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Track Listings
| 1. Where The Bums Go |
| 2. Loco |
| 3. The Biz |
| 4. Run Daddy Run |
| 5. Half A Block |
| 6. Swashbucklin In Brooklyn |
| 7. Bump |
| 8. Microphone Fiend |
| 9. My Sin |
| 10. Underground |
| 11. She's My Friend |
| 12. There Was A Time |
| 13. Dickholder |
| 14. Little Song |
| 15. Kill The Bad Guy (From Maui Homicide 2000) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Fun Lovin' Criminals have always been a talented, sensitive band who undermine themselves by their insistence that they are actually suave gangsters and wiseguys who, should you cross them, will ensure that you "sleep with da fishes". Maybe this schtick worked as an initial attention-grabbing device, but it's surely now time to drop the horses' heads and violin cases and just be the tremendous band they frequently are. Loco (it's a shame about the unimaginative title) contains some very bizarre snippets and much truly excellent music. The opening punky splurge "Where The Bums Go" is plain daft and suggests a cack-handed Ramones tribute band, but the title track (and ad soundtrack) is FLCs at their finest, a sly and languid slice of cool, knowing funk. And so it goes on: "Run Daddy Run" finds them donning their frayed streetwise threads again, but "Half a Block" is ruminative and endearingly graceful. They get cooler and better as the album progresses; "Underground" is a beauteous pledge of love and friendship and the closing "Little Song" is expansive and warm. So, ignore the "plastic gangster" hype: there is gorgeous, considered music here. --Ian Gittins
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Considering FLC is born and bred from NYC, it's distressing to live on my side of the pond (USA) and miss out on all their schmoove gigs. "Loco" certainly brings out a lot of the UK influence they must have garnered from their time on the road - songs like "Bump," "Swashbucklin' in Brooklyn" and the title track itself sound like discotheque rave-ups more than ghetto blastin' hip-hop. While FLC may be moving their sound a bit with this record, they certainly aren't ditching their roots, with songs like "Run Daddy Run," "My Sin," and "Microphone Fiend" keepin' it real. "Where the Bums Go" and "Dickholder" show they still enjoy gettin' a little wild once in a while - which makes us rock fans feel a bit better. Flat out, FLC is one of the best bands from the US to come out in the past ten years, both in terms of talent (Huey is one of the best guitarists out there - period) and songwriting capability, and it's saddening that they don't get more exposure in their homeland. While the new album certainly can't touch the raw rock n' hip-hop pleasure of "Come Find Yourself," it's still FLC at it's finest, and that makes it better than anything on the Billboard top 40 anyway.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This latest album from the Funs leans more towards the poppy hip-hop sound of '100% Columbian'. If you're expecting the hard-line mix of mellow urban beats and meaty guitar choruses then think again. But if you're looking for a deeply laid back sound to wile away your up-coming summer hols to then you can't go much wrong.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I Listened to this album for the first time on my way home on the train. Well what can I say, the guys have done it again! This is excellent stuff. Some of the tracks have a funky groove like The Biz and Microphone Fiend and it was hard sitting still! Then there are those which are excellent chill tracks. If you're a FLC fan then you'll definitely love their lastest offering, so don't delay buy it NOW!
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Not their best
If you like FLC then get it, if you want just one good FLC album, then dont get this one.
Published 16 months ago by I write reviews on the toilet
Man, I love this album!
A lot of people don't like Loco very much, I'm not one of them! There are some great tunes on here, and their cover of Microphone Fiend is awesome! Read more
Published on 22 July 2007 by Lexy
The original and best
I have adored the Fun Lovin' Criminals for five years or so, and being in possession of all of their albums, I can honestly say this one is the best. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2003 by Claire Brackenbury
On par with their best and true to their style. Fantastic.
I knew I was in for a treat, owning all three of their previous albums I could tell this was going to be something great. Read more
Published on 29 April 2002 by fun_lovin_criminal@tekforums.co.uk
a dissapointing effort
I am a huge Fun Lovin Criminals fan and love all of their work from Come Find Yourself through to Mimosa (possibly their best to date). Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2002
Schmoove is here to stay
This is definitely 30-something music to chill and to do some lovin to apart from it makes me very soulful. Read more
Published on 18 May 2001 by K. Yates
There best POP album yet!!!!!!!
To all those who though FLC were a hip-hop band, think again! This albums shows what a good pop record should sound like. Read more
Published on 4 May 2001 by "silent_bob120"
Mellow, Mellow, Mellow
This is such a mellow album. I have read the bad reviews of this album and those people simply miss the point of it. Read more
Published on 21 April 2001 by b.bashir@talk21.com
This album is completely out of the criminals old style.
This album is terrible, the criminals have gone commercial and the underground hip hop themes with a country flavour which we'd grown to know and love are dead. Read more
Published on 7 April 2001 by radioholic@hotmail.com
Down Hill All The Way!
The guys have got to be kicking themselves over this album! I am a huge fan of theirs but come on guys, you can do better than this! Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2001
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