It samples Tracey Weber's "Sure Shot".
― Stevie T, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link
...'you know me better' is one of my top tunes of the year
the vocal processing on this album is divine...
― pollywog, Thursday, 22 November 2007 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Awww... How sweet, that eyebrow!
http://stubru.be/node/35791
― StanM, Thursday, 22 November 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone got the Concert Live album released in her UK gigs?
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:57 (sixteen years ago) link
(some obvious early '90s house thing, right?)
I thought CeCe Peniston, but you'd know better than I would.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Love the record, one of the best of the year.
I've owned it for less than 12 hours and tend to agree.
― dblcheeksneek, Thursday, 13 December 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, this thing is proving to be a real grower for me. 'Tell Everybody' and 'Dear Miami' are undeniable.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 13 December 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"anyone who thinks its "your datin' my daughter." needs to check themselves."
ears, hormones or brane?
dear miami is my fave track by far.
― nathalie, Thursday, 13 December 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah me too, I've had the "Strictly rolling - VIP" line twirling in my head since this morning...
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 13 December 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
While "Strictly Rollin' - VIP" is an undeniably great line, it sounds quite incongruous coming from Roisin. However, this same incongruity precludes any possible enjoyment of "Movie Star" where the metaphor just sounds childish.
― danzig, Friday, 14 December 2007 01:39 (sixteen years ago) link
just got this album (so cheap too - only a fiver at fopp, which makes me feel a bit guilty). like it a lot so far. love her voice anyway but now she has the songs to match (did hear the last album but never got far with it, but this is tempting me to buy it again). sounds very 80s though, kind of like 80s chart music for grownups (but not in a boring jools holland 'mature' way). ive a feeling the production of this is going to date quite soon, but its otherwise great.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 11 January 2008 14:07 (sixteen years ago) link
scarlet ribbons reminds me of (good) simply red! sade too, maybe.
this whole album seems the work of someone who listened to the charts every week in the late 80s (like i did).
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 11 January 2008 14:17 (sixteen years ago) link
that makes sense, as much of the live show was like LEVEL 42.
― pisces, Friday, 11 January 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Rediscovering this album... it really is incredible isn't it?
Is she big in the UK?
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Not really. Think the album just about cracked the top 20, none of the singles did very well as far as i know. Should be massive obv.
― Number None, Saturday, 23 May 2009 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
really don't understand why róisín's music flops so persistently - electropop girls are apparently "in" right now, or so say a ton of articles, and mediocrities like la roux and little boots are getting loads of hype and genuine success off the back of it, and yet róisín - the only one of them who seems to have genuine vision and talent - languishes. does she even have a deal any more?
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
live she is this amazingly well oiled entertainment machine, its kindof unbelievable the hysteria that was in the air when I saw her at Sonar last year
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
she doesn't have the newness or youth which seems to make it difficult for industry powers to work with in this area.
'Movie Star' was one of the few tracks i thought would've worked best as a single (stronger than 'You Know Me Better' imo), maybe even 'Cry Baby' - all the weakest (least sophisticated) tracks on the LP really tho.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
goldfrapp somehow managed it and alison's at least as old as roisin, surely?
'let me know' was a terrible choice of lead single...the title track should've been a proper release
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9069/stolelookpz9.jpg
lol
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
her style is SICK
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
The title track was the lead single iircxp
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
goldfrapp's 8 years older but probably had/got more sex appeal for more people - dunno if that was a factor but the last album moved away from electropop anyway and i'd be surprised if she went back to it
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
brainwasher out of interest where did you find that image?
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd have sex with Roisin over Alison for what it's worth (and if you're reading, ladies).
― chap, Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59071
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks (keep forgetting about that site)
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw Roisin play at Pukkelpop last summer and she was one of the headliners, so apparently she's pretty big in Belgium? Crowd were really into it anyway
― Number None, Saturday, 23 May 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
so apparently she's pretty big in Belgium
like citizen dick!
― velko, Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:51 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
that single was awesome waht u talkin bout
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
lolled @ titchy making an almost stupid-free post until he had that thing abt the production 'sounding dated soon' <---d00d could you get any more meaningless
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
that's harsh, i was gonna say above that if something like 'Movie Star' was being released now by Lil Boots people would definitely pass it off as 'dated', 'so 5 years ago' or whatever
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 23 May 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
The production tricks on this are so diverse, but if u prefer its the meaning that u just described that's missing from his vague crit
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I adore this album.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 May 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Been listening to this again lately - so so great.
― Lovely release! (sic), Sunday, 24 May 2009 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link
goldfrapp's 8 years older but probably had/got more sex appeal for more people
RONG
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
roisin is beautiful. alison g has a round moonface
― lex pretend, Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I always find there's a bit of a spark missing for me with Roisin's music (I felt the same about Goldfrapp's electro stuff actually), but it's mostly because the music business has seemingly only just worked out how to market 'credible' female pop singers. I think Goldfrapp only really managed it because her image was so ridiculously in your face and she had that massive swooping voice and was willing to play every single festival in the world for years.
Both Roisin and Alison are kind of hangovers from the 90s but Goldfrapp never really had the baggage of a Sing It Back or The Time Is Now (the royalties from both of which probably ensure she never has to work again). La Roux and Little Boots are coming from a totally different place to either - they're emerging from that post-Hot Chip/indieclash/rave sensibility. But mostly they're more marketable because they're new.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
luv roisin but never really fancied her. that's a good pic tho.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Sunday, 24 May 2009 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
bangin' new choon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucg-S2WpMec
― unban dictionary (blueski), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man, nice
― Photo needs a Jamiroquai hat (HI DERE), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Great! What the heck does that synth line in the chorus remind me of though? Really bugging me.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
There's another new song too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCOqB6Pc43Y
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
'overpowered' is totally an amazing album, i like it a lot more than the herbert one
― butthurt (deej), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
thank you thank you thank you stevem
― Young Scott Young (sic), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:16 (fourteen years ago) link
New single out November 16http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/Roisin_HighRes.jpgIt's streaming on her Myspace right now
― Number None, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
that cover!!!!
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a truly bizarre single, the way its constructed musically. But I love it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Terrible sleeve.
― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link