Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much
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Artist: MikaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-09-22
Music Label: Casablanca
Soundtracks:
- We Are Golden
- Blame It on the Girls
- Rain
- Dr. John
- I See You
- Blue Eyes
- Good Gone Girl
- Touches You
- By The Time
- One Foot Boy
- Toy Boy
- Pick Up Off The Floor
Music reviews of The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Music Review: It's hard not to like Mika.
Rating: 4 Stars
Funky, Brit-pop is back!
Mika returns with his new CD, "The Boy Who Knew Too Much", the much-anticipated follow-up to his successful "Life in Cartoon Motion" of 2007. Produced by Mika and Greg Wells, who has worked with Katy Perry and P!nk, this new collection is just as fun, candy-coated and laced with childlike innocence as its predecessor. However, moreso on this album than on the last, it is easy to discern Mika's sexuality, which he has spoken about with discretion in the past.
Below is a brief description and numerical rating of the tracks on this CD. You can also get the Special Edition for an additional $2.00, ($11.99), which includes some extra video footage.
Track 1: We Are Golden--(8)--a lively song to start off with--"we are not who you think we are, we are golden!" Mika's accent shines through on the chorus to this teenage rebellion song. Don't go by our famiies, don't go by the tragedies we've been through, we're young and we're alive!
Track 2: Blame it On the Girls--(6)--a song about someone who's down on life and has a generally crappy attitude but really has no reason to, since he has great looks and everything everyone else envies. He'll blame his misery on everyone else, so long as he doesn't have to take the blame himself.
Track 3: Rain--(8)--never has singing about being miserable been so catchy and sing-along encouraging. You'll be happy to sing about how much you hate when it rains.
Track 4: Dr. John--(7)--Beatles-esque rocker about trying to live life but feeling like you've failed your parents in the long run, so now you're enlisting the help of Dr. John to help you make sense of it all.
Track 5: I See You--(8)--a powerful piano ballad about being in love with someone but it being complicated in the sense that you can't let them know. If they fell for you too, though, how would you know? Neither of you can express it. So he'll just adore them from afar, no matter how painful that is. It is easy to imagine this song as a Broadway number.
Track 6: Blue Eyes--(9)--this fetching number has an almost reggae edge to it. Here, he is trying to cheer up a poor girl whose heart got broken so she's taking pills and wondering why she's not feeling any better. "What's the matter, matter, blue eyes, blue eyes?" You can almost imagine the girl sitting on the beach with Mika, smiling through her tears and giggling at him.
Track 7: Good Gone Girl--(9)--this is one fun song about a girl who used to be a good girl but has abandoned her dreams and now steps on and uses men before they can step on and use her.
Track 8: Touches You--(7)--jingly piano rock reminiscent of George Michael's style about wanting to be close to someone in any form that allows you to touch them.
Track 9: By the Time--(8)--Mika usually weaves miserable things into poppy and catchy songs to help you forget your worries. Here, he makes a beautiful ballad about missing a lost loved one. By the time he fell asleep, they were gone.
Track 10: One Foot Boy--(7)--catchy, foot-tapping tune about being done once and for all with a relationship. He won't stand being asked to change anymore--you love him for who he is or he's done! And he's done.
Track 11: Toy Boy--(10)--a touching, tender song that sounds like it was lifted from a puppet show but contains much deeper content. The young boy sleeps with his boy doll until his mom has a problem with it and supplements a Barbie doll. The boy doll though is left hurt by the event and hopes the boy will remember him and his love for him when he is older.
Track 12: Pick Up Off the Floor--(8)--a cute song to end the CD with, those boys are going to do what they're going to do so don't let it get you down. If he doesn't love you anymore, pick your heart up off the floor and move on.
Overall album rating: 8
Description of The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Deluxe version includes a 70 minute DVD, which includes documentary content of the Parc des Princes show in Paris along with live video performances from that show. The DVD also includes the official video for "We Are Golden" and the Making of "We Are Golden".Alternative Rock CDs
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