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Groovy, chill out perfection!

Nse Ette | Lagos, Nigeria | 10/06/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"`Charango' was my introduction to Morcheeba and after getting (and loving) this, I went on to get their greatest hits `Parts of the process'.



Morcheeba are UK trip hop/electronica trio, in a similar vein to Portishead and Lamb. Their style is a mix of fusion, blues, and funk with strings, guitars, keyboards, beats and scratches.



Opening track `Slow down' is a mellow, dreamy song with wind like effects and lead vocalist Skye's sultry clear-as-glass vocals. Great guitar! Next is the string swathed `Otherwise' with some delicate guitar. `Aqualung' takes you on a musical swim with its delicate keyboard, guitar and scratches, and ghostly backing vocals.



`Sao Paolo' starts off with some country sounding guitars which give way to a slow, lush tropical sound with ethereal vocals. `Charango' is a fusion jam with some spoken/rapped verses from guest Pace Won.



`What new York couples fight about' is a dreamy, movie like song with spoken verses from Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, and Skye harmonizing and singing the second verse. Very atmospheric.



`Undress me now' is a lush, ghostly sounding guitar ballad. `Way beyond' with its wind like effects is a melancholic ballad with a horn laden chorus.



One of the highlights is the hilarious, groovy `Women lose weight' featuring rapping from Slick Rick. The lyrics tell the tale of a man who wants to do off his fat wife so he can be with his secretary. Morbid and funny, and a very 70s soulful chorus.



The haunting `Get along' features Pace Won rapping, and is a mellow, bubbly, dreamy midtempo retro sound with Skye sounding a bit like Debbie Harry. Fantastic!



`Public displays of affection' is more upbeat but still delicate, and closing track, `The great London traffic warden massacre' is another rich fusion jam. Everything in its right place. Awesome!



Impressive! I like it.

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Typical Morcheeba...

S. Hebbron | Leicester UK | 05/29/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Beautifully chilled and addictive music offset by quirky and cheeky lyrics with half an eye on the famous wry sense of British humour. A beautiful album that doesn't take itself too seriously. I had the good fortune of buying the limited edition CD which features a bonus CD of all the tracks in acoustic version, this CD feels like being trapped in a 1960's/70's spy movie; it's every bit as excellent as the original."

Music for good times and bad times

B. L. Barrett | Columbia, MD, USA | 10/20/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Great album, 10 out of the 12 tracks have the "mellow-melodic" flow that I was looking for. The music on this album will keep you calm and collected when you get angry or when somebody breaks your heart, or you can throw it on when you want to hear something that goes down smooth.



FYI, my music preferences are hip-hop, jazz, R&B and MORCHEEBA, ya dig???



Cheers



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