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Track Listings
| 1. Grace Kelly |
| 2. Lollipop |
| 3. My Interpretation |
| 4. Love Today |
| 5. Relax, Take It Easy |
| 6. Any Other World |
| 7. Billy Brown |
| 8. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) |
| 9. Stuck In The Middle |
| 10. Happy Ending/Over My Shoulder |
| 11. Ring Ring |
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The pop world might be all cooing 'n' cross-eyed over this flamboyant elfin with extended tail-feathers, as if it were shaken suddenly from a slumber, but the arrival of such a character was in fact always inevitable. He's an unlikely but traceable amalgamation of random pop culture explosions from the past few years--two parts Paulo Nutini, one part Kemal from Big Brother, a dash of Daphne & Celeste, a barrel measure of Scissor Sisters, and another pinch of post-ironic dancing to Elton John at the Students' Union gone midnight. It's no secret that the UK has a weakness for pretty-boy singer songwriters either--he fits in there too, in that he's about to stick its index finger in the socket and pour it a drink.
Give it 12 months and you might be taking out a restraining order--Mika will split opinion--but his quasi-soul falsetto is unbelievable, that much is immediately obvious. There are moments nearing syrupy Feeling-esque normalcy (take "My Interpretation"), but those aside it’s high camp insatiability all the way. There’s a hint of Freddie Mercury’s theatricality in the voice, and in "Big Girl" he's even written a modern day "Fat Bottomed Girls". "Lollipop" is Jake Shears leading the Jackson 5, "Love Today" is the missing link between the Bee Gees and Village People and "Relax, Take It Easy" is a chilled Pet Shop Boys in gold lamé. Too cheesy to be a classic, perhaps, but this is just the brand of subversive eccentricity Robbie has failed miserably to achieve over his past few albums. --James Berry
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MIKA Life In Cartoon Motion (2007 UK 12-track enhanced CD album - The stunning debut album from the Beirut born 23-year old virtuoso whose tunes combine a heady euphoric rush with darker unexpected elements: daytime melodramas and night-time tales of love loss abandonment hope and happiness including the deliriously catchy singles Grace Kelly Love Today Big Girl [You Are Beautiful] & Happy Ending plus exclusive CD-Rom material)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I agree that this is a fantastic album. It's true that there's more than a hint of Scissor Sisters, Freddie Mercury/Queen and Robbie in the various songs but this is part of the appeal for me. Every song has a catchy beat and I find myself singing along in the car every day on the way to work.
I've also noticed that the opening bars of Relax, Take It Easy seem to be very reminiscent of the tune to Cutting Crew's "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight". Go on - sing along and see what I mean!!
That said, I love his style and think he could have a good future ahead of him. Buy it now!!
I've also noticed that the opening bars of Relax, Take It Easy seem to be very reminiscent of the tune to Cutting Crew's "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight". Go on - sing along and see what I mean!!
That said, I love his style and think he could have a good future ahead of him. Buy it now!!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
How rare is that! Every track is individual, in both lyrics and style and the instrumental arrangements are brilliant. Mika's voice is very gymnastic, very Freddie Mercury. I first heard Grace Kelly on Radio 2 (me being 40 and all....) and had to get my teenage son to download it, since then all of my kids have put in on their MP3s, Mika rules across the age range. The album is no different - refreshingly original, nothing else like it out there folks. Looks like Mika is here to stay.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My album arrived in yesterday's post and I haven't been so excited about an album since Rufus Wainwright's "Want Two"! I am a complete Rufus disciple, and Mika comes from a similar stable I think, although Mika has an infectious childishness and glee that the more mature Rufus doesn't have. Their irreverance is very similar, and the fact that they make music that doesn't need to fit into any genre.
Every track on this album is 'single' material, yet each one is different from the last. Within a few plays I was singing along with every track! "Relax, take it easy" has a pinch of "I just died in your arms tonight" by The Cutting Crew, but don't let you put that off!
Mika is a genius in the making (Rufus is one already!!!)
Every track on this album is 'single' material, yet each one is different from the last. Within a few plays I was singing along with every track! "Relax, take it easy" has a pinch of "I just died in your arms tonight" by The Cutting Crew, but don't let you put that off!
Mika is a genius in the making (Rufus is one already!!!)
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Family Fun
I was introduced to this CD at a family gathering of children and grandchildren during a singsong around the dining table! Read more
Published 1 month ago by D. Elliott
Very Good!
When I got this item, the CD cover was a bit cracked, but I did buy it used and was expecting a lot worse. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alyssa And Heather
Simply happy music
I'm fairly cynical about modern pop music but there is something about Mika that simply makes one happy. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lawrence Blackmore
mika
this album is ok,due largley too the lively pop of the hit singles it includes, love today is good as is grace kelly,whitch was used to great effect in the brillient tv mini series... Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by Mr. David Jenkins
sing sing sing
If you don't sing along to at least one song on this album you would have to ask yourself... "have I heard something moving?" Don't stand still while you listen!
Published on 31 Jan 2010 by Mrs. C. A. Hedges
Listen over and over again!
This CD is great. I listen to it in the car and I'm sure get funny looks from other people when they see me singing along, bobbing my head!
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by S. Allen
Why Did I Wait So Long?
"This is utter rubbish, which can hardly be called music. Queen are a brilliant band but some people rate this higher than queens greatest hits, which is the best of queen (one of... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2009 by Wildheart
Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion
Was asked to buy this for my niece , so I don't know what it is like but my nieces love it !!!! age 4 - 7.
Published on 23 May 2009 by Patricia Mcgovern
Fancy an oldie liking Mika
Bought this as it looked unusual, very hippy coloured sleeve, what a fantastic buy,excellent album even my grandchildren love it, My AGE 59 so much better than the ordinary modern... Read more
Published on 26 April 2009 by John Marples
What???
This is utter rubbish, which can hardly be called music. Queen are a brilliant band but some people rate this higher than queens greatest hits, which is the best of queen (one of... Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by L. M. Taggart
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