Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

This review is being rewritten at the moment, and will reappear when I'm happy with it. I'm currently rewriting all of my old reviews to make them better and more in line with 'proper' reviews like you see on the liks of Pitchfork or Stylus, and naturally that's going to take a bit of work. Sorry for being massively inconvinient, but that's just how I roll, folks! I'll try to rewrite this review as quickly as possible, but for the moment I've written ...
...serve as a place holder until my glorious full and proper review is created. An awful album, due mostly to the hideous and infantile music and Mika's terrible songwriting ability. When the music is fun, his voice inevitably spoils things with it's mock pretentions of equalling Jeff Buckley and Freddie Mercury. An awful album, I repeat. ...

Seresecros 15.03.2007 · Read full review
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...made me buy his album Life In Cartoon Motion from Amazon (£8.98) It’s full of fun and happy songs which I just love everyday. It never seems to get boring! ----------------------------- What’s on the CD:- ----------------------------- There are 11 tracks in total on the CD and all are pretty good, although a couple are somewhat trying on the patients!! ----------------------------- 1. First of all it starts the happy hour and a bit of playing ...
...this one very very very well by now! With its catchy lyrics about colours and a really high pitched voice which I have mastered the art of!! It was this track alone that made Mika his fortune and weeks at number 1 in the charts. Good on’ya! ----------------------------- 2. Then we roll into “Lollipop” which is a curious track, like all the tracks on the CD! About sucking on a lollipop…I think i'll stop now! A bit like Grace Kelly, happy and fun ...

nuttynaomi 11.05.2007 · Read full review
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Who is this guy? I have to say that I personally think he is absolutely brilliant and someone for us to focus on in 2007 - I really feel it is his year. I knew I had to have this album when I heard the musical genius masterpiece, that is his number one single Grace Kelly. This is just what I have been waiting for. His music mirrors aspects of Elton John, Freddie Mercury and Scissor Sisters; all of which I love already so he couldn't really go wrong ...
...'sunshine' music. It is bouncy, fun and he exudes eccentricity! You only have to see his album cover to know that you are instantly in for a really good album. It's worth listening to lyrics of Mika's tracks because sometimes however bizarre or fun they might sounds, they often ring quite true. I recently heard him referred to as a "one-hit wonder" but I think that person was very much mistaken. As with all my reviews, I will go through track ...

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Rarely does an album catch my attention enough to make me write about it. The last one to inspire a review was Lily Allen’s “Alright Still”, with its evocative mix of styles and innovative lyrics and her beautiful, lilting voice. Mika’s “Life In Cartoon Motion” album, however, captured my imagination enough this morning to make me forget all about vacuuming the pub before opening and instead sat at the bar tapping my foot along to its upbeat, entertaining ...
...in to my music collection thanks to Terry Wogan’s insistence that he play the hit single “Grace Kelly” repeatedly, every-single-bleeding-morning-at-7:30 when my alarm went off. Entertaining as that single is, it gets a bit tedious when heard repeatedly. Then I saw the album and thought ‘what the hell, it’s got a good title and I need something different for the pub – they’re getting a bit fed up of Lily Allen these days.’ And, to be blunt, I’m glad ...

markd_uk 22.04.2007 · Read full review
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Mika burst into the charts earlier this year with the amazing track "Grace Kelly" his style seems unique yet as you listen to his album you can pick up influences of many different bands. When I first heard "Grace Kelly" I thought it was the band Orson, until I made a point of finding the single. Now, I'm a stay at home mum more used to knowing what the Tweenies are up to rather than the music charts so I'd never heard of Mika, but his fun filled ...
...captured my interest and I found myself listening out for his next release, I was even more impressed with the fantastic "Love today" and decided I'd treat myself and buy his album "Life in cartoon motion" I don't usually write albums reviews as they're notoriously tricky however I am so in love with the album I wanted to write about it. You are caught straight away by the psycadellic album cover, almost 1950's in it's design with bold pattern and ...

piggypine 29.08.2007 · Read full review
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Life in a Cartoon Motion ( Universal) This camp and sound alike Freddie mercury has exploded on to the music scene this year and has already shot to number one with single Grace Kelly, which catapulted him to number one and superstardom. He could be around for a long time to come Life in a Cartoon is Mika's (pronounced Meeka) is his debut album. The 23 year old born in Lebanon could go along way. Some might say the further the better but if you like ...
...Mika has an Amazing voice and the album is full of tunes that are as catchy as hell. The CD makes a great start with Number one single Grace Kelly and is followed by Lollipop silly but bouncy. Another good song is Love Today definitely chart material. Billy Brown could also make the charts it's the story of a gay man who can't make his mind up if he wants men or women. If you want more of Mika carry on listening after the last track called Happy ...

judepaw 19.02.2007 (20.02.2007) · Read full review
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Mika must be one of the most unqiue talents to explode onto the music scene in recent times. Sounding almost like a young Freddie Mercury, crossed with Robbie Williams his debut album, hot on the heels of the single Grace Kelly, would be interesting. Mika is a Lebanese born, London based singer, with a huge vocal range, displayed in the first track of this album, Grace Kelly, with a poppy Darkness style sound. It's annoyingly catchy, and is a great ...
...annoying tune, although, for some reason, this is a slight disappointment to be after the energy of the first track. My Interpretation follows, with a slower piano start. This is more of a ballad with a lot of pianos, and a strong chorus. This is one of the more Robbie Williams style tracks, and shows that Mika's not just a one trick pony. Love today follows, which must be one of the most annoyingly catchy tracks ever. It follows a similar style ...

