Momus - The philosophy of Momus
Momus - The philosophy of Momus
EAC/FLAC(img)+CUE+LOG | full scans + lyrics | 411 MB
Pop/Electronic/Acoustic | Cherry Red Records #cd bred 119 | 1995
Tracks
01 Toothbrushed (1:35)
02 The Madness Of Lee Scratch Perry (5:37)
03 It's Important To Be Trendy (4:12)
04 Quark & Charm, The Robot Twins (4:07)
05 Girlish Boy (3:40)
06 Yokohama Chinatown (2:54)
07 Withinity (3:57)
08 K's Diary (2:41)
09 Virtual Valerie (4:03)
10 Red Pyjamas (2:42)
11 The Cabinet Of Kuniyoshi Kaneko (4:09)
12 Side Projector Lie Detector (3:47)
13 Microworlds (4:11)
14 Complicated (3:06)
15 If I Had A Girl (2:47)
16 The Philosophy Of Momus (3:29)
17 The Loneliness Of Lift Music (4:07)
18 Paranoid Acoustic Seduction Machine (3:06)
19 The Sadness Of Things (5:30)
Total time: 1h 9m 56s
Cherry Red Records - CD BRED 119 - May 1995
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The philosophy of Momus
Customer review at Amazon.com
philosopher of the bedroom, July 31, 2000
By "magicshoe"
In the mid-80s, Scottish-born, Japanese-influenced, New York-resident singer-songwriter Nick Currie re-christened himself Momus after the Greek god of laughter and mockery – the one who was banished from Olympus for making fun of Zeus. Our modern-day Momus has been subject to a similar fate: cast into commercial oblivion for mocking the powers that be. And "The Philosophy of Momus" is an excellent place to find out why. That this album didn't dominate the charts of 1995 is one of the more vexing injustices of our times. It features 19 stunning tracks across a wide variety of pop (or mock-pop) styles, from the demented, distorted blues of "Toothbrushead" through the West Indian stylings of the unbelievably catchy "Madness of Lee Scratch Perry" to the gender-bending bubblegum of "Boyish Girl". The songs, as one would expect from a world-class iconoclast like Currie, prick the conscience of society by scandalizing it – this, like all Momus releases, should be plastered several PMRC warning stickers, as its tales of murder sexuality are defintiely NOT for the prudish. But for mature, thinking listeners seeking provocative pop – think Leonard Cohen interpreted by the Pet Shop Boys under the direction of the Marquis de Sade – this is the best thing you'll find this side of Serge Gainsbourg. (And unlike Gainsbourg, Momus is still alive and sings in English.) Nick Currie is nothing less than the greatest living lyricist, and the most criminally underrated artist at work today. The newsgroup devoted to Currie's current US label Le Grand Magistery at egroups.com recently voted "Philosophy of Momus" second only to his 1987 masterpiece "The Poison Boyfriend" as the best of his 15 elpees (not that there's a bad one in the bunch. Pop's reigning egghead raises the bar for what contemporary songcraft is capable of. Ignore it at your peril. I can't recommend it enough!