Everyone Loves You [Import]

Naomi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mole Listening Pearl
• ASIN: B0000658TE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #536,641 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Girlfriend

2. White

3. Zero Zero One

4. Everyone Loves You When You're Down

5. Butter Worker

6. Heavy Little Lights

7. Syndicate

8. We Are So Beautiful

9. Go

10. Curious

11. Anybody Here?

Editorial Reviews

From URB Magazine

Is it me or is 2002 turning out to be a stellar year for music? So far we've heard laud-worthy efforts from N.E.R.D., Timo Maas, Playgroup, High Contrast and Recloose, all early candidates for year-end Top 10 lists (best of all, these records represent an aggressively panoramic range of vibes, from brainy pop-hop to punk-funked disco). A few rotations into Everyone Loves You and it sounds like we can safely add Berlin duo Naomi to that lofty league.

At first listen, it's easy to wonder why Naomi isn't an automatic lock for those endless "chill-out" compilations like Zero 7 and Bent; Naomi crafts similar sad-eyed soup of smoky pop-hop (no tripping, please!). It's a sonic landscape where influences run from St. Etienne at their most lovelorn ("White," featuring the soothing voice of Selda Kaya) to maudlin sing-a-longs that the Pet Shop Boys would give their Issey Miyake sock collection for ("Everyone Loves You When You're Down"). Kaya also adds her sultry whisper to the moody house pulse of "Heavy Little Lights," a track that's screaming for a 12-inch release (subtle hint).

They turn up the irony on the disco-fied "We Are So Beautiful" (another one the Pet Shop Boys forgot to write) before delivering the next big chill-out anthem, the uplifting blast of beatific bliss, "Go." It's again powered by the soaring vocals of my new girlfriend, Selda Kaya (did I just say that out loud?). Ending on the gently pleading "Anybody Here?," Everyone Loves You is one worthy of marking time by.

Mark Flash

Product Description

Quality down-tempo jams for fans of Kruder & Dorfmeister & Royksopp. The first pressing is a limited edition digipak with a bonus CD featuring 6 tracks 'Avenue L' Amour', 'Avenue La Mer', 'We Are So Beautiful' (Afrit Remix), 'We Are So Beautiful' (Bastard Nix), 'Everyone Loves You When You're Down' (Aeric's Prozak remix) & 'Everyone Loves You When You're Down' (Calmstreet's Copal Mix). 2002. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous!, June 21, 2002

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"spark112" (Southeast USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everyone Loves You (Audio CD)

Great trip hop -- very mellow and smooth, beautiful vocals that perfectly compliment and don't overpower the grooves.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone in 1, September 28, 2004

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retroGRAD3 (WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everyone Loves You (Audio CD)

This album like the other reviewers said is very GOOD. It has good varitety, meaning you'll never hear the same track twice. I also think the guest singers compliment the album well. The music is top of the line and the production is also very well done. If you like downtempo I have no doubt this will become one of your favorite albums.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Chill-Down-Trip-Groove, March 8, 2007

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M. K. Greene "moderation in moderation" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everyone Loves You (Audio CD)

I originally picked this up for "Go" but the whole CD has a great Chillout, Downtempo, Trip-Hop Groove running through it that is just right. None of these genres overpowers any of the others but they're all there, layered and mixed in just the right proportions.

There's quite a bit of variety across the song mix so there's enough going on to keep you interested but it all stays tied together by a nice groove. You can lounge on the couch and tap your toes or get up and shake your booty. Either way it'll be sweet and smooth. It's great for relaxing on the couch with a glass of wine or as not-too-loud background music at a dinner party.