| 1. Hot Lips |
| 2. Psychic Cat |
| 3. Speakers |
| 4. Home Honey I’M High |
| 5. Ideal |
| 6. In Praise Of Shadows |
| 7. Graffiti Boy |
| 8. Groupie |
| 9. Voyeur |
| 10. Last Boy On Earth |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The voice of the Sneaker Pimps returns with her second solo album, the majestic 'Psychic Cat'. The follow-up to the well-received 'Tigermouth' is a funky-electro roller coaster ride of brilliance featuring future dance floor smashes like 'Hot Lips', 'Graffiti Boy' & 'Speakers'. The sexiest sound of 2004 so far. One Little Indian.
Britney is bad pop.
This is good pop.
This is an album that says "I don't care what everyone else is doing, I want to do my own thing and just have a good time making fun kooky music." Tigermouth
seemed to be written from her heart and she took a lot longer to delve into her emotions to write it than she did with Psychic Cat. I read an interview which
said that Tigermouth took a year to make, while Psychic Cat took a month.
Just because the album isn't genre redefining, (she does have her own sound going on though) it doesn't mean that it isn't fun or well done. If I had to
guess, I would say that after the more serious debut, she wanted to kick back and just have fun.
Artists that try to trump their earlier albums typically fail at the attempt, which is why she is such a great artist. She gives what she's in the mood to
give. On the other hand, some artists that try to go in a totally different direction often miss the boat a little (Cathy Dennis' "Am I The Kinda Girl?".)
This album isn't the case, because it works and it works well. I wouldn't try to compare this album to Tigermouth too deeply because of this.
Who knows, maybe next time she'll dazzle us with her angry side with an alternative-ish highly industrial amalgamation :)
Tracks:
1. Hot Lips--Grungy guitar-filled fast pop. Catchy, good opener :) 9/10
2. Psychic Cat--Ambient downtempo that borders on industrial at times 8/10
3. Speakers--a Holly Valance (State Of Mind album)/Lene Nystrom sounding hybrid 8/10
4. Home Honey I'm High--Great stuff. medium-slow dance with a great sound. Depeche mode 80's indust/synth mixed with Kylie Minogue's sexiness 10/10
5. Ideal--Breakbeat with a fun dark sounding melody 7/10
6. In Praise Of Shadows--I would call this one the interlude of the album...slow and moody...This one reeks Tigermouth :) but doesn't really fit well on this album--5/10
7. Graffiti Boy--Best pop melody on the CD, with background synth that compliments the vocals and super-awesomely fun bassline exceptionally. 10/10
8. Groupie--Reminiscent of melodies of the group Lush...doesn't fit with the mood of the rest of the album.--5/10
9. Voyeur--More of the good guitarry almost-grungy pop that she does well. Slower verses with louder slightly explosive chorus..very good--9/10
10. Last Boy On Earth--Would have sounded 100 times better if the slow start progressed into full blown rock...I see her angry side popping out a little bit. Overuse of high sonic frequency percussion without the heavier bassline masked the melody on the chorus. 5/10 :)
The good on this album highly outweighed the bad for me. Give it a whirl...and don't compare it to her first!! :)
I absolutely loved her with the Sneaker Pimps on the album "Becoming X" - such a great album and such a great vocal performance on her part. I was obsessed with this album for some time after its release, particularly with the songs "6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar". I also really enjoyed her first solo project "Tigermouth", more so I think than the typical reviewer of that album. It was a definite departure in sound from what we had grown accustomed to with her voice on "Becoming X", it was more pop and much less of the darker trip-hop I so love, but still a very solid effort I felt.
This CD, however, left me seriously wanting - wanting much, much less of it. To be fair, I have not even heard the entire album all the way through. I have tried to listen to it a couple of times, but after my ears started to bleed, I finally gave up. I was so excited when I got this CD, which I went out of my way to special order from Britain. This only magnified my serious disappointment when I tried to listen to it the next day in my car on my way to work. I just was not feeling her voice, or the music accompanying it. It just felt like a giant step backwards for her.
I pray that any future effort will resurrect the Kelli that I originally fell in love with. I understand an artist needs to grow and not be pinned down to the same old sound, but I just have no idea where this CD was going.
Maybe I will try another time or two to listen to it, because I just can't believe that it went so wrong (for me, anyway), but I don't hold out much hope that my assessment will change.
