Fosbury

Tahiti 80 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Militia
• ASIN: B000IOMY4S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Day

2. Changes

3. Here Comes...

4. Matter of Time

5. King Kong

6. Something About You Girl

7. Your Love Shines

8. Take Me Back

9. Alloveragain

10. What Next

11. On the Run

12. Paradise

13. Cherry Pie

14. Empty and Amused

Editorial Reviews

After selling hundreds of thousands of records across the world, French popsters Tahiti 80 return with their third album, `Fosbury'. Available domestically for the first time, `Fosbury' picks up where the band left off by blending the sounds of fellow French contemporaries Phoenix and Air with the funkier elements of Prince. The sound is dominated by sub-bass, sturdy beats, philly string flourishes and quirky electronic noises. To keep with the band's sound evolution they chose to work with Neal Pouge and Serban Ghenea who fittingly are best known for their work Outkast and Nerd. ''Lemon fresh, sugar sweet French popsters...absolutely irresistible...Tahiti 80 are refreshingly unlike anything else out there right now'' Rocksound.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars this is pretty painful..., April 12, 2005

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MEWZIK - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fosbury (Audio CD)

I think Tahiti80 are in a slump. I really do like the last two full lengths enough to buy the imports immediately, but I just learned a $40.00 lesson.

The record cover for starters is pretty terrible. A panda in a tux posing with the band? C'MON! It looks like a bad glamour shot.

Xavier's voice sounds exactly the same, unfortunately in many ways so does the music, that is either overproduced in their own right and watered-down. Unlike Puzzle and Wallpaper, not once did I think to put it back on a track I especially liked. Honestly, I was fighting to not hit the skip button by track two.

Save your money for the domestic release if you are curious enough. It's just such a shame. I wish they would have gone more in the direction of Antonelli, to beef up slightly. It is such an amazing track, even if it is instrumental.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fosbury -fantastique!, September 22, 2005

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Adam Morris "Morrie" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fosbury (Audio CD)

Having only come across "Fosbury" and Tahiti 80 in the past three weeks, I guess I'm a little late in finding out about, what I consider is, this marvellous group. "Fosbury" is one of my favourite records of this year. To me, the album's melodic, shiny, funky and, seemingly, effortlessly fresh. The rhythms are great: locked in and riding the groove. The melodies feel warm but slightly melancholic to me, making it my perfect daily soundtrack, here at the end of summer in London. That said, songs like 'Changes' and 'Big Day' fizz with positivity and enthusiasm putting a spring in my step on the way to work - and that's saying something! While there are a lot of songs on the album, I don't feel "Fosbury" ever really loses energy; it simply changes the pace from a clipped blue-eyed soul track to a gentle ballad that reminds me of Paul McCartney [a good thing in my books, but I appreciate others may draw a breath in horror at that remark...]. Overall, I have thoroughly enjoyed "Fosbury" and having had the pleasure of seeing the group perform live last week, I can say they also do the album justice on stage and are a lovely bunch of guys. Vive Tahiti 80!

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME SOUND, GREAT BAND!!!!, March 14, 2007

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Shane T. Lynch "Shane Lynch" (Portland, OR.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fosbury (Audio CD)

This is one of the funnest, most creative albums I have listened to in a long time. Tahiti 80's sound is incredibly unique and fresh. I can only describe them as a intense collision of soul, funk, indie-pop and rock. It may seem perplexing for a band to pull together such a vast array of influence, but these guys do it brilliantly and this record is an intricate masterpiece. If you don't want to take my word for it, then check out their videos for "China Town," "Big Day," and "Changes" at You Tube.