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Track Listing
1. Go-Go Gadget Gospel
2. Crazy
3. St. Elsewhere
4. Gone Daddy Gone
5. Smiley Faces
6. Boogie Monster, The
7. Feng Shui
8. Just a Thought
9. Transformer
10. Who Cares?
11. On-Line
12. Necromancing
13. Storm Coming
14. Last Time, The
| Details | | Producer: | Danger Mouse | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Gnarls Barkley: Danger Mouse, Cee-Lo.
Recording information: 2006.
Gnarls Barkley--a collaboration between hip-hop/soul crooner and Goodie Mob founder Cee-Lo and DJ/mash-up kingpin Danger Mouse--sounds like it came from another planet; or what inhabitants of another planet might make of the elemental sounds of 21st-century pop music. Classically soulful R&B vocals, smart hip-hop/electronica beats and samples, and infectious hit-making melodies all serve to make the basic musical template familiar enough, but even a passing listen to the first single, "Crazy" (an Al Green-meets-Outkast groover that was a pre-release smash in the U.K. via downloads alone), illustrates that these fellas are definitely traveling some alternate spaceways.
But if the warped summer jam "Who Cares" or the unsettling big-beat-cum-folkly suicide dirge "Just A Thought" isn't proof enough of the duo's extra-terrestrial originality, then check out the frenetic, almost sleazy, bubblegum-electro take on the Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone." (Um...say what?) Like the entire album itself, it's a bizarre, unexpectedly brilliant reconfiguration of what was once simply called pop music. Who knows what to call it now?
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- An atmosphere of inspiration and accident runs throughout this debut....[With a] self-confident, audience-challenging vibe...
Ranked #10 in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of 2006 -- [A] winning blend of hip hop, blues and psychedelia...
4 stars out of 5 -- Danger Mouse has raised the game as far as producers are concerned....His warm, spacious and instantly recognisable sound dominates St. Elsewhere...
Ranked #1 in Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Records Of 2006 -- ST. ELSEWHERE is endowed with a timeless panache that suggest it will sound as fresh and innovative 10 years from now as it does today.
[C]aptivating....Their sense of humor is wonderful...nothing beats soultronica gems like 'Just A Thought'. -- Grade: A
Ranked #02 in Spin's The 40 Best Albums of 2006 -- [M]ind-ticklingly brilliant.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [A] genre-bending debut from the Goodie Mob rapper-crooner and Gorillaz beat-brewer Danger Mouse.
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