Beautiful
by Fantastic Plastic Machine
Fantastic Plastic Machine is Japanese DJ/radio host/fashion magazine editor Tomoyuki Tanaka, and this is his third release, capturing a wide range of sounds from Philly soul to lounge to exotica to electronica. Schoolhouse Rock vocalist Bob Dorough guests on one track.
| LABEL: |
Emperor Norton |
| RELEASE DATE: |
15 May 2001 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Indie, Electronic, Pop, Rock |
NOTES: The U.S. version has different album art from the Japanese release and a bonus remix of "Take Me To Te Disco." The first pressing of the CD is packaged in a digipak with textured ink and a 24 page booklet. Future editions will be released in a jewel
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81
Pitchfork
That the archaic should sound this fresh is at least a mini-miracle.
80
Magnet
It's four-on-the-floor disco that thumps its way through this polyphonic orchestral funk like a bully. [#51, p.92]
70
PopMatters
It's just plain good party music.
60
Alternative Press
In comparison with many imitators, Tanaka does what he does well... [Aug 2001, p.88]
50
All Music Guide
The only drawback to Beautiful is that it's often too reminiscent of Stereolab, the pop art pastiche of Pizzicato Five, and Tanaka's own 1999 release, Luxury.
20
Splendid
Devoid of Tanaka's usual unpredictability, Beautiful is bland, linear and frequently downright dull, with entirely too many six, seven and eight-minute songs running out of ideas long before the halfway mark.
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