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Track Listings
| 1. New Life |
| 2. Back to Your Heart |
| 3. Halfway to Heaven |
| 4. Keep It for Your Own |
| 5. Live It Up |
| 6. Everything Is Gone |
| 7. R.Y.B. |
| 8. Why'd You Do It Honey |
| 9. I Wanna Be Your Man |
| 10. C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E |
| 11. Yoyo |
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Formerly known as The Morning Benders, POP ETC announced a change of name in March 2012. The first album under this new guise is a self-titled offering that will—the band say—be more extreme than previous releases. The band worked with Danger Mouse and regular Kanye West collaborator Andrew Dawson in developing the album and from the sound of first single “Keep It For Your Own” a new musical direction is evident.
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
a premise: i loved Morning benders, they had all, fantastic melodies, beautiful tunes, awesome voices, pathos, emotion... they have lost everything, not only their their name, now only filtered voices, computer music, really nothing original, a radical change of route to nowhere, but especially songs you don't want to listen a second time, whit the exeption of song 3 and 4, but it's not enough... i think they will loose a lot fans, i think they will not find other ones...
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2.7 out of 5 stars
6 reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Slick and Shiny, but Hollow on the Inside
15 Jun 2012
By T. A. Daniel
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
POP ETC's 2012 self-titled release finds the band formerly known as The Morning Benders making a pretty big shift. Not only was it a change of name, this album works as a reboot of sorts. This doesn't feel like the same band that recorded Big Echo. Instead of embracing experimental rock producer (and Grizzly Bear bassist,) Chris Taylor, POP ETC brought in Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) and Andrew Dawson (producer for Kayne West and Lil Wayne) to work on this reinvention. The result is an album that has all the right ingredients: bombastic melodies, electronic synthesizers, drum machines, but it falls short of producing any really memorable moments.
The most frustrating aspect of this album is the potential. It really sounds great. It sounds like it should be a fantastic album. There's nothing really wrong with the production, instrumentation, or vocals. POP ETC just seems to lack the soul. The band doesn't feel committed; instead, it feels like a cynical, pre-manufactured attempt to gain fame. It feels as if the members of the band were operating with a check-list, adding in all the ingredients to make a modern, top-40 radio success. Instead of creating a genuine "celebration-of-pop" (as the band is calling it), it feels less like a salute and more like mimcry. POP ETC feels like a piece of candy -- it's great in the moment, but it has no nutritional value and isn't filling. The melodies created here just aren't catchy enough to really make these songs enduring.
Fans of Danger Mouse's projects might find something here to enjoy. Anyone with an interest in genre-blending pop records should give POP ETC a try; while I didn't like this album too much, I'm sure it will find its audience. This album would work well in any party setting -- it's light, breezy, and inoffensive. Recommended tracks to sample: "Halfway to Heaven," and "New Life."
The most frustrating aspect of this album is the potential. It really sounds great. It sounds like it should be a fantastic album. There's nothing really wrong with the production, instrumentation, or vocals. POP ETC just seems to lack the soul. The band doesn't feel committed; instead, it feels like a cynical, pre-manufactured attempt to gain fame. It feels as if the members of the band were operating with a check-list, adding in all the ingredients to make a modern, top-40 radio success. Instead of creating a genuine "celebration-of-pop" (as the band is calling it), it feels less like a salute and more like mimcry. POP ETC feels like a piece of candy -- it's great in the moment, but it has no nutritional value and isn't filling. The melodies created here just aren't catchy enough to really make these songs enduring.
Fans of Danger Mouse's projects might find something here to enjoy. Anyone with an interest in genre-blending pop records should give POP ETC a try; while I didn't like this album too much, I'm sure it will find its audience. This album would work well in any party setting -- it's light, breezy, and inoffensive. Recommended tracks to sample: "Halfway to Heaven," and "New Life."
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Much Better Before
28 Jun 2012
By John D. Pride
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
They were quite good as The Morning Benders. This is pretty forgettable fluff. Too many bands lately have been trying to emulate the worst of 80s radio, and these guys are now a part of that unfortunate trend.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Fun Music
23 July 2012
By Richard L Nodine
- Published on Amazon.com
I found this album to be a very fun set of tunes! Well worth the price. The title sort of says it all, because the songs tend to run the gamut of types of music; pop, soul, r&b, etc. The best song is Yoyo, but all of the selections are great to listen to. This album makes a nice set to play while driving. Intensely Enjoyable!
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2.7 out of 5 stars
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