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Fantastic Plastic Machine

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A stroke of genius that crosses so many musical boundries. Leave your neatly ordered musical tastes behind and buy this, its worth its weight in gold, you will not be sorry.

Somehow these tunes will worm there way into your subconcious and you will be dam glad they did!!!

Great relaxing, loungy, beaty tunes. I would recommend this CD to anyone who likes Pizzicato Five, and any artist on the Sushi 3003 CD which is also great. Tomoyuki Tanaka is too cool!

This is my favorite Fantastic Plastic Machine album! The music is a blast- it's really fun '60's pop. The song "Bachelor Pad" is in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" during the photo shoot scene. If you like Dimitri From Paris' "SacreBleu" album, or Pizzicato Five's "Playboy & Playgirl" album (or any P5 release, for that matter) you'll probably dig this album -Maki even sings the infectiously bouncy "Dear Mr. Salesman." The only thing I don't like is the first track, which is a short (:30?) little introductory skit. Otherwise, this album is really cute & cool!

Categorize it as world-pop, this lot hails from Japan, they make good dance record, that's all. Nothing great, nothing ground-breaking nothing avant garde. It is just one of those interesting little pop records you want to listen after a day of school, cheers you up, makes you energetic again, like expression. Sweet but not to the extent sacchrine, just like Saint Etienne, Dimitri From Paris and...maybe Genle People. Clearly, they have much better taste than your S Club 7 or that'Blue DaBaDi' man. If you feel like enjoying youself to some good record, buy this, and you will never get sick of it.

I stumbled across a cartoon video on The Cartoon Network call "Mars Forever" by this Japanese group and became hooked on the tune. Although that song is not on this CD, this is probably their best known effort and a great place to start enjoying the Fantastic Plastic Machine.

If you like catchy pop tunes that put a smile on your face like Top 40 hits used to in the 60's and 70's, you will LOVE this little gem of an album! Almost every song has an infectious catchy beat to go with fun lyrics sung in sugary female voices.

Highly reccomended. If you don't enjoy this CD you're taking life too seriously.....

I remember getting this album last Christmas ('99). Immediately after taking the CD out of the case, I indulged myself in FPM's world of lounge/euro-pop/'60's groove/techno fusion. And here it is, more than a year later, and I'm still hooked on it. It's that good. Along with luxury, this album is like a breath of fresh air to many who feel that the music from the Top 40 has become too monotonus and boring. Give this album a try, and you might get hooked on it as well...

The Fantastic Plastic Machine is The Fantastic Plastic Machine's US debut. Makes sense, doesn't it? It's a wild mix of disco, lounge and 70s psychedelic pop that the Japanese seem so adept at. "L'Aventure Fantastique" is club-ready; it's so peppy, you'll be high for a week. There's lots of kookiness on display here; for instance, what's up with the lyrics of "Dear Mr. Salesman"? (Answer: they're not meant to be taken seriously.) Their cover of Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" is pure genius, an all-time lounge classic. "Philter" sounds suspiciously like a reimagining of an Italian movie theme. A few tracks are slightly clunkier than others ("Please, Stop!"), but overall, the album is tremendous fun and spirited.

Very good album. I can listen to it all the way through with out skipping tracks, which is somewhat rare. The sound is relaxed, yet upbeat with more organic sounding samples that are not overly repetitive. Melding bosa nova with electronica yields a unique sound that is definitely worth checking out!

If you can't wait for the next Pizzicato 5 album, check out this CD. It is every bit as fun, dizzily melodic, and post-modern savvy as the best that P-5 has to offer. Most of it is pretty beat-heavy, but the hooks are never lost in the mix. The sound is drawn mainly from synthesizers and samples, so the grooves can be sterile. Still, it's all in the spirit of a groovy good time. Try it; i don't think you'll be disappointed.

Escuche por casualidad este CD y me parecio de una linea muy parecida a "Dimitri from Paris" (que me encanto). Interesante propuesta que es perfecta como ambiental, ritmos suaves que antojan una buena charla mientras transcurren cadenciosos ritmos que sin tropiezos nos llevan de la mano al buen humor. Saludos de Horacio.