Review by Alphonse Leong
The opening song from this CD is a worthy remake
of that 80's nugget, "Break My Stride" (you can make
out the words better in this version -- it has better lyrics than
I recall!), which paves the way for a pretty zippy collection
of dance songs. This Austrian duo (Jade and B-Nice) proves that
Europeans have a way of making really listenable tunes out of
well-worn digitized drum and keyboard clichés. Yes,
the lyrics are banal ("dance in the sun, have some fun,"
etc.) and, yes, the vocals have the classic "male
rap-woman sing" arrangement, but there's something pleasing
and hooky to how it's all put together. (Though they could have
done without the mawkish "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
cover.)
I can't see why this act won't do well; but, with the huge plethora of dance artists out there already, I wouldn't advise these two to start putting down payments on countryside real estate just yet.
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