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To give credit where it's due, the Boston trio known as LFO was responsible for much of the writing and production on their debut album. Their voices are almost as good as the Backstreet Boys, much better when they're singing choruses together than when they stretch out on solo spots. And those choruses are quite catchy on the single "Summer Girls," "Girl on TV," and several other tracks. What sinks LFO even before any of the choruses, however, is some of the worst faux-rap rhymes ever heard in the music world, aside from the Rodney Dangerfield novelty rap single and the occasional K-Mart commercial. Though "Summer Girls" has a great hook and nice combo singing, the rhymes -- flagrant offenses include "When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet/Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets"; "Stayed all summer, then went back home/Macaulay Culkin was in Home Alone"; and "Fell deep in love but now we ain't speakin'/Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton" -- are enough to elicit a groan from everyone old enough to remember Family Ties. It's the same story on "Girl on TV" ("Shooby doo wop and Scooby Snacks/Met a fly girl and I can't relax"), and by the time listeners hit the third track, a "soulful" ballad named "Cross My Heart," LFO has lost any possible credibility with post-teen audiences. It's a bit of a shame because the group shines on light bouncy hip-pop like "Can't Have You" and "Baby Be Mine," though the latter loses points for being yet another R&B hit to sample the '80s hit "Human" by Human League. It's encouraging that a (mostly) self-produced teen pop group can make a bit of headway on the charts, but in this case, the trio could have used a bit more studio supervision.
© Keith Farley /TiVo
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Rich Cronin, Composer - Rich Cronin, Lyricist - Lyte Funkie Ones, Performer - Dow Brain, Producer - Dow Brain, Composer - Dow Brain, Lyricist - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Producer - Brad Young, Producer - Brad Young, Mixing Engineer - Brad Young, Recording Engineer - Brad Young, Composer - Brad Young, Lyricist
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Lyte Funkie Ones, Performer - Dow Brain, Composer - Dow Brain, Lyricist - Dow Brain, Producer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Composer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Lyricist - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Producer - Brad Young, Composer - Brad Young, Lyricist - Brad Young, Producer - Brad Young, Recording Engineer - Brad Young, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Steve Kipner, Composer - Steve Kipner, Lyricist - Steve Kipner, Producer - Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Bill Wathen, Mixing Engineer - Cutfather & Joe, Producer - Mark Kiczula, Mixing Engineer - David Kopatz, Composer - David Kopatz, Lyricist - Alan Armitage, Recording Engineer - Mads Nilsson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Dow Brain, Composer - Dow Brain, Lyricist - Dow Brain, Co-Producer - Dakari, Composer - Dakari, Lyricist - Dakari, Co-Producer - Dakari, Executive Producer - Stargate, Re-Mixer - Stargate, Producer - S. Costa, Co-Producer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Composer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Lyricist - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Producer - Maurice Ernest Gibb, Composer - Maurice Ernest Gibb, Lyricist - Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Barry Gibb, Lyricist - Barry Gibb, Composer - Robin Gibb, Composer - Robin Gibb, Lyricist - Brad Young, Composer - Brad Young, Lyricist - Brad Young, Co-Producer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Alan Armitage, Recording Engineer - Joe Smith, Mixing Engineer - D. Zero, Composer - D. Zero, Lyricist - Mark Kiczula, Mixing Engineer - Steve Kipner, Composer - Steve Kipner, Lyricist - Sean Hosein, Composer - Sean Hosein, Lyricist - Dane DeViller, Composer - Dane DeViller, Lyricist - Lyte Funkie Ones, Performer - Cutfather & Joe, Producer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Dow Brain, Composer - Dow Brain, Lyricist - Dow Brain, Producer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Composer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Lyricist - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Producer - Brad Young, Composer - Brad Young, Lyricist - Brad Young, Producer - Brad Young, Recording Engineer - Brad Young, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