I hope, for Kelli's sake, that my opinion on this album is the exception and not the rule, but I would definitely advise potential buyers to listen to some samples of the songs before purchase. If I had, I would have just skipped it and wrote it off as a sophomore flunk.
'Psychic Cat' should have been a huge hit. While the songwriting is varied, most of the material here attempts to wed Kelli's rock background with more mainstream electronica ala Goldfrapp. 'Graffiti Boy' and 'Speakers' do this particularly well, and the mix of hard rock guitars with drum machines reminded me a lot of mid-1980s Queen - in a very good way. 'Home Honey I'm High' and 'Last Boy on Earth' are polar opposites, and Kelli's willingness to include this much variety, again, is quite Queenlike. Kelli doesn't limit herself to just one or two style, but her chameleonlike talents don't allow her (or this CD) to fit into a single genre very easily. This is a great CD to buy, therefore, if you're an open-minded person who likes contemporary alternative styles and does not like being pigeonholed into a repetitive CD.
In a better world, Kelli would be on the cover of Rolling Stone announcing she is U2's new opening act. Here's hoping we get another Kelli CD soon, and at a low domestic price. If only Kelli Ali would be more prolific . . .
The voice of the Sneaker Pimps returns with her second solo album, the majestic 'Psychic Cat'. The follow-up to the well-received 'Tigermouth' is a funky-electro roller coaster ride of brilliance featuring future dance floor smashes like 'Hot Lips', 'Graffiti Boy' & 'Speakers'. The sexiest sound of 2004 so far. One Little Indian.
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ASIN: B0006213GC Release Date: 2005-01-25 |
Tracks:
- Hot Lips
- Psychic Cat
- Speakers
- Home Honey I'm High
- Ideal
- In Praise of Shadows
- Graffiti Boy
- Groupie
- Voyeur
- Last Boy On Earth
Product Description
1. Hot Lips
2. Psychic Cat
3. Speakers
4. Home Honey I'm High
5. Ideal
6. In Praise Of Shadows
7. Graffiti Boy
8. Groupie
9. Voyeur
10. Last Boy On Earth
Format: CD
Customer Reviews:
kelli ali is awesome.......2007-01-21
Lyrics are juvenille.......2006-12-22
Less mature than Tigermouth, but that's ok....it's more fun!.......2006-12-05
Britney is bad pop.
This is good pop.
This is an album that says "I don't care what everyone else is doing, I want to do my own thing and just have a good time making fun kooky music." Tigermouth
seemed to be written from her heart and she took a lot longer to delve into her emotions to write it than she did with Psychic Cat. I read an interview which
said that Tigermouth took a year to make, while Psychic Cat took a month.
Just because the album isn't genre redefining, (she does have her own sound going on though) it doesn't mean that it isn't fun or well done. If I had to
guess, I would say that after the more serious debut, she wanted to kick back and just have fun.
Artists that try to trump their earlier albums typically fail at the attempt, which is why she is such a great artist. She gives what she's in the mood to
give. On the other hand, some artists that try to go in a totally different direction often miss the boat a little (Cathy Dennis' "Am I The Kinda Girl?".)
This album isn't the case, because it works and it works well. I wouldn't try to compare this album to Tigermouth too deeply because of this.
