Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
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Track List: St Elsewhere
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Album Details: St Elsewhere
- Release Date:
- 05/09/2006
- Label:
- Downtown
- UPC:
- 878037000320
User Reviews: St Elsewhere
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Gnarls Nearly Perfect!
, August 23, 2006Reviewer: verzatility - See all verzatility's reviews -
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, August 20, 2006Reviewer: Hay ♥ - See all Hay ♥'s reviewsPros: Gnarls Barkley
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I loved this Cd in fact I got this one for my 15th birthday!! My favorit Track on the Album would have to be track 2. Crazy. This song is so awsome! you can here it on almost all radio station. If you bye this cd u wont regret it.
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Pro Reviews: St Elsewhere
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Who is Gnarls Barkley, and how did he ascend to the top of the British charts with a song that brings an eerie clarity to the cloud of mental illness? (Hint: It wasn't just the fact that Britain began factoring download data into its chart equations.) If St. Elsewhere sounds like one of the best rapbased pop productions since the second Gorillaz album, then look no further than the common link, producer Danger Mouse. And if the vocal performances are twisted with the type of unbalanced wisdom not seen in pop music since Sly Stone (or at least OutKast), credit CeeLo Green, the former Goodie Mob seer/sage/freak. A pop album straight through, St. Elsewhere is as good as Danger Mouse's two earlier landmarks (Gorillaz's Demon Days and Danger Doom's The Mouse and the Mask), but not because of any inherent similarities in the three records. The reasons for greatness here include DM's uncommon facility for writing (or sampling) simple hooks that stick, his creation of productions that entertain but don't detract from the main action, and his ability to coax a parade of enticing vocal performances from Green. The hit "Crazy" and the title track are perfect examples. Over detached backings, Green croons, growls, scats, and generally delivers fine neosoul vocals while Danger Mouse blankets the tracks with choruses of disembodied harmonies and a wellplaced string section or crackling organ to conjure an appropriately minor chord atmosphere. The focus on instability doesn't end there paranoia, suicidal tendencies, and multiple personalities are all in the cards, and there's also "Necromancer": "She was cool when I met her, but I think I like her better dead." Then, just to make sure listeners understand this is a concept album and not a message from a mind playing tricks on itself, they drop "The Boogie Monster" (although even the lyrics here can give pause: "I used to wonder why he looked familiar, and then I realized it was a mirror"). With the help of Danger Mouse's platinum ear and intricate vocal productions, Green is revealed as a topnotch postmillennial soul singer. Even when he's floating another mass of wise, serene gibberish, DM simply drops another production trick to keep things tight. Much like DJ Shadow's Private Press, Danger Mouse relies on samples from the downcast end of obscure '60s pop prog, psych, and Italian soundtrack music (his most valuable lieutenant here, Daniele Luppi, has the requisite Italian connection). Although Gnarls Barkley topping the charts was a slight fluke, the excellence of St. Elsewhere could have been seen coming a mile away. - John Bush, All Music Guide |
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Pros: Lyrical and production diversity; Perfect running time
Cons: Too eccentric?
If you can listen to this album, and you can hear the unusual hip-hop elements of ATL's Dungeon Family (Outkast, Goodie Mob, etc) combined with collaborative, stylistic creativity last heard in the Gorillaz albums, you have excellent ears. The duo of Gnarls Barkley is the producer behind the Gorillaz and a member of the Goodie Mob. The sound they produce is exciting, and the lyrics are really catchy! The album doesn't have any dull moments. Each song is distinct from another and leaves you thinking about its meaning. After the first listen to the album, I kept thinking about the lyrics and smooth background sounds to Boogie Monster, Smiley Faces, Necromancer, and Transformer. And on top of that, with a playing time of around 40-45 minutes, the album is short enough so that its eccentricity doesn't begin to become boring, but long enough to pull you into the music. Perfect!
There is always a catch-22 with these types of albums. On one hand, hip-hop fans will complain about how recent music is a carbon copy of whatever is hot at the moment and how we need something new and different to hit the streets. But when the new and different music comes out, no one pays nearly enough attention to it! This album will fall right into that category. Because of its lyrics, collaborations, and creativity, it is deserving of the title of one of the best hip-hop albums of the year. But, because it is so different from most of what is out today, it will land in the category of "great underground music that no one in the US has ever heard of"... similar to the Roots, who have been around for years making great music that no one bought. It's unfortunate, but at least I can say I shelled out the cash to add it to my collection! ...