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Overpowered [CD]

Róisín Murphy | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (15 Oct 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000W03O8I
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,011 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Overpowered
2. You Know Me Better
3. Checkin' On Me
4. Let Me Know
5. Movie Star
6. Primitive
7. Footprints
8. Dear Miami
9. Cry Baby
10. Tell Everybody
11. Scarlet Ribbons
12. Body Language (Bonus Tack)
13. Parallel Lives (Bonus Track)

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Following a lukewarm response to her Matthew-Herbert produced leftfield solo debut Ruby Blue," ex-Moloko singer Roisin Murphy has opted to go properly pop. Bringing together the best bits of Madonna, Giorgio Moroder and The Eurythmics, and mixing them up with acid house basslines and elastic disco grooves, Overpowered is a bid at crossover dance music stardom if ever there was one. It’s a persuasive gambit too. By teaming up with trendy beatmakers like Bugz in the Attic and Groove Armada, Murphy has ensured a pumping, clean and highly individual soundtrack, over which she scatters her equally idiosyncratic lyrics and endearing vocal delivery. The Goldfrapp-esque "Movie Star," the wickedly insouciant "Footprints," the searing "You Know Me Better" and the title track all bristle with authentic dancefloor energy. There are some excellent slower tracks too--not least the dubby finale - and though not every song reaches for the sky, there’s a cosmic dimension at work that puts Murphy way ahead of most of her dance-pop competitors. --Paul Sullivan

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Crisp, clean and well produced. 22 Oct 2007
By R. Cole
Format:Audio CD
I have to admit that before seeing one of the tracks performed on MTV Dance, I was not aware of Roisin Murphy, so as far as this album goes I had no idea what to expect.

After about the first ten seconds of the first track (Overpowered) I knew I'd found something very special. As an audiophile I really appreciate music where the mastering engineer has thought long and hard about how to capture the artist and achieve an excellent recording. This is a prime example of an excellent recording; Roisin's vocals are super clean and cut clear above the mix (owing of course to her superb voice as well as the recording), the soundscape flourishes with detail and the whole sound hits hard and punchy without becoming too 'loud'.

As for the tracks, if you have a passion for dance, electronica and electro ballads, this is the album for you. All the songs are focused and lyrically sensible, well written and finely produced. Roisin's amazing voice shifts up and down the scale with ease and is really 'shown off' by these tracks. To present 'listenable' dance music is very tricky as it tends to be aimed at drunk clubbers, but this album can either drive a party, make for a good listening session or happily play in the background without becoming intrusive.

I love it, it's surprised me too, so much more than I thought it would be. Now all I have to do is buy her 2005 album too.

If you are a record producer / engineer, listen to this album and copy the recording/mastering style - it's genius!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Purely Perfectly Overpowering CD 24 April 2010
By Music Mixer 101
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the most perfect CD's ever crafted. It deserved to sell millions of copies but due to financial problems at EMI it was never even released in the U.S. but still sold 20,000 copies. Fortunately is was released in the U.K and I bought 2 copies from Amazon.
Perfect pop songs such as Let Me Know and You Know Me Better co-written with Andy Cato of Groove Armada make it worth buying. But other tracks are often different and somewhat avant garde such as Primitive and Parallel Lives. There are also a slew of B-sides and bonus tracks recorded during the Overpowered sessions that are equally amazing such as Unlovable,Sunshine and Bryan Ferry's Slave To Love. I bought all the CD singles and maxi singles to get these tracks. The hard to find track Off and On is also quite exceptional and has been remixed and re-recorded for Sophie Ellis Bextor's upcoming CD Straight to The Heart. If you have only a limited CD budget include this CD, it is worth every penny.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From the primordial soup... 30 Oct 2007
By Johnny Myo
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Actually, comparing Overpowered to Roisin's solo début, Ruby Blue, is a bit like comparing Moloko's polished, masterful Statues to the quirkier, more hit-and-miss Things To Make And Do - they are different projects and will appeal to different listeners in different ways.
I don't think this is her two fingers to those who ignored Ruby Blue (how many copies of Statues were sold, after all), but just the direction she wanted to go in, this time. Interesting that in interviews Roisin describes how Overpowered was "made in a pop way", rather than a "pop album," because they are mostly not pop songs, lyrically anyway. When they are, as on Let Me Know, they score the kind of direct hit they might have done had Curtis Mantronik worked with Moloko.
In fact, at time of writing, it's hard to fathom why this album isn't burning up the charts yet, considering the strength of the two singles that have already come off it. Other, lyrically diverting songs such as Primitive and Dear Miami really benefit from the slick "pop" treatment, but the one to really propel Overpowered into people's brains could be You Know Me Better, especially with some good mixes - although it's pretty much club-ready as it is. If only the clubs could still "break" an artist through. Oh well.
It's just a shame the two tracks reminiscent of Goldfrapp - Movie Star and Cry Baby - don't pursue a less marketable, and over-marketed, sound. But these are small quibbles - it still stuffs the efforts of her more self-conscious peers. Five stars!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Various Facets of Roisin Murphy
"Overpowered" by Roisin Murphy does contain some satisfying hits such as "Overpowered", "You Know Me Better", and "Let Me Know". Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stella Carrier
5.0 out of 5 stars Great cd
Roisin Murphy vocals sound great on this cd i recently discovered not heard her since the Moloko days just nice to here her unique style again here !
Published 1 month ago by white
5.0 out of 5 stars Overpowered
Fantastic songs by this artist. All her songs are very enjoyable for people who like this kind of music. A good buy.
Published 10 months ago by Darie
4.0 out of 5 stars A solid dance album with some very interesting moments
After going solo following the disbanding of Moloko in 2003, Roisin Murphy released a fantastic debut album called "Ruby Blue" which was both original and daring. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Amillionmiles
5.0 out of 5 stars Eighties Meets the Noughties
This album is really how I would have imagined the sound of the sophisticated eighties to have grown and developed if they hadn't all got old and beer bellies!!!!! Read more
Published 20 months ago by Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant electronic album
This album shows just how good electronic music can be and unlike some acts who just try and emulate classic 80s electronica this album breathes new life into the genre. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Paganmagick
5.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't this topping the chart?
It takes a lot to make my ears prick up nowadays, but when I heard the sublime disco pop of 'Let Me Know' on the radio I had to investigate further. Read more
Published on 17 May 2011 by Jeffrey M. Black
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
This takes moloko, makes it slighlty more melodic in places and the beat starts. With Roision's voice over the top this album is great.
Published on 9 Jan 2011 by EE Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Electronica!
First of all, This is not better than Ruby Blue and two albums' genre are too different. They both are electronic i know but Ruby Blue is more creative and alternative, Overpowered... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2010 by Kaan Sensoy
5.0 out of 5 stars what are you reading this for......buy this album...... now!!
This album is the most under rated album ever...... i never tired of listening to it. Roisin murphy has one of the most seductive voices going, she has really nailed the music that... Read more
Published on 3 May 2009 by Mr. D. Dobson
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