The Beat Is The Bomb [EP]

Track Listings

1. Do You See What I See?

2. Beat Is the Bomb

3. Put a Groove On

4. Never Could Forget You

5. Round & Round

6. Truth Is Plain

7. Shining Star [Julio Mix]

The Beat Is The Bomb,JazzHole,Atlantic / Wea,Acid Jazz,Funk,Hip-Hop,Jazz-Rap,Pop,R&B

Tracks:

Intro
Different Sound (Feat. Malte)
Cobrastyle (Feat. Mad Cobra)
Yours To Keep (Feat. Neneh Cherry)
Are You Feelin' It (Feat. Elephant Man)
Black Belt
Punkrocker (Feat. Iggy Pop)
Ahead Of My Time (Feat. Daddy Boastin')
Automatic Lover
Magic Kraut
Little Stereo (Feat. Daddy Boastin')
Riot Going On (Feat. Ebbot Lundberg)
Alma

Amazon.com

With Sweden's Teddybears, big-beat electro pop is alive and well. Of course, the insanely poppy vibe of "Cobrastyle," with dancehall kingpin Mad Cobra setting up the "my style is the bomb" chorus, is the band's most recognizable episode--boasting and hip-swiveling and carefree. And even though the tune appeared in 2004 on the After the Sunset soundtrack, it's vital mood lighting here--setting up the infectious, airy pop of "Yours to Keep," with Neneh Cherry on vocals, and Iggy Pop's chugging paean to fashion and poise, "Punkrocker." Oh, it rocks. Only in Sweden could you find an electro-pop band--helmed by a guitarist from garage rock champions the Caesars--inviting Mad Cobra, Cherry, Iggy, and Ebbot Lundberg (from Soundtrack of Our Lives) to consort across 13 tracks. Ear candy in spots, the album is perfect for heavy rotation, melodic and then more melodic. By the way, Iggy and Ebbot sound awesome--elevating the tunes with their distinctive rock yowls and drawing attention to a band that's been toiling away on the fringes for more than a decade. It bumps, it jiggles, and it swirls psych-like. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

Teddybears whip together a giddy, mixed-up sonic mash of international styles, resulting in their own indescribably delectable sound. Collaborators on this release include Iggy Pop, Neneh Cherry, Elephant Man, Annie, and the Soundtrack Of Our Lives' Ebbot Lundberg. The result is an awe-inspiring collection of genre-hopping modern pop that's inventive, irresistible, and impossible to pin down. The Stockholm-based trio's effervescent pop has already been featured in a variety of films and commercials. Most recently, the fab funk of "Cobrastyle" was heard on HBO's "Entourage" as well as in the Tab Energy Drink ad campaign, and will be featured in trailers for the upcoming film, "Employee Of The Month", starring Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2007-07-03

As good, if not better than all their previous work. It is however mostly remixes of previous songs- they're all awesome though. Well worth owning.

Top of my CD stack for 2 months.......2007-06-02

Absolutely awesome! Propulsive, tight and addictive. Plus, it's not just me -- I've played this at my house parties, and EVERYONE asks me who this is.

Every time I fall in love with a track, the next track makes me re-think my position. Each time I listen, I'm amazed at their ingenuity.

Good Stuff.......2007-04-08

All the songs are different from each other and many are good, some are great, none are awful!!!!

Global and Generational Appeal.......2007-03-03

Normally I avoid Punk,Techno-Dance, types of music like the plague. But after purchasing and listening to TeddyBears "Soft Machine," I'm sold and this is coming from a 43 year old American male. Good music like all art spans the Globe, Cultures, and Generations.

An enjoyable time-capsule of a dance album.......2007-02-21

Like many Americans, my first exposure to the this Teddybears album was through the Iggy Pop-voiced single "Punkrocker". I've always had a fondness for European techno (unlike Americans, the folk on the other side of the pond seem to understand the idea of using variation to keep their mixes interesting), and the synthesized background tracks were catchy, so I went to check out the whole album. The results were a little different than I expected - while "Punkrocker" is definitely in the same vein as the rest of the songs, it's definitely not representative of the album as a whole. There is a wide range of themes and attitudes here, as evidenced by the myriad guest vocalists. What ties it all together, however, is the persistent dance sound that will have you moving to the music almost subconsciously.

Whether or not you'll be into the album as a whole depends mostly on whether you're open to revisiting the 80s early-techno genre. For those who appreciate the style, there's much to like - old-school primitive synthesizer tracks are overlaid with some excellent vocal turns (other standouts include Elephant Man's "Are You Feelin' It" and Neneh Cherry's "Yours to Keep"). The experimental time-capsule nature of the album verges on self-awareness at times, with results ranging from biting (the lyrics of "Punkrocker") to amusing (the vocal appearance of the Fred voice of the Macintosh Classic in "Automatic Lover"). And while the lyrics are hardly multilayered, the tracks themselves are more than enjoyable enough to justify repeat listening.

"Soft Machine" may be a bit simplistic in scope and execution, but this is a nonetheless enjoyable album that makes a nice alternative to much of the other bubblegum-pop ear candy on the radio today.

Average customer rating:

Jazzhole -the beat is the bomb

The Beat Is the Bomb
Jazzhole
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

Do You See What I See
The Beat Is The Bomb
Put A Groove On
Never Could Forget You
Round And Round
Truth Is Plain
Shining Star (Julio Mix)

Customer Reviews:

Jazzhole -the beat is the bomb.......2001-09-04

The beat is the bomb from Jazzhole, an acid jazz endeavour, is simply well crafted; it takes you on a musical journey, edging you pass bus stops and looping over potholes, arriving at a true appreciation of jazz, its true meaning, its development, its adaptation, its characters, the future. Jazzhole questions what it means to listen to good music; Jazzhole has come close and exceeded it.

To put it simply, next time you enter a bar with traditional tacky music in the background, the experience will become very taxing: keep it tight Jazz hole.

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Stink Bomb!
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Manufacturer: Strange Tones
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000D1FJ8
Release Date: 2003-09-16