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Anybody who was hoping the second Lenka album would be a dark, moody, sober, edgy, or in any way downcast affair is, first of all, probably not a very realistic person and, secondly, gearing up for a serious disappointment. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine anybody being disappointed by the Australian sparkle-pop princess' sophomore outing, which is every bit as lovably bright and sunny as her debut. (Unless, of course, the listener in question doesn't have the stomach for this sort of frothy, sugary-sweet musical confection to begin with -- which is certainly understandable, though still a darn shame.) That said, Two definitely does have a bit more bite than its predecessor, and a slightly more modern sound, tending away from Lenka's lavish, Hollywood-style orchestrations toward lightly embellished small-group arrangements and, occasionally, sleek electro-pop. The major exception is first single "Roll with the Punches," a big, buoyant creampuff of a tune that revisits the singsong cadence of Lenka's breakout hit "The Show," with all the requisite layers of strings, trumpets, organs, and backing vocals. But the other similarly "vintage"-styled swing numbers here -- the bouncy "Everything's Okay" and cutie-pie nursery rhyme "Everything at Once" -- keep things relatively simple and piano-based. Meanwhile, the title cut shows Lenka at her leanest and meanest, with a stripped-down kicks'n'claps beat and a funky acoustic guitar/fuzz-toned synth bass riff. "Blinded by Love" and "Here to Stay" are classically styled pop/rock ballads that go easy on the instrumental theatrics, instead gleaning their emotional power from Lenka's increasingly impressive singing and songcraft. And the slinky "You Will Be Mine" shows that she could hack it as a competent (if somewhat faceless) seductive indie electro diva, although the sparkly, effervescent "Shocked Me into Love" is a far more gratifying synth pop foray, sounding not unlike a young Kylie Minogue at her bubbliest, and just a remix away from serious dance chart potential. It's a considerable stylistic range for one album, but Lenka pulls it off and keeps it cohesive, thanks to an unerring gift for melody and a subtly sophisticated understanding of pop poetics. She knows how these things can work in reverse -- "Sing me a sad song and make me feel better/Sing me a happy song and I might start to cry," she croons on the deceptively titled "Sad Song" -- which might explain why perhaps the sweetest number here is about the apocalypse: "The End of the World," which plays as sort of an inverse of a Skeeter Davis classic. All told, Two is just as wonderfully winning as its predecessor, fully deserving a spot alongside it (and alongside Regina Spektor, Marit Larsen, and the Bird and the Bee) on the top shelf of shiny-smart, retro-contemporary happy pop.
© K. Ross Hoffman /TiVo
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Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Vocal - Kevin Salem, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass - Eg White, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Guy Sigsworth, Producer, Keyboards, Strings - Andy Page, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Vocal - Ben H. Allen, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Rob Gardner, Engineer - Ben Allen, Piano - Danny T. Levin, Horn - Tony Gillis, Mastering Engineer - Sigurdur Birkis, Drums - Robby Handley, Bass
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocal - David Kosten, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - David Wrench, Engineer - Dougal Lott, Engineer - Jason Cooper, Drums - Ian Archer, Guitar
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocal - David Kosten, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - David Wrench, Engineer - Dougal Lott, Engineer - Jason Cooper, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Archer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - David Kosten, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Samuel Dixon, Bass - David Wrench, Engineer - Dougal Lott, Engineer - Jason Cooper, Drums - Ian Archer, Guitar
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Vocal - Kevin Salem, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer - Eg White, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards - Mike Duclos, Bass
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Guy Sigsworth, Producer, Keyboards, Strings - Andy Page, Engineer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Chris Elms, Engineer, Programmer
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Guy Sigsworth, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Strings - Chris Elms, Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocal - Danny Kalb, Mixing Engineer - Sunny Levine, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Programmer - Eamon Ryland, Guitar, Keyboards, Steel Guitar - Amir Yaghmai, Guitar - Erik Kertes, Bass
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Danny Kalb, Mixing Engineer - Sunny Levine, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Programmer - Eamon Ryland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Amir Yaghmai, Guitar, Violin - Erik Kertes, Bass
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Kevin Salem, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass - Oliver Kraus, Strings, Performance Arranger - Rich Mercurio, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Mike Elizondo, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Bass - Keefus Ciancia, Keyboards - Adam Hawkins, Recording Engineer - Brent Arrowood, Assistant Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Luis Conte, Percussion - Hunter Burgan, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Salem, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Scott Greer, Executive Producer - Marko Shafer, Executive Producer - Maximillian Mamikunian, Executive Producer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenka Kripac, Composer, Lyricist, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Kevin Salem, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass - Oliver Kraus, Strings, Performance Arranger - Rich Mercurio, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment
Lenka, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - William Butler, Composer - Kevin Salem, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass - Oliver Kraus, Strings, Performance Arranger - Jeremy Gara, Composer - Regine Chassagne, Composer - Tim Kingsbury, Composer - Richard Reed Parry, Composer - Sarah Neufeld, Composer - Edwin Butler, Composer - Rich Mercurio, Drums, Percussion
(P) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Chronique
Anybody who was hoping the second Lenka album would be a dark, moody, sober, edgy, or in any way downcast affair is, first of all, probably not a very realistic person and, secondly, gearing up for a serious disappointment. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine anybody being disappointed by the Australian sparkle-pop princess' sophomore outing, which is every bit as lovably bright and sunny as her debut. (Unless, of course, the listener in question doesn't have the stomach for this sort of frothy, sugary-sweet musical confection to begin with -- which is certainly understandable, though still a darn shame.) That said, Two definitely does have a bit more bite than its predecessor, and a slightly more modern sound, tending away from Lenka's lavish, Hollywood-style orchestrations toward lightly embellished small-group arrangements and, occasionally, sleek electro-pop. The major exception is first single "Roll with the Punches," a big, buoyant creampuff of a tune that revisits the singsong cadence of Lenka's breakout hit "The Show," with all the requisite layers of strings, trumpets, organs, and backing vocals. But the other similarly "vintage"-styled swing numbers here -- the bouncy "Everything's Okay" and cutie-pie nursery rhyme "Everything at Once" -- keep things relatively simple and piano-based. Meanwhile, the title cut shows Lenka at her leanest and meanest, with a stripped-down kicks'n'claps beat and a funky acoustic guitar/fuzz-toned synth bass riff. "Blinded by Love" and "Here to Stay" are classically styled pop/rock ballads that go easy on the instrumental theatrics, instead gleaning their emotional power from Lenka's increasingly impressive singing and songcraft. And the slinky "You Will Be Mine" shows that she could hack it as a competent (if somewhat faceless) seductive indie electro diva, although the sparkly, effervescent "Shocked Me into Love" is a far more gratifying synth pop foray, sounding not unlike a young Kylie Minogue at her bubbliest, and just a remix away from serious dance chart potential. It's a considerable stylistic range for one album, but Lenka pulls it off and keeps it cohesive, thanks to an unerring gift for melody and a subtly sophisticated understanding of pop poetics. She knows how these things can work in reverse -- "Sing me a sad song and make me feel better/Sing me a happy song and I might start to cry," she croons on the deceptively titled "Sad Song" -- which might explain why perhaps the sweetest number here is about the apocalypse: "The End of the World," which plays as sort of an inverse of a Skeeter Davis classic. All told, Two is just as wonderfully winning as its predecessor, fully deserving a spot alongside it (and alongside Regina Spektor, Marit Larsen, and the Bird and the Bee) on the top shelf of shiny-smart, retro-contemporary happy pop.
© K. Ross Hoffman /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 16 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:56:13
- Artistes principaux : Lenka
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Epic
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2011 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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