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I'm a big fan of cornershops previous two albums-woman's gotta have it and when i was born for the seventh time. I really admired their unique sense of music and blend of hip-hop, rock and indian music toghether. However, handcream for a generation lacks cornershops's previous sound. There seems to be less focus on the music like the long intro track-heavy soup that would have have made a good intro if it wasn't so long. The band some didn't use its creaty and intelligence as much on this album. there are some good songs on the album like London Radar and motion to 11.
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All I can say is they nailed it this time out.I have been a slight fan of these guys for years.I saw them live in 97, and thought they were good-but too many drawn-out sitar/dobro moments.On this new album I dont hear any sitars whatsoever, and it's so refreshing that they almost completely changed their style.I thought for sure they would do the exact same thing.This album seems rooted in the 70's.The first tune seems like a Sly Stone outtake, there is a reggae tune, and a flat-out/no apologies disco song.I normally dont like disco, but it jives with the rest of the album since it's all over the map.There is even a full-fledged rock tune a la Rod Stewart/Faces_
(Lessons from Rocky 1-3)A couple techno songs keep it sounding up-to-date.If you want an album that has all kinds of music and sampling....THIS IS 4 U
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Really, there is no better word than funky to describe this album. Being a huge fan of their previous album, When I was Born for the 7th time, I was anxious to try this out. This is absolutely unlike what I had expected.
Their latest effort is definitely a departure from their previous downtempo and cheerful sound. I'm happy that after four years they did not try to capitalize on the success of the last album, something I call the Moby - 18 factor.
It's great, surprising, refreshing. It sorts of reminds me of the transition for Beck from Mutations to Midnite Vultures. One introspected, downtempo, relaxed, the other more experimental, tongue-in-cheek, and funky.
Don't be worried, they did not leave out their trademark indian influences. They just use them in a different way. Not exactly a classic, but certainly a great album. Highly recommended.
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This just happened to be sitting on the "listen here" section of a local CD shop... I turned it on, listened for about 10 minutes, bought it, and couldn't be happier. This is a refreshing mix of... well... good stuff. Tough to describe the music style, something pretty cool tho.
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I seriously just up and bought this when I walked into a major record shop who was blasting it on thier "radio station". Heard one song, walked by the booth, went to section BOOM, bought it...it's that easy. Normally when I purchase a CD like this I get about 20% of good material and the rest is [bowel movement]. this however, is 100% of unreal sampling, mixing and about every kind of music fused together perfectly.
This being said, I purchaed this beacuse of "Lessons Learned from Rocky I and Rocky II" mostly because I am a huge britpop fan (well, if it's good at any rate) and although there is nop other song on this CD like it, I still highly recommend this. If you are looking fo a britpop flavor throughout then you may be dissapointed but I was happily suprised!
I am still 100% pure britpop power but CD's like this sometimes make me stray,
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