Squee! Great review from the UK...
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foxmonkeyReview from the Observer Music Monthly (UK). I snagged this from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stamplet. Typed up by elusio, who, stamplet says, "says that the Music Monthly is a supplement in the Observer newspaper on Sunday and it's an intellectual music magazine..." I'll agree that I hope it's the first of a ton of great reviews from the UK. :-)
Woo-friggin'-hoo, man.
From The Observer Music Monthly. March 2004. Link courtesy of Jayne at the JJB.
Peter Robinson knows who was top boy in *NSYNC
Beat that, Justin
JC CHASEZ Schizophrenic
**** (4 out of 5 stars)
THIS TIME last year, JC Chasez had scored only one solo song - a spunky R&B track called 'Blowing Me Up (With Her Love)' - on a film soundtrack. Not bad, but in the shadow of his former *NSYNC bandmate Justin Timberlake, Chasez's profile was rather modest. In his favour was a hunger for new and exciting styles: Chasez was responsible for the 2-step influences on *NSYNC's third album, Celebrity, and for the drum 'n' bass on its predecessor, No Strings Attached.
Chasez's album was always going to be strange, but it seemed unlikely that it would be this good. Or, to be fair, this sleazy - 'Come to Me' borrows from Corey Hart's 'Sunglasses at Night' and includes the startling line, 'When I'm all alone, I lie awake and masturbate.' Elsewhere the pulsing electro anthem 'All Day Long I Dream About Sex' sounds like Pete Burns fronting the Bloodhound Gang's 'The Bad Touch', boasts a ludicrous foray into Belgian techno, and could conquer the planet if released as a single. Basement Jaxx turn up for the low-slung belter 'Shake It' while Riprock 'n ' Alex G, whose production made Celebrity one of the decade's defining pop albums, work wonders across tracks including the Prince-esque workout '100 ways'.
Schizophrenic is an innovative, sophisticated, risk-taking album; proof that while JC's fellow *NSYNCer may or may not boast a prolific trousersnake, Chasez has the biggest balls.
stamplet. Typed up by elusio, who, stamplet says, "says that the Music Monthly is a supplement in the Observer newspaper on Sunday and it's an intellectual music magazine..." I'll agree that I hope it's the first of a ton of great reviews from the UK. :-)Woo-friggin'-hoo, man.
From The Observer Music Monthly. March 2004. Link courtesy of Jayne at the JJB.
Peter Robinson knows who was top boy in *NSYNC
Beat that, Justin
JC CHASEZ Schizophrenic
**** (4 out of 5 stars)
THIS TIME last year, JC Chasez had scored only one solo song - a spunky R&B track called 'Blowing Me Up (With Her Love)' - on a film soundtrack. Not bad, but in the shadow of his former *NSYNC bandmate Justin Timberlake, Chasez's profile was rather modest. In his favour was a hunger for new and exciting styles: Chasez was responsible for the 2-step influences on *NSYNC's third album, Celebrity, and for the drum 'n' bass on its predecessor, No Strings Attached.
Chasez's album was always going to be strange, but it seemed unlikely that it would be this good. Or, to be fair, this sleazy - 'Come to Me' borrows from Corey Hart's 'Sunglasses at Night' and includes the startling line, 'When I'm all alone, I lie awake and masturbate.' Elsewhere the pulsing electro anthem 'All Day Long I Dream About Sex' sounds like Pete Burns fronting the Bloodhound Gang's 'The Bad Touch', boasts a ludicrous foray into Belgian techno, and could conquer the planet if released as a single. Basement Jaxx turn up for the low-slung belter 'Shake It' while Riprock 'n ' Alex G, whose production made Celebrity one of the decade's defining pop albums, work wonders across tracks including the Prince-esque workout '100 ways'.
Schizophrenic is an innovative, sophisticated, risk-taking album; proof that while JC's fellow *NSYNCer may or may not boast a prolific trousersnake, Chasez has the biggest balls.
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Date: 2004-03-21 12:08 pm (UTC)Yay! This was great! And we all know what is going to be the next single!
I wonder if this will influence Europe reviews as much as the Rolling Stone review did?
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Date: 2004-03-21 12:19 pm (UTC)I've got my fingers crossed. :-) It was the one song I was *sure* critics would hate, but it was the one most of them seemed to like. I hope they're right, and it becomes a huge hit!
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Date: 2004-03-21 12:27 pm (UTC)ahahaha! that's great.
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Date: 2004-03-21 12:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-21 12:56 pm (UTC)Now *that* is a nice and intelligent review. Appreciative of Schizophrenic, acknowledging the continuity from JC's *NSYNC stuff, *and* without the reviewer feeling some weird compulsion to defend their
masculinitycoolness by knocking *NSYNC, Justified and/or pop in general. Go Observer!(Hmm. I think it was the Observer which printed a really interesting interview with Justin. I hope they'll do one with JC.)
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Date: 2004-03-21 04:22 pm (UTC)Come on, April 5th, get here so ADIDAS can conquer the world!
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Date: 2004-03-22 03:56 am (UTC)