. A beautiful early work, I think.
