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There is a micro-fine line that separates cult cool and knowingly naff comedy, a fact that Berlin's Stereo Total seem happily oblivious of. Their debut UK release, Total Pop--a bizarre collection of cutesy synth pop and sugar-coated punk lifted from their previous four albums--could easily fall into either category. The confusion stems from their own straight-faced delivery of lines like "You feel like Steve McQueen when you're driving in your car/and you think you're a new James Bond when you're smoking your cigar" (from "Moviestar") over a Hawaiian guitar and painful samba, or the sincerity of the superbly
There is a micro-fine line that separates cult cool and knowingly naff comedy, a fact that Berlin's Stereo Total seem happily oblivious of. Their debut UK release, Total Pop--a bizarre collection of cutesy synth pop and sugar-coated punk lifted from their previous four albums--could easily fall into either category. The confusion stems from their own straight-faced delivery of lines like "You feel like Steve McQueen when you're driving in your car/and you think you're a new James Bond when you're smoking your cigar" (from "Moviestar") over a Hawaiian guitar and painful samba, or the sincerity of the superbly tacky lounge/punk "Holiday In". Come their appalling/works-of-pure-genius covers of Salt'n'Pepa's "Push It" and KC And The Sunshine Band's "Get Down", the urge to climb the walls and sing along seem equally inviting, leading to the belief that this is both the worst holiday camp band and the coolest thing ever committed to disc. Either way, what they lack in lyrical poetry and musical prowess they make up for with bulging bags of charisma, style and entertainment value... and that goes a long, long way. --Dan Gennoe
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Manufacturer: Analog Baroque
Release date: 10 June 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5013929150522 UPC: 5013929150522
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