G. Curtis, Composer - G. Curtis, Lyricist - K. Mills, Recording Engineer - Bill Wathen, Mixing Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Mixing Engineer - Steve Kipner, Composer - Steve Kipner, Lyricist - Steve Kipner, Producer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Composer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Lyricist - Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Mads Nilsson, Mixing Engineer - Cutfather & Joe, Producer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Alan Armitage, Recording Engineer - Joe Smith, Mixing Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Mixing Engineer - Steve Kipner, Composer - Steve Kipner, Lyricist - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Composer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Lyricist - Sean Hosein, Composer - Sean Hosein, Lyricist - Dane DeViller, Composer - Dane DeViller, Lyricist - Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Cutfather & Joe, Producer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Chris Trevett, Mixing Engineer - L'Shawn, Composer - L'Shawn, Lyricist - Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Full Force, Composer - Full Force, Lyricist - Full Force, Producer - Full Force, Mixing Engineer - Full Force, Background Vocal - Full Force, Arranger - Full Force, Recording Engineer - Mike Tucker, Recording Engineer - James "Bonsai" Caruso, Recording Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
DJ Nasty, Producer - J. Jam, Composer - J. Jam, Lyricist - Joe Smith, Mixing Engineer - K. Mills, Recording Engineer - Tommy Hicks, Recording Engineer - Dakari, Composer - Dakari, Lyricist - Dakari, Producer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Composer - Rich "Nice" Cronin, Lyricist - Mike Tucker, Recording Engineer - Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - T. Lewis, Composer - T. Lewis, Lyricist
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Diane Warren, Lyricist - Diane Warren, Composer - Cutfather & Joe, Producer - Joe Smith, Mixing Engineer - Mark Kiczula, Mixing Engineer - Alan Armitage, Recording Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Bob Tucker, Recording Engineer - Jamahl Harris, Co-Producer - Terrance Quaites, Composer - Terrance Quaites, Lyricist - TQ, Producer - TQ, Arranger - Kevin Davis, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Lyte Funkie Ones, Vocal - Bob Tucker, Recording Engineer - Jamahl Harris, Co-Producer - Terrance Quaites, Composer - Terrance Quaites, Lyricist - J. Jacobsen, Composer - J. Jacobsen, Lyricist - Joe Smith, Mixing Engineer - TQ, Producer - TQ, Arranger
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Album review
To give credit where it's due, the Boston trio known as LFO was responsible for much of the writing and production on their debut album. Their voices are almost as good as the Backstreet Boys, much better when they're singing choruses together than when they stretch out on solo spots. And those choruses are quite catchy on the single "Summer Girls," "Girl on TV," and several other tracks. What sinks LFO even before any of the choruses, however, is some of the worst faux-rap rhymes ever heard in the music world, aside from the Rodney Dangerfield novelty rap single and the occasional K-Mart commercial. Though "Summer Girls" has a great hook and nice combo singing, the rhymes -- flagrant offenses include "When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet/Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets"; "Stayed all summer, then went back home/Macaulay Culkin was in Home Alone"; and "Fell deep in love but now we ain't speakin'/Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton" -- are enough to elicit a groan from everyone old enough to remember Family Ties. It's the same story on "Girl on TV" ("Shooby doo wop and Scooby Snacks/Met a fly girl and I can't relax"), and by the time listeners hit the third track, a "soulful" ballad named "Cross My Heart," LFO has lost any possible credibility with post-teen audiences. It's a bit of a shame because the group shines on light bouncy hip-pop like "Can't Have You" and "Baby Be Mine," though the latter loses points for being yet another R&B hit to sample the '80s hit "Human" by Human League. It's encouraging that a (mostly) self-produced teen pop group can make a bit of headway on the charts, but in this case, the trio could have used a bit more studio supervision.
© Keith Farley /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:08
- Main artists: LFO
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Electronic Techno
(P) 1999 BMG Ariola München GmbH
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