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Review Summary: Say hello to the two super freaks of electrofunk. Chromeo are quite the group. Two men, childhood friends of Arab and Jewish descent decided one day to form themselves into a group now known as Chromeo, an Electrofunk or “funktronica” group. At first listen their music is rather confusing and I wasn’t sure what to make of it but after a while and repeated listens you will learn to just take it what it’s there for and that’s just a fun, enjoyable time. The music is made up of mostly synthesizers, keyboards, saxophone and then the occasional guitar as well. When this music is described as electrofunk, don’t take the funk part lightly, it’s got enough funk to take you back to the 70’s, put you in your parents’ ugly yellow disco suit, chest hair showing, and spin you around on that roller disco floor until you’re ready to puke.
The one thing that is hard for most listeners of this album to understand is that if you cannot swallow this kind of music; don’t force it. Some parts of this album can be tacky being that it is stereotypical funk, with lyrics deriving from women and lovin’ often and they also aren’t scared to use the word baby. Their concerts have been described as a “religious” experience, holding comparison of greatness to the birth of your first child or your wedding. While those analogies seem way off to me, I’m sure they put on a show that will turn some heads and probably send some unwilling participants out the venues door.
The albums opener, “Tenderoni” takes the cake as the worst title of a song ever written for any genre ever in the history ever. The song itself is bearable but with the chorus of “Tenderoni” it made me cringe every time I heard that deep, preacher voice say it. Some songs aren’t as funk-filled as others which is an incredibly nice balance to the album since it’s funk heavy anyways but when you get a brief break from it, it’s best to embrace it. “Bonafied Lovin” is one of the album's more solid songs, with added use of a guitar than other songs. Not as many lyrics are present in the song either which gives more of a chance for the guitar to make way and the synths to have their chance to take a break as well. I’m not sure if Chromeo was going for a joke song with “Momma’s Boy” but they definitely succeeded. It’s not one of those songs that’ll make you roll on the floor but it’s funny enough to make you smile just because it doesn’t really make sense. Anyways it has a nice guitar solo at the end of the song which again is a nice break from the funkadelic beats.
Don’t you forget “Call Me Up” which is the anthem, and number one representative of this album. It’s one of their most popular songs and goes very well with the last two songs on this album to help finish the album out strong with three well rounded songs. “100%” is a great album closer featuring some mid range beats, and a very mellow saxophone solo at the end of the song. Chromeo have fashioned quite the album here with Fancy Footwork, blending electronica, guitars, and saxophones to create an all around electro-funk sound that isn’t all that popular in today’s musical realms. Their sound isn’t going to appeal to all listeners but it will appeal to quite a few and the ones that it does will love it because these are two talents fellows who know what they are doing. Fancy Footwork has some cheesy parts but take it for what it’s worth and it’ll turn into fun for you.
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great album.
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Title track is good, rest sucks.
Btw, nice review Joe
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title track isn't even one of the 5 best songs, but it is good. Call Me Up, Bonafide Lovin, 100%, Opening Up and Waiting 4 U are the best.
Awesome review Joe, can't believe this didn't have one yet -- it's fun as hell. More consistent than their debut, but there isn't anything quite as awesome here as Needy Girl, Rage! or You're So Gangsta -- those songs flat-out own.
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Thanks guys.
I'm supposed to go to their show here in MN next Saturday and do an interview with the duo.
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Nice work for the most part! Before you start moving on to more structural or content-oriented review improvements, it's best to get the grammar and sentence-structure down first though...
--The music is made up of mostly used synthesizers, keyboards, saxophone and then the occasional guitar as well.--
Make sure you proofread (i'm guilty of not doing this) enough to eliminate awkward sentences
--as Chromeo an Electrofunk--
review comma usage... there's a few instances here and there like this
When this music is described as electrofunk, don’t take the funk part lightly. It’s got enough funk to take you back to the 70’s, put you in your parents’ ugly yellow disco suit with chest hair showing, and spin you around on that roller disco floor until you’re ready to puke.
like this, I added in some better punctuation for ya, and try to stray away from sentences that are TOO too long
--albums--
... is possessive, album's
--more solid songs, with more use of a guitar than other songs. Not as many lyrics are present in the song either which gives more of a chance--
try to vary your diction when proofreading... i.e. 'more'
--Anyways it has a nice guitar solo--
comma
--Don’t you forget “Call Me Up” which is the anthem and number one representative of this album.--
more comma stuff, the main problem here...
anyway, if you manage to fix that up, it'll be a fine review! and I'd love to see a Fall of Boss Koala one!
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Thanks. More often than not I have my girlfriend proofread for me but today she wasn't around and I wanted to post it this afternoon so I'll fix that up.
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Pretty cool album. My old Navy roommate played the title track in a playlist he always used to loop while back at the barracks, and it was probably one of my favorite songs he regularly jammed to
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Wow my comment up top is so old this thread didn't even appear in my discussions tab lol
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Sput's golden age
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Eh, that's when Sputnik was worshiping indie and shit way too much. Metal is the new god now.
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That was when I was Necrophagist43 and doing shitty Gojira reviews for this site and ProgArchives. Those were the days, lol
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Oh damn I remember that guy
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Yup. Had an interesting evolution from Necrophagist43 to Necrotica to FiveLeavesLeft to Necrotica to Soccerriot. lol
My old reviews sucked ass too, especially my track-by-tracks on ProgArchives. But to be fair, and no offense to them, but at least 75% of PA sucks at writing
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Wow that is a lot of personalities
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For sure. But I'm feeling quite well-adjusted for once these days. Life's been pretty good, and I've at least translated that into my online presence too :]
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Happy to hear that man
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Yeah. How have things been going for you? I love how such a random thread transformed into this discussion, lol
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Things are going good, but I have many big plans for this year. i.e. Moving up in my company, moving out, getting engaged. Like real big shit lol
Haha yeah, it's pretty awesome. And it's literally on a thread no one cares about haha
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Damn dude, lots of stuff! Same here though, but for me mostly regarding Navy stuff. I'm almost done with my first underway and I'm gonna be gearing up for the big months-long deployment next year. Also, I'm getting OC-sprayed in the face in a few days for one of my qualifications, lol
Congrats in advance for the engagement, btw :]
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And absolute respect to you, not just for being apart of the Navy but in advance for taking that spray lol
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