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Article: Album Review: Gnarls Barkley: St Elsewhere: Danger Mouse: powerhouse of a new musical revolution
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- The Scotsman
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- April 21, 2006
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GNARLS BARKLEY: ST ELSEWHERE, WARNER BROS, GBP 12.99 ****
STANDOUT hit singles - tracks that capture the popular imagination
but also raise the bar creatively - are few and far between these
days, especially No1 singles. Can you imagine a song like the
Specials' Ghost Town even being released now, never mind making it to
the top of the charts?
But current chart-topper Crazy is notable, not just for making
history as the first single to hit No1 on download sales alone (all
31,000 of them), but for the patent aura of instant classic radiating
from its sublime marriage of old-school soul vocal and sparse but
inexorably compelling hip-hop beats.
The enigmatic artist responsible, Gnarls ...