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about mika:- Mika ( Michael Holbrook Penniman born in 1983) is a Beirut-born, Paris and London-raised, London-based singer.A self-taught piano virtuoso, gymnastic vocalist and born entertainer Mika has music in his bones and at a prodigiously young age he was ready to show out.after moving out from beirut due to war was at its peak,mika got his school finnished in london and got in to music since he discovered thats what he was so passionate about.mika ...
...does not onli sing well but write and produce also.he's a great performer and orchestrator.he has made himself the unique one because of his great talent and passion towards his work. my experience;- i found mika on mtv when his song gracekelly was being played,i cudn't resist myself since it was something so new,exciting and flamboyant after a long time,acuallty no depressing song this time halleulajah, then i got my self the whole album which ...

sannz14 17.10.2007 (05.11.2007) · Read full review
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i love this album and i think he is such an original artist. I havent quite heard music like this in a very long time. It is for all age groups and is highly recommended from me! The songs on the album consitst of: Grace Kelly This one the first song that made mika so big in the uk. It was completely original and his video made everyone want to hear it over and over again. This song relates to the scissor sisters songs alot, and it contains alot ...
...as this! Lollipop This song has a bouncy chorus and is incredibly addictive. Its a fun song to listen to and would get everyone in a happy mood! My interpretation This song has a very powerful chorus and yet again is a fun song to listen to. It contaisn hugh notes as always from mika but a lovely song. Love today This is a great song, a bit naughty if you spend time to interpretate it. Its a great tune to dance to and a song that will put you ...

Lovlable2 07.07.2007 · Read full review
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Mika- Life In Cartoon Motion Tracks: Grace Kelly Lollipop My Interpretation Love Today Relax Any Other World Billy Brown Big Girl Stuck In the Middle Happy Ending/Over My Shoulder Ring Ring Review: If this is really what ‘Life in Cartoon Motion’ is like, then I wish I was a cartoon character. This very eccentric man has brought love and happiness to me. As you have worked out from my other reviews, the albums I normally listen to are ...
...happiness. He comments on weird and wonderful people, like himself. Each song on the album is very good. Fortunately I heard his single Grace Kelly. At the time it was very weird and annoying, but the more you heard it the better it got. I loved the extremely high vocals and loved singing along to many of the songs on the album. As I said, they make you just feel happy. Grace Kelly, was a short and snappy song, and I believe it introduced this man ...

mushtaqquraishi 30.07.2007 · Read full review
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Its been a hard 2 or 3 years in the music business for Pop music. Indie bands took over the country as Pop bands and singers faded out or split. Pop fans lived off the Pop tracks of McFly or stuck to myspace where they discovered up and coming singers of the time such as Lily Allen. But it was not something that could last forever, and as some artists brought some hints of pop back and Take That came back old and wrinkly, it was time for a singer ...
...Mika came in. Truthly, his success story did not start until his second release, as in 2006 Mika tried to release his later hit 'Relax, Take It Easy', which failed to gain interest anywhere as near as it did after he rose and took over as one of the best male solo artists of the year. Grace Kelly was release towards the beginning of 2007 and was where proper Pop music should have been decared back - and better as ever! With its catchy sing-a-long ...

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A new star has born if we have to talk about music. His artistic name is Mika, maybe whoever didn't listen him on the radio yet, could think that the artist is a girl because of the name, but the point is that he is a male singer-songwriter. Mika made his debut with the record called "Life in Cartoon Motion" which came out in 2007. This collection of songs are very enjoyable and he had excelled himself up to now with four tracks as singles which ...
..."Happy ending". I'd like to highlight that the kind of music that he shows in this compact disc is pretty playful even though sometimes some of the tracks could turn out somewhat ridiculous especially in the second track called "Lollipop" where Mika performs a duet with a kid. The whole album has 10 songs as well as a bonus track called "Over my shoulder" and lasts nearly 45 minutes; besides if you have a conmputer at home, you could have the chance ...

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I bought Mikas' debut album, Life in Cartoon Mition, a few weeks ago and having listened to it quite long and hard I thought it was about time I wrote a review. Like most I first heard of Mika when he released his debut single 'Grace Kelly' which like many debut singles of late went to number one, but this track and artist really deserves it. The track, which is the first on the album, shows his massive vocal range and in many parts shows the amazing ...
...the feelings felt during a life changing experience such as death. Billy Brown, the next track, is one of my favourites, and has great rhyming lyrics about a man confused about his sexuality. The lyrics have a great truth to them but are delivered in a way that you can't help laugh at. Track eight, Big Girl (you are beautiful), was the third single, conveys a message not often heard in the entertainment industry, that larger women are beautiful ...

CarlG 19.10.2007 · Read full review
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...to leave war- torn Lebanon to Paris, His Sister Yasmine is an Artist and paints under the nom de plume Dawack, painted the art for his album Life in Cartoon Motion. I bought it from Morrisons for £7.97 but they have sold it for £7 as a special offer. ...

chocs59 17.10.2007 · Read full review
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I think most of this album is really good, There are only about 2 or 3 songs i would have to skip. My favourite tracks on the album would have to be Grace Kelly, Lolipop and Big Girl (you are beatutiful). I would say these three are my favourite beacuse they are upbeat and entertaining. ...

katie__X 02.06.2007
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