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Moloko Album: “Catalogue [Bonus CD]”
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Catalogue [Bonus CD] |
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Release Date:2006-07-24
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Electronic/Dance
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Label:Echo
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:9556855012060
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Review - :
Released three years after their final album, {^Statues}, a {$Moloko} best-of was long overdue. Fortunately, the straightforwardly named {^Catalogue} delivers an impeccably edited collection of the duo's eclectic, ahead-of-the-curve music, gathering their biggest hits and key album tracks. Gorgeous romanticism, drop-dead style, and a funky sense of humor -- not to mention {$Roisin Murphy}'s charismatic vocals and {$Mark Brydon}'s forward-thinking production skills -- were the key ingredients in {$Moloko}'s freewheeling mix of {\dance}, {\pop}, and {\rock}, all of which are on display throughout {^Catalogue} and especially on its first five tracks, which are, not coincidentally, the duo's most popular singles. {&"Fun for Me"} and {&"Pure Pleasure Seeker"} are quintessential examples of {$Moloko}'s sexy, mischievous take on {\dance} anthems; {&"The Time Is Now"} and {&"Familiar Feeling"} are searching-but-glamorous {\ballads}; and of course, the pair's breakthrough single {&"Sing It Back"} is as alluring as it is inventive. Unlike some best-ofs, which have to stretch to fill out an album's worth of tracks, {^Catalogue} is a welcome reminder of how strong {$Moloko}'s overall body of work is. From {^Do You Like My Tight Sweater?}'s {&"Day for Night"} and {&"Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?"} to the title track of {^Statues}, each song on the collection holds up. {^Catalogue}'s only flaw -- if it can be called that -- is that it doesn't include many of the flights of fancy that made {$Moloko}'s albums so distinctive. The closest the collection gets to the duo's deeply kooky side is the cryptic but irresistible shuffle of {&"Indigo"} and the playful {\pop} of {&"The Flipside."} This is a minor drawback though -- {^Catalogue} is a great {$Moloko} primer, and any newcomers charmed by the songs here have even more to discover on the full-length albums. [The 2006 {@Echo} edition included a live set from Brixton on a second CD.] ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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