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Infectious, progressive, immediate dance music.
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So the first-listen impact has been lessened, but the growing affection ends up in the same place as always.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe album's energy flags later on, but its highlights are equally suited for dance-floor or headphone listening. [15 Sep 2006, p.77]
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Where past albums like Rooty and especially 2003's Kish Kash seemed intent on eating listeners' brains by way of shuddering rhythms and hyper-dense pastiche, Crazy Itch Radio seems content to just lick those brains and let them get off on the restraint.
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Crazy Itch Radio cements Basement Jaxx reputation as Britain's gold-standard dance duo.
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UrbTheir best album since... Remedy. [Sep 2006, p.131]
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Crazy Itch Radio's not the Sign O' The Times that Rooty fans have been waiting for, but it's a more-than-serviceable Lovesexy.
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At this point, it's impossible to imagine them topping themselves; an album that is merely deeply engaging and wildly entertaining cannot be considered a flop in any way.
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MojoA funny, funky and gloriously eccentric stew. [Oct 2006, p.100]
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UncutAdopt[s] a more relaxed approach than 2003's obsessively intricate Kish Kash. [Oct 2006, p.106]
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MagnetCrazy Itch Radio is catchy overload. [#73, p.86]
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Crazy and fun, this is for the people who thought Gnarls Barkley's album was a little too tame.
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Crazy Itch Radio isn't a bad album by any means; it just doesn't scream "best album of the year" from the moment you put it on.
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Nothing here has quite the same panache as club hits like "Bingo Bango" or "Romeo," but "Crazy Itch Radio" nonetheless contains a handful of songs that reassert Basement Jaxx's superior production skills and unfailing ability to get any dance party grooving.
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BlenderWay too much fun. [Oct 2006, p.130]
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Like a nervous listener station-surfing for the next big fix, Crazy Itch Radio is the end result, the space where successive sounds subconsciously collapse upon each other.
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The transition from tracks to songs forces the group to rein in a style that needs to be no-holds-barred. When Basement Jaxx uses this restraint to their advantage... it’s easy to buy the direction they taken. When it doesn’t, Crazy Itch Radio just makes the group appear dense.
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FilterUncharacteristically lazy beats, chintzy instrumentation, ambiguous "sexy soul" vocalists and third-grade lyrics. [#22, p.96]
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Their experiments have only caused them to stumble off the path they’ve tread, finally tripping to one side of the thin line between smash and schmaltz.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 22
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Mixed: 2 out of 22
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Negative: 3 out of 22
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Dec 7, 2010
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jdFeb 3, 2007the first 1/2 of the cd is very very good -- after that, 1 choice cut, several mediocre
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JorgeRDec 31, 2006I like all the radio-like effects... DaftPunk-cious xD... But there's a lot of annoying "intros" for a few songs...