Customer Reviews
Sly, intelligent, and sexy - By: R.J.W89, 27 Nov 2007 
Royksopp is a wonderful find, &in particular Melody A.M. The group have, & with great success, produced a collection of tracks with great continuity and, I must add, respect for their listener's ears. It is truly a delight to put on this record. Although the tracks can be soothing, & ideal for chill out, I thought a few allowed you to do anything but chill out. Poor Lenoin particular is sexy, & creeps up on you when you're least expecting it.
Brilliant.
Sofa music to chill to on a Sunday afternoon!!!! - By: Mr. B. Fraser, 11 Sep 2007 If you've had a hectic frenetic week, give your ears a birthday!-close the curtains, have the phone off-hook,lie on the sofa with a drinkin hand-then be transported to peace-perfect peace! Outstanding chill-out, even after five years!.
I love it - By: vivsy, 11 Aug 2007 This is electronic instrumental chill out music at its best. I bought it on a whim & I wasn't disappointed-the whole album is very easy on the ear & perfect music for the last hour or so of a party when you are all feeling nicely mellow.
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.... - By: Neil Wilt, 13 Apr 2007 ....don't know that I've ever used that word to describe an album before, however, this one certainly fills the shoes of the compliment!!
A little late to the plate on this one, it appears. Just found this at a used CD joint & took a chance. Had heard a couple tracks on Area33 (Sirius) & took a chance on it. Can't believe what a good choice that was. The album is absolutely packed with some of the most fluid, well organized Electronica/Chill music you could wish for. Never harsh, always enjoyable. Not a track to skip on the entire album. If you dig electronic music of any genre, you can appreciate & fallin love with the Roylsopp camp.
Was lucky enough to score the double CD set which includes four re-mixes & three videos. Bonus discs are typically disposable, at leastin my experience. This one includes four very well put together remixes that would stand on their own. The inclusion of the videos is just icing on the cake.
Buy the album, you won't be disappointed.
Weathering the ravages of time nicely - By: Simon J. Whight, 22 Feb 2005 
I think just about everyone has heard this & most likely owns this but I like to stick my oarin anyway. I once heard this described as dance musics answer to Pink Floyd. I shudder to think where that review had their head stuck when listening to it but I can imagine it was dark, smelly & none to pleasant.
Its essentially funky chill time music without becoming entirely coffee table, as has happened with certain other crossover artists of this genre. Good catchy tunes but with a bit of grit & rawness to them. Like everyone else I heard this first on THAT mobile phone advert, from the first moment I knew that it wasn't your standard advert music. It had a cetain quality to it that made it stickin your head. Luckily for Royksopp, the rest of the album keeps up with the same quality of So Easy. By a long shot, the best track is the quirky Eple. Big fat breaks, off kilter twinkly keys & a gorgeous synth breakdown that takes you up, down, around & just about everywhere with it. Up there with this, & slightly less recognised, is the epic Royksopps Night Out. It could be an accompaniment to a Bond-esque chase scene, a 60s-ish groove works along hypnotically with lovely soundtracky orchestral stabs adding to the atmosphere.
Everyone should know the singles by now, the funky, chipper house of Poor Leno & the electronic shuffle of Remind Me. The vocals, never overpowering, are subtle, letting the tracks shine & have a certain easy listening quality to them. Don't associate easy listening with bland here.
An album that deserved its hype, its standing up to the tests of time ... the continual mentionsin the media & severe overplaying of all its tracks haven't lessened its charms too much. I do tend to find myself flicking it on to check Eple more than anything else but thats a hell of alot better than it being confined to a dusty dark spot on a CD rack.
The single releases were also backed up by some mighty fine remixes, vinyl junkies can do no wrong than to head to the Silicone Soul re-rub of Poor Leno, James Zabiela/Tom Middleton/Ernest St Laurence remixes of Remind Me were all individual & quality, even Murk (who I tend to find chuck out ALOT of tribal dullathons) comein with a quality mix of Sparks. Those wanting more of what Royksopp have to offer themselves can do no wrong than to check their amazing remix of Felix Da Housecat's What Does It Feel Like?
Good stuff, now we just have to see if a follow up can match this.
