Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion
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Artist: MikaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Music Label: Casablanca
Soundtracks:
- Grace Kelly
- Lollipop
- My Interpretation
- Love Today
- Relax (Take It Easy)
- Ring Ring
- Any Other World
- Billy Brown
- Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
- Stuck In The Middle
- Erase
- Happy Ending
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Free Music Review: Brighten Your Day Everyday
Hit: 5 Stars
I heard this CD while I was hanging out with my friend. She was playing it in her car and the second I heard it I had to know who it was!! It's that kind of music that everyone can enjoy because it's upbeat, fun to sing along to, has some great messages (Big Girls You are Beauitful!), and is a great mix of genres that makes it easy for everyone to like -- from my 65 yr old mother, to my 20 yr old girl/guy friends, to my 4 yr old nephew! Basically, if you dont like it, I might have to call you crazy.
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The pop world might be all cooing 'n' cross-eyed over this flamboyant elfin with extended tail-feathers, as if it were shaken suddenly from a slumber, but the arrival of such a character was in fact always inevitable. He's an unlikely but traceable amalgamation of random pop culture explosions from the past few years--two parts Paulo Nutini, one part Kemal from Big Brother, a dash of Daphne & Celeste, a barrel measure of Scissor Sisters, and another pinch of post-ironic dancing to Elton John at the Students' Union gone midnight. It's no secret that the UK has a weakness for pretty-boy singer songwriters either--he fits in there too, in that he's about to stick its index finger in the socket and pour it a drink.Give it 12 months and you might be taking out a restraining order--Mika will split opinion--but his quasi-soul falsetto is unbelievable, that much is immediately obvious. There are moments nearing syrupy Feeling-esque normalcy (take "My Interpretation"), but those aside it's high camp insatiability all the way. There's a hint of Freddie Mercury's theatricality in the voice, and in "Big Girl" he's even written a modern day "Fat Bottomed Girls". "Lollipop" is Jake Shears leading the Jackson 5, "Love Today" is the missing link between the Bee Gees and Village People and "Relax, Take It Easy" is a chilled Pet Shop Boys in gold lam?. Too cheesy to be a classic, perhaps, but this is just the brand of subversive eccentricity Robbie has failed miserably to achieve over his past few albums. --James Berry
`Historic', `sensational', `flamboyant' and `without-any-doubt original' are just some of the adjectives being thrown around by critics in praise of 22 year-old UK newcomer, Mika's eclectic debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion.
Fun, smart, musically adventurous and thematically provocative, the songs on Life In Cartoon Motion, all of them written and produced by Mika, combine euphoric rushes of melody with darker unexpected elements. They range from bright daytime melodramas to night-time tales of love, loss, abandonment, hope and happiness. Each is a splendid blend of fresh imagination and deft pop craftsmanship.
Album gems such as "Grace Kelly," "Lollipop," Billy Brown," and "Relax And Take It Easy," display Mika's innovative wordplay. `I've always respected people who make great records to their own vision,' writes the quixotic Mika. Mission accomplished!
Japanese pressing of Mika's 'Life In Cartoon Motion' comes with a bonus track and as an enhanced CD. Bonus track includes 'Your Sympathy' and also comes with the video of 'Grace Kelly'. Universal. 2007.
2007 Debut Album from the Young Lebanese Emigre to Britain who Blossomed Into a Virtuoso Artist after a Family Crisis and Adjustment to Life in the UK. Brimming with Brightly-hued Melodies, Engaging Hooks and a Lyrical Style that Speaks Exactly and Distinctly of Its Moment, He's Been Given an Outlet for his Unique Musical Vision. "i Grew Up Listening to Every Thing from Joan Baez and Dylan, to Serge Gainsbourg and Flamenco. My Musical Tastes have Become More Eclectic as I've Got Older, but I'm Always Going Back to Great Artist Songwriters, People who Make Great Records to their Own Vision: Prince, Harry Nilsson, Elton John, Even Michael Jackson. These People Make Amazing Pop Records that Couldn't Be Performed by Anybody Else and That's What I Always Wanted to Do". When You Hear It, You'll Know...this Is One Very Special Artist!
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