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Rating: "Details" is the first and, so far, only album by the duo called Frou Frou. The talented Imogen Heap has since ventured into a solo project, producing the intriguing "Hide & Seek"; but that's, as they say, another story.
The album opens with the catchy "Let Go" (which also won a Grammy!), a futuristic and ethereal ballad, and with the single "Breathe In" supported by an engaging bassline (reminiscent of RZA's "Ghost Dog"). Then the work falls into pure banality and Sigsworth, lacking ideas, copies here and there, clinging to Heap's vocal distortions. But it’s not enough. With "Psychobabble" he emulates Bjork, with "Shh" he imitates Aphex Twin, with "Old Piano" he winks at Four Tet. Little new, almost nothing.
"Hear Me Out", "Maddening Shroud" and "It's Good To Be In Love" are saccharine pop songs heard a thousand times before, worthy of the best Britney Spears. Occasionally, it also reaches deep peaks of boredom, as in the soporific "The Dumbing Dawn Of Love." They cannot be considered masterpieces, but are still of fine craftsmanship "Flicks," where club music meets lively jazz rhythms, and "Must Be Dreaming," a conventional electronic melody.
It's a pity because Heap's Bjork-like voice is truly fascinating, at times almost disorienting (in "Must Be Dreaming," for example); let's hope she does better as a solo artist.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Breathe In (04:35)
I read you
and God I'm good at it
I'm so spot on
Chord shapes in air
Compress that dissonance
If you dare
And you breathin' in
Finesse an innocent
From her partying
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
'Cause I love you, no?
Can't help but love, you know
What part of no
Don't you understand?
I've told you before
So just get off my case
This isn't happening
Stop this now
And I
Where was I?
I have to be somewhere
Now where did I put it?
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
'Cause I love you, no?
Can't help but love, you know
Is this it?
Is this it?
Is this it?
Yeah
Is this it?
No
Is this it?
Oh
Is this it?
No
Is this it?
No
Is this it?
Yes
Hello we're back
And we're taking calls
Now what was the question?
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
02 Must Be Dreaming (04:00)
Pay close attention,
Don't listen to me for now,
George'll be flying this one,
And it's anyones guess how he does it.
It's right turn wrong universe,
It's taking me in full bloom,
Fireball careful with that there,
See what you made me do?
I must be dreaming or,
We're on to somethinng.
I must be dreaming for,
I don't fall in love lawlessly.
I must be dreaming or,
Pinch me to waking.
So undenieably yours,
As long as I'm losing it so completely.
Incendiary glance,
Be come and collide in me,
Zoom in enhance ,
Hold while I go helplessly sky high,
Magic eye sugar rushing don't stop.
I must be dreaming or,
We're onto something.
And just what you make me for?
I don't fall in love lawlessly.
I must be dreaming or,
Pinch me to waking.
So undenieably yours,
As long as I'm losing it so completely
Euphoria I can't take any more of it...
Euphoria I can't take any more of it,
I'm losing it...
I must be dreaming or,
We're onto something.
And just what you make me for?
I don't fall in love lawlessly.
I must be dreaming or,
Pinch me to waking.
So undenieably yours,
As long as I'm losing it so completely.
(I must have been dreaming)
I'm losing,
(I must have been dreaming)
I must be dreaming�
03 Flicks (03:54)
Lung of love - leaves me breathless
Tongue of fool - lap me in enmity
Four walled secret lies among the hessian
And a flicker of the future
Could've saved the cindered sister
And I'm motioning still they stand inside me
And moments until the one i leave
Colourless I kiss her cold forehead i feel life
Lose it in a minute and
The ones to come feel too far to care
And I'm motioning still they stand inside me
And moments until the one I leave
People concertina to my private magic lantern move for me
With the senses all inclusive
In the theatre of triggered memories
And I'm motioning still they stand inside me
And moments until the one i leave
04 Only Got One (04:08)
If this is a question
Is maybe a lie?
If yes doesn't mean it
Does when lessen why
You are held in a queue
Someone will be with you shortly
Say I'm wrong
You decide
I don't believe the words you sing sometimes
But then it's your life
mmm, it's your life
But then it's your life
mmm, it's your life
But, you've only got one
You've only got one
But, you've only got one
If I just to spite you
placate your disgrace
Will song turn to silence
will mask wear your face
Are you down to be open
Show me yours and I'll show you mine
Or are you down just to be down?
I don't believe the words you sing sometimes
But then it's your life
mmm, it's your life
But then it's your life
mmm, it's your life
But, you only got one
You've only got...one...
You started it...
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