Artist: Pop Levi
Title: Never Never Love
Label: Counter Records
Genre: Rock
Bitrate: 212kbit av.
Time: 00:43:32
Size: 69.84 mb
Rip Date: 2008-05-07
Str Date: 2008-07-14
1. Wannamama 3:30
2. Never Never Love 3:08
3. Dita Dimone 3:33
4. Semi-Babe 3:27
5. Fire On Your Feet 3:23
6. Mai's Space 3:08
7. You Don't Gotta Run 3:11
8. Oh God (What Can I Do?) 3:07
9. Everything & Finally 3:26
10. Love Your Straight 3:11
11. Call The Operator 3:26
12. Calling Me Down 4:00
13. Fountain Of Lies 3:02
Release Notes:
Welcome back. You've been out in the wilderness û wandering,
lost, confused. Now it's time to come home. Pop Levi û genuine
maverick û has returned with a new album, the avant-pop
masterpiece "Never Never Love".
"A true cult hero" (NME), probably the only contemporary
musician in the world beloved of both Jarvis Cocker and Noel
Gallagher, ex-Ladytron bassist Pop was never likely to come
back with the same record all over again and "Never Never
Love" doesn't disappoint.
Recorded entirely in Hollywood at Quincy Jones' old studio,
Westlake, where both Thriller & Off The Wall were laid down,
Mr Levi has returned with an album about the madness of love -
100% autobiographical, 100% clever, 100% dumb, 100% unique.
And that's giving 400% already.
From transitional rockers like "Wannamama" and "Oh God," Pop
spreads his wings, relying on a production flare, which makes
the record feel fresh and slick as well as charmingly
hi-lo-fi. "Never Never Love" shows that while he hasn't
abandoned the dynamics of the rock group he has also been
steeping himself in contemporary r&b. Central track "Dita
Dimone" re-tells of his break-up with the song's eponymous
heroine with all the low-slung swing sass of a future-classic.
From hereon in the album takes off in all kinds of weird and
wonderful directions û from the crazed danger pop of "Mai's
Space" to the heartfelt longing of "Semi-Babe", the wonky dub
of "Call The Operator" to the final comedown of "Fountain of
Lies".
Flamboyant, utterly self-confident, completely his own man and
so uninterested in the back and forth of fashion that
everything he makes is an instant classic, Pop Levi is in the
building. Bow down and give thanks...