Who knows, maybe next time she'll dazzle us with her angry side with an alternative-ish highly industrial amalgamation :)
Tracks:
1. Hot Lips--Grungy guitar-filled fast pop. Catchy, good opener :) 9/10
2. Psychic Cat--Ambient downtempo that borders on industrial at times 8/10
3. Speakers--a Holly Valance (State Of Mind album)/Lene Nystrom sounding hybrid 8/10
4. Home Honey I'm High--Great stuff. medium-slow dance with a great sound. Depeche mode 80's indust/synth mixed with Kylie Minogue's sexiness 10/10
5. Ideal--Breakbeat with a fun dark sounding melody 7/10
6. In Praise Of Shadows--I would call this one the interlude of the album...slow and moody...This one reeks Tigermouth :) but doesn't really fit well on this album--5/10
7. Graffiti Boy--Best pop melody on the CD, with background synth that compliments the vocals and super-awesomely fun bassline exceptionally. 10/10
8. Groupie--Reminiscent of melodies of the group Lush...doesn't fit with the mood of the rest of the album.--5/10
9. Voyeur--More of the good guitarry almost-grungy pop that she does well. Slower verses with louder slightly explosive chorus..very good--9/10
10. Last Boy On Earth--Would have sounded 100 times better if the slow start progressed into full blown rock...I see her angry side popping out a little bit. Overuse of high sonic frequency percussion without the heavier bassline masked the melody on the chorus. 5/10 :)
The good on this album highly outweighed the bad for me. Give it a whirl...and don't compare it to her first!! :)
Yuck - I am so bummed I special ordered this.......2005-11-09
I absolutely loved her with the Sneaker Pimps on the album "Becoming X" - such a great album and such a great vocal performance on her part. I was obsessed with this album for some time after its release, particularly with the songs "6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar". I also really enjoyed her first solo project "Tigermouth", more so I think than the typical reviewer of that album. It was a definite departure in sound from what we had grown accustomed to with her voice on "Becoming X", it was more pop and much less of the darker trip-hop I so love, but still a very solid effort I felt.
This CD, however, left me seriously wanting - wanting much, much less of it. To be fair, I have not even heard the entire album all the way through. I have tried to listen to it a couple of times, but after my ears started to bleed, I finally gave up. I was so excited when I got this CD, which I went out of my way to special order from Britain. This only magnified my serious disappointment when I tried to listen to it the next day in my car on my way to work. I just was not feeling her voice, or the music accompanying it. It just felt like a giant step backwards for her.
I pray that any future effort will resurrect the Kelli that I originally fell in love with. I understand an artist needs to grow and not be pinned down to the same old sound, but I just have no idea where this CD was going.
Maybe I will try another time or two to listen to it, because I just can't believe that it went so wrong (for me, anyway), but I don't hold out much hope that my assessment will change.
I hope, for Kelli's sake, that my opinion on this album is the exception and not the rule, but I would definitely advise potential buyers to listen to some samples of the songs before purchase. If I had, I would have just skipped it and wrote it off as a sophomore flunk.
Nice story, disappointing album.......2005-05-09
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| Styles
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| Styles
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| Pop
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ASIN: B0001Y4K9W Release Date: 2004-12-28 |
Tracks:
- Hot Lips
- Psychic Cat
- Speakers
- Home Honey I'm High
- Ideal
- In Praise of Shadows
- Graffiti Boy
- Groupie
- Voyeur
- Last Boy on Earth
Album Description
The voice of the Sneaker Pimps returns with her second solo album, the majestic 'Psychic Cat'. The follow-up to the well-received 'Tigermouth' is a funky-electro roller coaster ride of brilliance featuring future dance floor smashes like 'Hot Lips', 'Graffiti Boy' & 'Speakers'. The sexiest sound of 2004 so far. One Little Indian.Album Details
An Album from the Voice of the Extremely Successful Band Sneaker Pimps. Recorded in London with Producer/Writer Dave Mccracken (Ian Brown, Depeche Mode, Tori Amos, Goldie Etc.).Customer Reviews:
kelli ali is awesome.......2007-01-21
Psychic Cat Box.......2006-07-11
Why Can't Kelli Make CDs Like This More Often?.......2004-12-13
'Psychic Cat' should have been a huge hit. While the songwriting is varied, most of the material here attempts to wed Kelli's rock background with more mainstream electronica ala Goldfrapp. 'Graffiti Boy' and 'Speakers' do this particularly well, and the mix of hard rock guitars with drum machines reminded me a lot of mid-1980s Queen - in a very good way. 'Home Honey I'm High' and 'Last Boy on Earth' are polar opposites, and Kelli's willingness to include this much variety, again, is quite Queenlike. Kelli doesn't limit herself to just one or two style, but her chameleonlike talents don't allow her (or this CD) to fit into a single genre very easily. This is a great CD to buy, therefore, if you're an open-minded person who likes contemporary alternative styles and does not like being pigeonholed into a repetitive CD.
In a better world, Kelli would be on the cover of Rolling Stone announcing she is U2's new opening act. Here's hoping we get another Kelli CD soon, and at a low domestic price. If only Kelli Ali would be more prolific . . .
Excellent, alot more techno than first album.......2004-11-13
HOT S***.......2004-10-20
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