Catalogue

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Personnel: Susan Dench (vocals, viola); Chris Pitsillides, Catherine Musker, Clare Finmore, Richard Nelson, Peter Collyer , Peter Lale (vocals); Arik Marshall (guitar); Emma Welton, Laura Melhuish, Richard George, Gregory Warren Wilson, Christopher Tombling, Ann Morgee, Charles Mutter, James Harris , Liz Partridge, Brigett Davey, Kathy Share, Helen Paterson, Clare Thompson, Juliet Snell, Leo Payne, Harriet Davies (violin); Christine Jady, Tony Finigan, Anne Lines, Joy Hawley, Andrew Fuller , Sophie Harris, Audrey Riley (cello); Rachel Syms (bassoon); James A. Hunt (saxophone); James Knight (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Ben Castle (tenor saxophone); Nick Charles (bass saxophone); Graeme Flowers, Chris Storr, Dominic Glover, N. Bray (trumpet, flugelhorn); Simon Finch, Henry Collins (trumpet); Barnaby Dickinson, Nichol Thompson, Winston Rollins (trombone); Peter North (bass trombone); Richard Steggall (horns); Eddie Stevens (piano, keyboards, programming); Elizabeth Bradley, Bill McGee , Danny Manners, Corin Long (double bass); Paul Slowley (drums); Ian Porter, Mark Brydon (programming); Lisa Millett, Steve Edwards (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Matthew Lawrence; Mark Brydon. Audio Remixers: Michael Lenge; Boris Dlugosch. Recording information: Air Lyndhusrt; metropolis Studios, London, England. Released three years after their final album, Statues, a Moloko best-of was long overdue. Fortunately, the straightforwardly named Catalogue delivers an impeccably edited collection of the duo's eclectic, ahead-of-the-curve music, gathering their biggest hits and key album tracks. Gorgeous romanticism, drop-dead style, and a funky sense of humor -- not to mention Roisin Murphy's charismatic vocals and Mark Brydon's forward-thinking production skills -- were the key ingredients in Moloko's freewheeling mix of dance, pop, and rock, all of which are on display throughout Catalogue and especially on its first five tracks, which are, not coincidentally, the duo's most popular singles. "Fun for Me" and "Pure Pleasure Seeker" are quintessential examples of Moloko's sexy, mischievous take on dance anthems; "The Time Is Now" and "Familiar Feeling" are searching-but-glamorous ballads; and of course, the pair's breakthrough single "Sing It Back" is as alluring as it is inventive. Unlike some best-ofs, which have to stretch to fill out an album's worth of tracks, Catalogue is a welcome reminder of how strong Moloko's overall body of work is. From Do You Like My Tight Sweater?'s "Day for Night" and "Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?" to the title track of Statues, each song on the collection holds up. Catalogue's only flaw -- if it can be called that -- is that it doesn't include many of the flights of fancy that made Moloko's albums so distinctive. The closest the collection gets to the duo's deeply kooky side is the cryptic but irresistible shuffle of "Indigo" and the playful pop of "The Flipside." This is a minor drawback though -- Catalogue is a great Moloko primer, and any newcomers charmed by the songs here have even more to discover on the full-length albums. ~ Heather Phares
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