St. Elsewhere Part II (& Better)

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	• The Odd Couple Gnarls Barkley Atlantic, 2008 average customer review:based on 64 reviews view larger image
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A near perfect follow up

After the 5 star truly amazing St Elsewhere, I wasn't really expecting anything extraordinary as a follow up - how wrong could I have been! Like St Elsewhere, there is not a single track that doesn't 'fit'. Maybe not quite as complex as St Elsewhere, but still quite simply a thrill to listen to. The coolest, slickest, smartest collaboration in recent memory!

Great album

I really love over half of this album. There is enough variety in tempo and style to enjoy end-to-end.

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St. Elsewhere Part II (& Better)

The Odd Couple sticks pretty close to the formula that was established on their debut. Dangermouse does his best to incorporate every instrument known to man in his beats & Cee-Lo is at his paranoid best. The 1st three tracks flatter to deceive as they almost sound conventional but Dangermouse throws a curve ball on "Would Be Killer" & "Open Book" just to remind us that this is after all a Gnarls Barkley release. Beyond that however the weirdness fades and tracks like "Surprise" sounds like nothing more than two hip-hopsters experimenting with a bit of rock.

Lyrically Cee-Lo plays the role of paranoid mad man but every once in a while, as on "Blind Mary" he throws in a bit 'sweet & innocence' in the mix. The same 'sweet & innocence' that is found in movies like 'There's Something About Mary'

Ultimately it is the fact that Gnarls Barkley do not break any new ground that make this a better, albeit less challenging, affair. They stick to the script with great effect making for an album that you can listen to from front to back and then repeat.

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