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Product Description
2007 sophomore album from Roisin Murphy, former lead vocalist for Moloko. A heady mix of electronic dance anthems, soul-stirring Pop songs, deep, dark Funk and quirky lyrical genius, Overpowered is a thrilling and contemporary marriage of edgy Pop and irresistible Disco. Roisin co-wrote and co-produced the entire album, bringing her own vision and focus to these songs whilst working with a variety of producers, writers and mixers to create what is without doubt her finest record; unpredictable, creative, inventive, exciting and hugely accessible. Working with the likes of Seiji, Andy Cato (Groove Armada), Jimmy Douglass, Ill Factor, and Parrot & Dean of All Seeing I / I Monster, Roisin has brought her love of the dance floor right to the very heart of the album. This is one of the albums of the year - a breathtaking modern classic. Features the singles 'Let Me Know' and 'Overpowered'. EMI.

Album Description
2007 sophomore album from Risn Murphy, former lead vocalist for Moloko. A heady mix of electronic dance anthems, soul-stirring Pop songs, deep, dark Funk and quirky lyrical genius, Overpowered is a thrilling and contemporary marriage of edgy Pop and irresistible Disco. Risn co-wrote and co-produced the entire album, bringing her own vision and focus to these songs whilst working with a variety of producers, writers and mixers to create what is without doubt her finest record; unpredictable, creative, inventive, exciting and hugely accessible. Working with the likes of Seiji, Andy Cato (Groove Armada), Jimmy Douglass, Ill Factor, and Parrot & Dean of All Seeing I / I Monster, Risn has brought her love of the dance floor right to the very heart of the album. This is one of the albums of the year - a breathtaking modern classic. Features the singles 'Let Me Know' and 'Overpowered'. EMI.

Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Contagiously shiny disco-pop. August 11, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Roisin Murphy, once the former Moloko frontwoman in dance-pop act Moloko, is bracingly unpredictable.
Following up her underperforming debut "Ruby Blue", her profoundly offbeat album with electronic experimentalist Matthew Herbert , she is back with her second solo album.
Now signed to EMI, she's made her most coherent album yet.
Murphy's songwriting appears to be stronger than ever with a consistent style and sound emerging throughout.
She puts this assured sense of purpose, in part, down to a recent obsession with old disco and house music.
In her own words she wanted "Overpowered" to be an album to find a link between that music and what she could achieve in a modern way.
Combining her lively songwriting ability with the contributions of a host of underground house music talent, she creates eleven songs ripe for chart success, showing contagiously shiny disco-pop.
Although she sometimes sounds like prime-time Madonna, she fuses this with an acid house energy, while her lyrics are a million miles from 'the material girl'.
The opening lines of the album, "Your data, my data/ The chromosomes match", on the ebullient "Overpowered", lead into a chorus about "oxytoxins flowing ever into my brain", while the wonderful slowie, "Dear Miami", appears to be an elegy for that city.
Somehow this lyrical eccentricity makes the thoroughly catchy tunes on offer all the more appealing.
Whether indulging in '80s funk, club bangers or rocking electroclash, Roisin allows no creative slack.

5 out of 5 stars

Over-Prowess December 19, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Whatever that has been said about Overpowered and Roisin Murphy is true and her second solo album after Moloko remains as the most underrated gem of 2007. Period.

While Kylie's X brings on the big electro-clash beats, Rosin Murphy's Overpowered is an extremely fitting tribute to the late 80's/early 90's dancefloor with late night house grooves and matching electro synths to form a segue of formidable dance numbers. Working with Bugz in the Attic and Andy Cato of Groove Armada, the music on Overpowered ranges from straight-out dance anthems (You Know Me Better, Dear Miami, Cry Baby) to synth-heavy electro (Overpowered, Movie Star) and heady trip hop (Primitive, Scarlet Ribbons). And thanks to a keen ear on Grey's Anatomy, these songs have been featured in the show on a few occasions.

There's more than enough on Overpowered to keep you on replay and tapping your feet away on the dance floor. One of 2007's best! (A)

5 out of 5 stars

Surprisingly good July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Whereas Moloko albums were traditionally uneven, this is a very good album from start to finish. It maintains the dance anthem aspect of Moloko at nearly all entries, spotless production, highly recommended. I was very nicely surprised and rather disappointed that this has not been officially released in the US.

5 out of 5 stars

awesome electro-disco-funk February 4, 2008
This is a very mature, soulful record. The production is sometimes reminiscent of early 80s Quincy Jones (e.g. Michael Jackson's Thriller) at others it sounds like the best of Salsoul (track 4 for example seems to borrow from Dan Hartman -- but in a subtle and intricate way -- we're not talkng Black Box here), meanwhile track 5 sounds like a cross between the Eurythmics, Human League and Ike and Tina Turner (improbable, I know, but check it out and tell me I'm wrong). Overall, it definitely has mostly an early 80s feel -- with some nice modern engineering and production standards (and a few Todd Terry-style grungy house sounds).

The music and lyrics are less wacky than Moloko, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Certainly, the music is on average more likely to fill dancefloors (discounting the remix of Sing it Back) -- and get you going in the morning.

5 out of 5 stars

Great party music June 10, 2008
If your parties have a techno backdrop this is the CD for you, Roisin has a funky voice that just gels perfectly with all the sounds in her music. The more you hear it the more addictive it is!

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