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The off-kilter, old-fi production, mixed by Thom Monahan... pays generational homage like Prince or Beck.
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The album’s dark title belies its artful balancing of psych pop’s sweetness with head-down, rock riffing and the emotional power of the blues.
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There's barely a dull moment on this album.
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If Pop Levi’s intention was to create an ornate pop star persona, then he’s definitely succeeded. However, his songwriting skills leave a lot to be desired.
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MojoNo vintage-gear replicator, he's modern-sounding, fresh, fun--a genuine contender for 2007. [Mar 2007, p.105]
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Pop Levi is an oddball, an eccentric in the finest English tradition and a man who evokes the effortless, timeless cool of many and varied heroes of modern music's life and times.
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The best Levi since 501s.
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Levi pulls off his flamboyant persona because he has the meticulously structured songs to carry it.
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Certainly Levi's mannered vocal style, with its brittle helium edge, requires a bit of commitment from the listener. Immerse yourself in Black Magick Party's world, though, and you will become hopelessly attached.
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An admirably cocksure debut on which Levi makes like a 21st century T. Rex-- which, our current retro-obsessed rock culture notwithstanding, is not an easy thing to pull off.
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If Simple Kid is too simple for you, if you always liked Supergrass but never thought they pushed their material to its astral conclusion and felt their retro musings were a little too close to the original blueprint, then this baby, is for you.
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Nobody is putting out music like Pop Levi's right now.
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Q MagazineSuch is the man's zest and pinballing musical imagination that it's hard not to be wildly entertained. [Mar 2007, p.115]
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[Levi] has an impeccable ear for a hook and packs his album full of them.
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He should recognise that his overlong songs could use a trim, but there is depth beyond the Willy Wonka weirdness.
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UncutImagine Bolan produced by Prince, then scrambled by Beck, and you're only halfway there. [Mar 2007, p.85]
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Under The RadarYou will be hearing more about Pop Levi. For now I’d recommend you simply hear more of Pop Levi—this shit is fantastic.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 14
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Mixed: 3 out of 14
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Negative: 1 out of 14
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MelissaKMay 10, 2007
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ConorBMay 1, 2007A bubbly album that has the essence of the Scissor Sisters yet more consistent in the same style as opposed to change.
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mattaApr 12, 2007