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Stainless Style by: Neon Neon List Price: £11.99 CD-Charts Price: £8.98 You Save: £3.01 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0878390000975 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Lex Manufacturer: Lex Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Lex Release Date: March 17, 2008 Studio: Lex Sales Rank: 1161 MPN: 067 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: A collaborative effort with an off-the-wall theme: Stainless Style finds Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and Los Angeles producer Boom Bip--aka Neon Neon--paying tribute to the life of maverick car manufacturer John DeLorean, designer of the vehicle you saw crossing the event horizon in Back to the Future. Sonically, then, we’re in the '80s, Boom Bip layering ticking drum machines and vintage synthesisers to craft a windswept backdrop of cold metal, sleek electronics and polished chrome. This is a pop record, too though: "I Told Her on Alderaan" is a gleaming tribute to the excesses of new romantic pop, from chugging verse to soaring chorus, while "Raquel", an opulent disco cut complete with one-finger keyboard melodies, details DeLorean’s real-life romance with Raquel Welsh. While Rhys’ voice has never exactly been tailor-made for straining at the high notes, he handles the theme with the requisite mix of wit and pathos, and where the storyline demands, he’s joined by guests including Har Mar Superstar and rappers Spank Rock and Yo Majesty, who whip "Sweat Shop" into lusty, booty-bumping electro. Converting DeLorean’s life story into sound probably sounded like an idea as eccentric as its subject--but against all the odds, Stainless Style is a concept album that works. --Louis Pattison Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Style that is StainlessAs others have stated I am of a certain age but to keep up with my nephews and neices I try to keep abreast of what is going on in the world of popular music.... with this in mind I watched the Mercury Music Awards... and I was blown away by the quality and diversity of what is out there. Neon Neon's Stainless Style were one of the nominated albums and they performed a track from the album and thought this is good should get the album. A great move it is a triumph, a clean crisp sound of fused guitars and electronica. This album will live in my car and give me buzz everytime I drive. It's drivetime music perfected. Rating:  - This is flipping wonderful!In a time when a lot of new music seems to be completely devoid of soul, melodies or meaning this album comes along, kicks you in the head and makes you remember just how beautiful and life-affirming music can be. It's a concept album about the life of the carmaker John DeLorean (he of the famous Back to the Future car), but quite frankly the subject doesn't matter at all when the music is this good, and I triple-guarantee this album will put a smile on your face and add an extra step to your walk. The opening track reminds me of early 80s bombast so much and if I could fill my living room with dry ice and lasers to accompany it I would at the drop of a hat. There's also a slight Deus Ex theme feel to it too which appeals ... Read More: Rating: - My Own Life On Mars MomentNow then folks, I'm of a certain age - early forties is all I'll admit to - and I like my music aged, preferably recorded sometime between 1978 and December 1989. I was listening to Marc Radcliffe on Radio 6 in the bath like you do and he played this track...it was fantastic...I stopped soaping my duckie and thought to myself "hold on, I must have missed that first time around, I wonder who it is?" Well, you could have knocked me down with a bottle of Radox when he said it was the new single by a band called Neon Neon. Intrigued, I checked Amazon and found that there was also an album. I bought it and I love it. Some tracks are a little throwaway - I'm not to keen on the rap one - but the rest of the album ... Read More: Rating: - Fave Album of 2008 So FarI bought this on a recommendation from a mate. What a top record. Hey, if you are going to write a concept album about John DeLorean you had better make sure your ideas and songs are sound. This is just spot on! It gets the early 80's synths sounds absolutely right (and that is difficult in it's own right), the couple of R&B raps are brilliantly executed have a story to tell and engage with the hard electronic sounds, the other songs such as 'Dream Cars', 'I told her on Alderaan', 'Raquel', 'Steel Your Girl', 'Belfast' and 'Michael Douglas' are just glorious pop classics! 'I lust you' should be released for the summer club scene. I know it's all done with tongue firmly in cheek but if you are going to release electro-pop of this standard, ... Read More: Rating:  - disappointedBeing a big long time fan of Gruff Rhys/super furries and also having all the Boom Bip cd's, I was really looking forward to the collaboration of two high quality artists. I was very disapointed and despite repeat listens I find nothing here that holds my interest. The music is totally bland, retro and unconvincing, reminds me of the worst of the 1980's all lovingly put together on one dreadful cd. Totally uninspiring and most certainly the worst CD I have brought this year so far |
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