St. Elsewhere (Special Edition/+DVD) - Gnarls Barkley > Reviews > "St. Nowhere"

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Average
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	One hit and lots of B-sides
Value for Money	Good

Advantages:	Excellent album presentation and DVD recorded perfomances
Disadvantages:	Bit of the same thing !

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

After the release of his superb first U.K. single "Crazy" he really

did make himself stand out from rest. I also found recently, that

Gnarls Barkley was also associative with a well known R&B

and Hip-hop group called OutKast. So I decided to buy his

album called "St. Elsewhere", which was produced by Danger

Mouse, aka Brian Burton. Danger Mouse aka Brain Burton was

nominated for "Producer of the Year" working with the "virtual

band" Gorillaz! Therefore, I purchased the double disc album

from Virgin MegaStores for £12.99 from the High street but

online prices varies between £7.99 - £13.00 (Brand new!).

Listening to the first disc (no.1, which consists of 14 tracks),

obviously I really enjoyed listening to his first U.K. released

single called (no.2) "Crazy", then "Smiley Faces" (no.5) a song

which is influenced by Swingers/Blue music. Going down the

pecking order a few songs had a same structure, in other words

nothing really interesting to nod your head too!

So I proceed to second disc (no.2), which is in a DVD format.

Altogether 10 sections; 4 of his original music videos and 6

recorded live performances. To be honest I really enjoyed

watching and listening to the DVD, I thought his performance

with Jools Holland was absolutely FAB! While his performance

on channel 4 singing "Smiley Faces" was a BRILLIANT live

recorded performance, his lyrics are abit sublime

sometimes! "Go Go Gadget Gospel" was not too bad

and so "who cares" track for some reason every time I hear this

song I have butterflies in my stomach (WEIRD!).

The album includes:

Disc One - CD

1. Go Go Gadget Gospel

2. Crazy

3. St. Elsewhere

4. Gone Daddy Gone

5. Smiley Faces

6. The Boogie Monster

7. Feng Shui

8. Just A Thought

9. Transformer

10. Who Cares

11. On Line

12. Necromancing

13. Storm Coming

14. The Last Time

Disc Two - DVD
Videos

1. Crazy

2. Gone Daddy Gone

3. Smiley Faces

4. Go Go Gadget Gospel

Performances (From Channel 4 Special)

5. Crazy

6. Smiley Faces

7. Who Cares

8. Gone Daddy Gone
Audio
9. Crazy [Live On Top Of The Pops]

10. Gone Daddy Gone [Live On Jools Holland]

Release date: 13-11-2006
Label: WARNERS

Overall my verdict is excellent album presentation, AVERAGE

tracks for me! I think he is another great emerging talent from

the U.S., but for some reason turning into a commercial artist

can make you under-perform on the big stage even though he's

already a millionaire!

Many Thanks!!!!!!