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[Jon 79]

Hello Darling - Wife of Rolex

1. Nice Indian tune. Not keen on the vocals. Had this been an instrumental I think I'd have really like this though.

2. Some very nice early 80s sounding synths. Sounds familiar. ... possibly the sort of thing the Chems would sample. Very nice but I don't like the vocals... too drab. ... and too long.

3. Speaking of the Chems... Unless I'm very much mistaken, they took several elements from this fantastic 60's track to create The Private Psychedelic Reel. I've not heard this before. I like this a lot. Very Kinksy.

4. Hmmm... more sampled familiarity. ...I think this was Mr Scruff's Get a Move On, ...but an instrumental version... or more likely an original song by someone else that Mr Scruff used in his song. Good, but just reminds me of the version that I know (& therefore prefer)

5. Ohh, no. Skip this one. Far too early 90's house for my liking.

6. Nice funky jangly sounding guitar in this. Don't like the run of the mill female vocal though. Otherwise could've been a good tune.

7. Interesting version of I Feel Love. Listening to those synths just makes me think of the definitive version of this. Except this is nowhere near as good.

8. Usually I wouldn't like something like this. But the female vocal here is actually quite appealing. Great tune. & very well produced. ...This could almost be a modern Bond theme tune. (This is a compliment, but you have to forget that most modern bond tunes are shit)

9. This is very familiar too me. - Not what I'd usually listen to, but there's a hook in the chorus that stays with you.... even if you feel indifferent to the song as I do.

10. No thanks. This singing's way too girly for my ears. As for the music, well it's missing... save for the percussion and a very occasional brass section. Way too slow (and I don't just mean the tempo). Next!

11. This is like the male equivalent of the previous song. Very minimalistic. More melodic though. Nice bit of background (sort of) breakbeat, a riff that's stolen straight from 007, and a terrible vocal that sounds like Chris Martin! (If it's not him, then this is probably the worst insult I can give to this otherwise talented singer)

12. Skip to the end. This has boy band written all over it... Too warbley & poppy. please... no more.

13. Another familiar one. Was this also in someone else's tape loop mix? Simplistic. electro. synths. Daft Punky chorus voice. Not bad. A little too poppy, but I like. Reminds me of the Super Fury Animals. Actually, it could be them (or maybe the singer's solo effort).

14. Epic choral start. Then turns into a 1980's talk show theme. ...sort of. ...and now Kilroy.

15. Every element of this song's downbeat. I won't try an identify the language in the chorus... I've trying to think of something positive to say about this: ...It's not too long. ..Actually maybe it is. Bad ending to the compilation.


Overall?
Far better than I thought it would be. Kelly's played that clever trick of really lowering expectations by following up a piss-poor 'I'd rather stick my head in a vice than listen to it again' compilation, with a not-so-bad, average compilation. And so I was pleasantly surprised with some of the choices on this. There were still some bad tunes on this, but nothing as dire as the previous effort. & once again, extra marks go for the effort that went into the CD case.

5.5/10






Tracklist me please.