フォーマット |
CD |
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構成数 |
1 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2011年06月27日 |
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規格品番 |
BBTW5270352 |
レーベル |
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SKU |
075678827341 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 01:17:44
Personnel: Teddybears (vocals, programming). Audio Mixer: Jack Joseph Puig. Recording information: Apmamman Studios, Sthlm; Atlantis Studios, Sthlm; El Cortijo Studios, Malaga; Solitaire Studios, Atlanta, GA; The Enemy Dojo, Calabasas, CA. Photographer: Chrissy Piper. It took Stockholm-based party mongers Teddybears a while to follow up their 2006 U.S. debut, Soft Machine -- itself a hodge-podge of reworked tracks from the group's earlier, punkier efforts -- with the similarly styled Devil's Music, which was issued in Europe in 2010 and appeared stateside a year later in remixed and slightly reshuffled form. But they hadn't entirely been silent during the intervening years: Joakim Ahlund was active with his '60s-inspired garage rock/power-pop outfit Caesars, while his brother, Klas, maintained a busy schedule of songwriting and production work for major-league pop artists like Kesha, Sugababes, and, most frequently and notably, Robyn. Both brothers' extracurricular ventures are relevant reference points for the Teddybears' sound, an unabashedly sugary mixture of rock & roll and fizzy electronic dance-pop centered around big, crunchy guitars, equally big, crunchy synthesizers, bluntly energetic beats, and a healthy smattering of hip-hop, reggae, punk, and techno. Both ridiculously stylistically diverse and surprisingly distinctive and cohesive in all its gleeful dumbness, Teddybears' music frequently recalls the hard-partying eclecticism and shameless hookiness of late-'90s, big beat electronica. Very much like its predecessor, Devil's Music derives most of its noteworthiness and novelty (and arguably, for better or worse, much of its musical interest) from an impressive, sometimes head-scratching roster of guest vocalists drawn from pop, rock, rap, and reggae. Most acquit themselves perfectly well: the long-largely-dormant Eve kicks things off (after a vocoded bit of Charles Bukowski nonsense) on an appropriately goofy and swaggering tip with the ironically titled "Rocket Science," declaring "I am the robot Elvis rockin' my bionic pelvis," while the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne contributes a characteristically appealing turn on the gently trippy "Crystal Meth Christians." But a few of the most promising collaborations fall a bit flat. Robyn's appearance on chugging electro-pop nugget "Cardiac Arrest" is fun enough but fairly rote (blame it on the material, which isn't long on melody or personality),and "Cho Cha," featuring both Cee-Lo and the B-52's (!!) feels like a truly wasted opportunity; an odd, rather forced '50s/'80s-pastiche with unfunny zero-entendre lyrics about a cat (hmmm), and, inexplicably, Fred Schneider only gets to sing about half a stanza. Still, the inevitable self-recycling aside (see "Get Fresh with You," which re-does "Louie Louie" via Caesars' wonder hit "Jerk It Out"; it's shocking that there's not a more blatant "Cobrastyle" re-tread here) the Ahlunds have proven themselves time and again as ham-fisted masters of ear-wormy, marketing-friendly pure pop confections (the delightfully dippy B.o.B. feature "Get Mama a House" has already been used to sell Swedish real estate), and it's hard to complain too much about another cheap and dirty dozen of their trademark trashy trifles. ~ K. Ross Hoffman
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1.[CD]
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1.Bukowski
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2.Rocket Scientist - (featuring Eve)
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3.Get Mama a House - (featuring B.o.B/B.O.B.)
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4.Get Fresh With You
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5.Devil's Music
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6.Crystal Meth Christian
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7.Glow in the Dark
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8.Cho Cha - (featuring Cee Lo Green)
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9.Cardiac Arrest - (featuring Robyn)
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10.Tek it Down
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11.Wolfman
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12.Cisum Slived
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約1年遅れのUS盤は、ロビンやB.o.Bの参加曲などが追加収録されたアメリカ目線の豪華仕様。ほかもイヴやシーロー・グリーンらUSブラック勢から、B-52'sにフレーミング・リップスらオルタナ・ロック勢まで、ほとんど全曲でゲストを迎えたコラボ大作だ。スウェーデン産の研ぎ澄まされたポップ感覚に加えて、重厚で多彩なヴェクトルの交差するカラフルな作品に仕上がっている。いわば初期ファットボーイ・スリムや、その前身のビーツ・インターナショナルを彷彿とさせるダンス・ビートの国際見本市。だからこそチラッと覗くスウェーデンらしいインスト曲でのひんやり感が効いている。終始ワクワク、ニヤニヤ。オチャメで小悪魔なクマさん、しっかり抱っこしてあげましょうね。
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