Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
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Artist: Roisin MurphyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Music Label: EMI INT'L
Soundtracks:
- Overpowered
- You Know Me Better
- Checkin' On Me
- Let Me Know
- Movie Star
- Primitiv
- Footprints
- Dear Miami
- Cry Baby
- Tell Everybody
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Body Language (Bonus Track)
- Parallel Lives (Bonus Track)
Music reviews of Overpowered
Music Review: 4 1/2 Stars, Catchy and Different
Rating: 4 Stars
RM's second album is very different from her debut cd. I think this one is vastly superior. Over the past few years, a lot of artists have been trying to recreate the sound of 80s music. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This album is the best "new 80s sound" I've heard. Not just 80s, either, but 70s too.
The entire album is entertaining and interesting. It's electro/dance/pop/80s R&B/disco. It's so retro and authentic sounding at times that if I heard a few of these songs playing on the radio and didn't know what they were, I could maybe be tricked into thinking they were actually recorded in the 80s. At the same time, they sound fresh with modern production.
The opening track Overpowered reminds me a lot of Depeche Mode, and that's fine with me since I'm a fan of theirs too. YKMB is my favorite song by Roisin. It's catchy and melodic and doesn't have a dull moment throughout the whole song. FITMS sounds like late 70s/early 80s disco/R&B. It reminds me of when R&B music was actually good. There is even an electronic blip in it that sounds like an old video game sound effect---which only adds to the appeal in my opinion. Let Me Know is a an early 80s sounding pop song, and the video looks 80s inspired complete with odd cheesy dance moves, and I mean that in a good way.
All of the songs are worth many repeated listenings, but one that I just can't really get into is Dear Miami. Musically it's fine. The lyrics are about global warming, and that's good to get a message out there on it, but it's depressing. Ro delivers them in a humorous but sarcastic tone, and it just leaves me wondering why she chose that city as representing the problem. She must have had quite an impression of Miami. It certainly sounds like a slam.
Primitive and Scarlet Ribbons are the only slow/ballad songs. They took a little more getting used to than the upbeat tracks, but I like them also. The album is very well put together and has a nice flow, although I like rearranging the tracks in a slightly different order and also inserting some of the b-sides that were omitted. She recorded several b-sides that are on mostly out of print and rare singles, and discarded tracks that weren't released. It's too bad that some of them were not included on the album, they are very good too. If you enjoy this album, you will like the other songs, too. They are worth searching out.
If you like late 70s disco and 80s music, and newer music by artists such as Goldfrapp, Robyn, Lady Gaga, The Killers, MGMT, or Cyndi Lauper's 2008 album, etc. with an "80s sound", try this and you may be pleasantly surprised. Unlike some of the others, I continue to listen to this album and it's still fresh and catchy.
5 star material on 12 tracks, and one of the best albums to be released in the past 15 years, but I rated it 4 1/2 stars because I'm not crazy about Dear Miami, and the album omits a few wonderful tracks such as Foolish, Modern Timing, Off and On, and Sweet Nothings.
Description of Overpowered
2007 sophomore album from Róisín Murphy, former lead vocalist for Moloko. A heady mix of electronic dance anthems, soul-stirring Pop songs, deep, dark Funk and quirky lyrical genius, Overpowered is a thrilling and contemporary marriage of edgy Pop and irresistible Disco. Róisín co-wrote and co-produced the entire album, bringing her own vision and focus to these songs whilst working with a variety of producers, writers and mixers to create what is without doubt her finest record; unpredictable, creative, inventive, exciting and hugely accessible. Working with the likes of Seiji, Andy Cato (Groove Armada), Jimmy Douglass, Ill Factor, and Parrot & Dean of All Seeing I / I Monster, Róisín has brought her love of the dance floor right to the very heart of the album. This is one of the albums of the year - a breathtaking modern classic. Features the singles 'Let Me Know' and 'Overpowered'. EMI.Dance & DJ CDs
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