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- Date Released: September 24, 1996
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Minty Fresh
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We Say...
b>An eclectic bag of Swedish indie-pop
Drawing unabashedly from fellow indie-popsters Stereolab but also from Siouxsie & the Banshees, jazz, garage rock, lounge, Devo and other largely bygone pleasures, Komeda remains among Sweden's most eclectic indie-pop acts. On their American, English-language debut, analog synthesizers and cheesy organs bleep and drone alongside nervous, choppy guitars. Female vocalist Lena Karlsson croons with detached, non-rock smoothness, but more excitable male band members take the occasional cameo, pointing in directions that those other Swedes in the Hives would soon follow. -
They Say...
A product of the same Swedish pop scene which spawned the equally effervescent Cardigans and Cloudberry Jam, The Genius of Komeda is another outstanding export, a bright and charmingly kitschy ode to space-age popcraft. Comparisons to Stereolab are certainly warranted, particularly on tracks like "Disko" and "Frolic" (with their "ba-ba-ba" backing vocals and futuristic effects), but Komeda's melodic smarts and cinematic aesthetic are all their own; tracks like the opening "More Is More" and "Rocket Plane (Music on the Moon)" are immediately ingratiating, and further buoying the album is the band's sharp, tongue-in-cheek wit -- theirs is a joke well worth being in on.
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More Is More |
4:30 |
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| 02. | |
Fire |
6:10 |
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| 03. | |
Rocket Plane (Music On The Moon) |
3:28 |
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Boogie Woogie/ Rock'N'Roll |
1:58 |
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Disko |
5:13 |
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| 06. | |
Top Star |
2:42 |
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| 07. | |
Light O' My Life |
2:32 |
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If |
1:50 |
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Frolic |
3:43 |
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In Orbit |
0:24 |
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Arbogast |
2:40 |
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| 12. | |
New New No |
3:37 |
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12 Total Tracks, 38:47 Total Length
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Credits
- Kerstin Isaksson - Strings // Magnus Astrom - Graphic Design // Susan Johnson - Photography // Komeda - Recorder // Komeda - Engineer // Komeda - Main Performer // Komeda - Mastering // Komeda - Mixing // Pelle Henricsson - Recorder // Pelle Henricsson - Engineer // Pelle Henricsson - Mastering // Pelle Henricsson - Mixing // Fredrik Burstedt - Strings // Josef Cabrales-Alin - Strings // Eskil Lovstrom - Engineer // Eskil Lovstrom - Brass // Eskil Lovstrom - Mastering // Eskil Lovstrom - Mixing // Mono TM - Design // Olof Holm - Strings
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