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- Summary: The latest project for TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek features such guests as Karen O, David Byrne, Kyp Malone, and Theophilus London.
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- Record Label: Fiction
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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You're standin' in the sun With bow and arrow, you struck a pose You hide then you run Catchin' your eye, we then dove I saw your desire The... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Maximum Balloon really about a great producer/songwriter exhibiting his considerable talents free from the pressure and expectation of his day job.
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UncutMaximum Balloon isn't intended to carry the emotional and cultural weight of a TV On The Radio release, but it's a charming diversion that bodes well for Dear Science's follow-up, not to mention whichever artist is smart enough to hire Sitek as their producer next. [Sep 2010, p.98]
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At the end of the day Maximum Balloon is not a great departure from the TV on the Radio sound. And it's hard to say that's a bad thing.
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On this solo-ish debut, though, he gives that funk factor full reign, recruiting pals Karen O and David Byrne to sing over synthed-up disco-rock that's brighter and bouncier than his main band's anxious throb. Maximum Balloon deflates when Sitek switches into avant-cabaret mode.
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Dec 13, 2010Maximum Balloon, obviously, is not your typical TVOTR tour de force. But it doesn't aspire to be. What it simply seeks is to make your ass shake.
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It feels like Maximum Balloon is a project that could inflate infinitely. Let's hope it does.
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Q MagazineYou would not have predicted, however, he'd settle for an album of songs that sound like leftovers from the Dear Science sessions. [Sep 2010, p.116]
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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