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US production whiz hires SFA mainman, perfect pastiche synth-pop ensues.
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Neon Neon has created an album that isn't so much a straight-up replica of '80s excess as one that puts all of that indulgence into perspective, both emotionally and musically.
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As a document of its time, then, Stainless Style is remarkably successful. Taken on the base level of being an enjoyable pop album, it also triumphs handsomely.
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Q Magazine[A] terrific collaboration on DeLorean's life story. [Mar 2008, p.108]
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Detours into hip-hop and rap slow down the fast-paced action, but Neon Neon have poured as much love and attention to detail in this prototype as their hero put into his.
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Stainless Style is impressive for so many reasons--'Raquel,' dedicated to Miss Welch; hearing crunk meld with Italo Disco; a Yo Majesty cameo--but it's the utter lack of irony that steals the show.
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Throughout the album, it's a thrill to hear Rhys' mellifluous voice juxtaposed with the music's synthetic thrust.
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With this unexpectedly moving concept album about disgraced Back to the Future car designer John DeLorean, US producer Boom Bip and moonlighting Super Furry Gruff Rhys have come up with a new twist on hip hop's unholy trinity of cars, money and coke.
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Under The RadarNeon Neon's unique take on the concept record may have just re-invented the genre. [Spring 2008, p.84]
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MojoSurface and feeling, Neon Neon dream the life with boundless imagination. [May 2008, p.108]
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Together they make the fat sound lean, make the mean brighten up and the past (i.e. Fatlip) feel a bit more relevant than it should.
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All fascinating stuff, and the resultant album is a fitting testament: exciting, yet flawed like the man (John DeLorean) himself.
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Seems that no matter what project Rhys is involved in, his love of bright, Brian Wilson-inspired melodies is going to shine through.
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FilterStainless Style is a head-scratcher that should heat up the club just fine. [Winter 2008, p.94]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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IainM.Apr 4, 2008Album of the year already?
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PaulC.Apr 2, 2008One of the best albums of the year so far. This one should be ranked way higher.
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WilliamS.Apr 1, 2008