1998 sophomore album for the UK dance-pop duo, currently out-of-print in the U.S. 15 tracks, including the hit, 'The Flipside'. When describing the album, All Music Guide said, 'Abalance of contradictions, Moloko keeps inventiveness and listenability high on their second album'. Standard jewel case. Album Description
I'll start off by saying this: I'm very elitist and picky about my music. There's VERY FEW bands and artists I listen to on a regular basis. I listen to Moloko and Roisin everyday though, and Moloko is my favorite band, Roisin my favorite solo artist.
This is very complex music. It's quirky and often sarcastic, incredibly bizarre with a lot of attitude.
If you are a mindless club droid who enjoys terrible stereotypical dance music, please, look elsewhere, Moloko has little to nothing to do with that god awful butchering remix of Sing It Back. The original Sing It Back however is a pure Moloko creation, and is by no means a dance song. It's a slow, brooding, sinister love song that is full of pain. It's one of their best, but unfortunately, most people who are ignorant about Moloko think that horrible, terrible remix of the song is the original. It isn't, and Moloko does NOT make music remotely similar to that remix.
The other highlights are Blink, my favorite Moloko song and also one of the first songs I've ever heard by them, with it's fierce drum-n-bass psychosis and Roisin screaming frantically over the track in a restrained yet murderous tone, the emotional inferiority complex of Downsized, the odd alien nurse spoken word of Dr. Zee, and of course the bouyant opener of The Flipside. I love every song on this album, and their minor foray into Drum-N-Bass elements paid off big time. All of their albums are good though. Make sure to check out all of their albums if you like this one. This is by far their most abstract work though.
Also check out Roisin's solo music, which is equally brilliant. Her first album is better than her newest but her newest is absolutely amazing as well. She has such a flexible, gorgeous, unique voice that is so unbelievably rare and such a strange, quirky style you really can't find elsewhere.
But hopefully a Moloko reunion someday? Maybe.
April 15, 2008 |  | Hail Moloko! Long live Moloko! |  |
Although they have disbanded, Moloko is one of my favorite bands, and this effort is one reason why. In fact, everything they do is fantastic, and unpredictable; Roisin is a true artist and risk taker in ways that I wish the "pop divas" could be. Roisin probably never will be a superstar, even though she can really sing, and is very attractive. Her desire to create, and not just ape current trends will prevent her from reaching a larger audience, which is a shame, in a way. Get this album, get ALL Moloko albums, and get the fun "11,000 Clicks", the DVD of their Brixton concert (which I am grateful they made before they broke up. Don't believe the first reviewer above, Moloko is
wonderful.
April 12, 2007 | | Moloko: I Am Not A Doctor - Don't do it!! | |
I heard Moloko newest dance version of "Sing It Back" on the radio the other day (1/06) and HAD to have more. So I hit Amazon, read these reviews and bingo - I dropped $45 bucks for two of her CDs (this being one), both imports. Got them today and was INCREDIBLY disappointed. Yes, they are quirky, curious and fun in their own way, but NOTHING like her newest single - nada, zilch, zip. Very experimental, which I applaud, but a bit too experimental if you ask me, and of course I was expecting something way different based on the other reviews. In all honesty, between the two discs (32 songs total!), I MAYBE like ONE...SAVE YOUR MONEY and buy them USED if at all. Really...Trust me!!
January 19, 2006| | | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? | |
I just got this CD and to say it surpasses Moloko's debut, "Do You Like My Tight Sweater" is an understatement. This go round on "I Am Not A Doctor", Roisin Murphy's vocals are more mature and tighter than on the first release, and the production is flawless, mixing various styles together into a cohesive package that is sure to impress any funkateer, pop-fan or clubhead! Highly Recommended!
July 9, 2004| | | Trippier, hoppier, and even more fun for you... | |
If you were blown away by Moloko's debut release ("Do You Like My Tight Sweater?"), you'll be even more tickled by their follow up, "I Am Not A Doctor". The fifteen tracks show Moloko at their most infectious -- even if there's not a doctor in the house, you won't mind waiting around for a cure once this album gets under your skin. Although some of the tracks ("Sing it Back", "Caught in a Whisper") are a wee bit more more generically "dance" oriented than those on "Sweater", fans of Moloko's zany improvisiational, Freud-gone-amok lyrics and beats won't be disappointed by such standouts as "Knee Deep", "Be Like You", "The Id", and "Over My Head". Those curious little interstitial tracks you loved on "Sweater" (i.e., "Dirty Monkey") are back here again as well -- "Sorry" gives you a minute and a half of beats a la Kraftwerk circa 1981 with a lyrical delivery Yoko Ono would be proud of. If all this sounds confusing and pretentious, relax, it's not -- "I Am Not A Doctor" is 70 minutes of unabashed fun and groovy beats with intelligence and style. Worth every penny of the import price for the gorgeous cover graphics alone.
September 13, 1998More reviews at Amazon.com ...
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