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On his 2007 debut, LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION, U.K.-based performer Mika (born Michael Holbrook Penniman) offers up a set of songs as vibrant and bold as the album's colorful cover. Boasting a multi-octave vocal range, Mika readily recalls both Queen's Freddie Mercury and the Bee-Gees, and like those artists, the young singer/pianist glides effortlessly between buoyant glam-tinged pop ("Grace Kelly") and falsetto-wielding disco ("Love Today"), making LIFE one of the most curiously impressive radio-friendly releases of the year.Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e serves up huge, ultraflamboyant razzle-dazzle, often transmitted through pounded piano..."
Spin (p.88) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his U.K.-chart-topping magpie makes good with bountiful tunes and Broadway vocal dazzle..."
Q (p.113) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Any Other World' is an orchestrated piece in the style of Rufus Wainwright, and 'Happy Ending' is sweet and highly original pop."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "For anyone who fancies an irresistible mix of vaudeville and disco, this is just perfect." Life In Cartoon Motion Music Mika Life In Cartoon Motion Songs Life In Cartoon Motion Music Life In Cartoon Motion Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews wow
one of the best pop albums ever!
Submitted by tori (cali)
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49 year old man here. BIGGEST Freddie Mercury fan on planet. This Mika, comparison to Freddie is the ULTIMATE compliment to him or ANY other singer out there. To have an octave range even remotely compared to Mercury's is a compliment of the highest nature. I was turned on to the Grace Kelly tune. Had it minimized as I worked in another window and while listening to him, I heard ALOT of Freddie. Thanks Mika, keep up the good work. The dude has enormous potential.
I'm not the biggest lover of new stuff now days. Kinda set in my ways, but I'm going to give more of his stuff a listen. Hope the rest of it is as good as the first song I heard.
Submitted by txorzel ("Andy" Griffith, Andiana USA)
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Unique And NICE
When i got this CD I THOUGHT that it would suck because the cover looked funny but this album is hot
Submitted by Dj Rafy (ny,usa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Simply GREAT!!!
Since the day I bought it I have listened to it every single day. Many people compare him to Mercury, but Mika is not really the same thing, he IS NOT a copycat just as this asshole said he is. This music makes me happy, it's kind of a drug haha...it really makes me feel good. Mika is original, great, and definetly a lovely dude.
Submitted by lonely.soul_ocean.soul (guadalajara, mexico)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A Popish expirience
Claims his place in pop history. A "coloured based pop" that resembles the perfect mixture of piano melodies and disco / pop rythms... Perfect for the easy listener. Theres no bad song on this CD, but is full of catchy rythms.
It's like returning to music classes in school.
Submitted by dferna90 (Lima, Peru)
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All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
Ferry's first solo effort since the second breakup of Roxy Music is arguably his best, in part because it continues in the direction the band had been going. It's like AVALON, only more so.
Here, Ferry's lounge lizard affectations are writ large; the lyrical pose is all bruised romantic fatalism (say hello, "Slave to Love"), and the music fits it like a ...
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Laura Branigan's third album capitalized on the Euro-dance-pop and affecting ballads that made her an international star while allowing her to grow as a vocalist. Her collections, always uneven in terms of material, benefit mostly from her stellar voice, and this is no exception."The Lucky One" and "Heart" start slow and build to a crescendo, perfectly showcasing her range without being obvious. The title track, about finding sex in the seamy side of town, sparked a bit of a controversy, but ended up being her second biggest hit. The song itself works, but Branigan was never a sex bomb, so the fact that ...
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