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London 1888

Momus

Album: 20 Vodka Jellies

Genre: Rock

Composer: Currie


London 1888		4:30

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ALBUM_ID	260701
TRACK_NAME	London 1888
COMPOSER	Currie
TRACK_NUMBER	8
RUN_TIME	4:30
TRACK_ID	3009626
ALBUM_TITLE	20 Vodka Jellies
ARTIST_NAME	Momus
SEARCH_NAME	Momus
RATED	7
GENRE_DESCRIPTION	Rock
FLAGS	2
SPIRALFROG_AVAILABLE	Yes
OFFICAL_LENGTH	0:04:30
SITE_REVIEW	Although 20 Vodka Jellies is, as the cover says, "an assortment of curiosities and rarities," it also turns out to be one of Momus' strongest and most accessible efforts. Most of this material consists of well-produced demos (many recorded by other artists), plus a few new songs and some B-sides and outtakes that hadn't made it onto an official Momus release. This sort of collection usually doesn't reward anyone besides an artist's most devoted fans, but 20 Vodka Jellies is actually an effective showcase for Momus' ample skill as a pop songwriter, as well as his musical versatility. "The End of History" and "Nobody" were recorded by Japanese singer Noriko "The Poison Girlfriend" Sekiguchi on her Shyness album, while the first five songs on the album were written for Shibuya-kei star Kahimi Karie; there's also the Momus version of Karie's Japanese Top Five hit "Good Morning World," originally commissioned for a cosmetics advertisement. Aside from being some of his most compulsively listenable material, these songs fit right into the Shibuya-kei movement's diverse, often kitschy tastes, neatly demonstrating Momus' own eclecticism. Also present are four "grunge demos," made when the prospect of a collaboration with Nirvana producer Butch Vig seemed likely; aside from the use of distorted electric guitars, they aren't a tremendous musical departure, but they are solidly written, humorously quirky pop songs. Still, even if he can't quite pull off hard rock, Momus can travel as far afield as crooning a trip-hop/lounge version of the Buzzcocks' "Orgasm Addict," which works surprisingly well once you get past the bizarreness of the concept. In general, the lyrical sensibilities on 20 Vodka Jellies aren't as overtly twisted or perverse as his other late-'90s releases (although several moments certainly are), but the music is impressive and extremely well crafted, and the lyrics are still literate and playful. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
ARTIST_ID	106772
UPC	5013929113329
ISRC	GBBLY9300035
VOLUME	1
SIZE_OF_FILE	6529865
ASSOCIATEDISRC
LABEL	Cherry Red Records
LABEL_GROUP	IODA
Genre	Rock
ExplicitLyrics	No

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