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| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. A Grand Love Theme |
| 2. Relaxin' With Cherry |
| 3. Love Me Sweet |
| 4. The Bootleggers |
| 5. Calling Aventura King |
| 6. Sister Curare |
| 7. She's My Lover (A Song For R.) |
| 8. She Woolf Daydreaming |
| 9. Alone Again So |
| 10. Cosmic Supernatural |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. La Seduzione |
| 2. Pearly Girly Man |
| 3. Cum'on |
| 4. The Wrong Number |
| 5. She's My Lover (A Revolution Sitting Stoned In A Field- Remix Edit) |
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very sexy beats with a smooth but always changing rhythm,
By A Customer
This review is from: Grand Love Story (Audio CD)
It's very easy to fall for this kid loco... He created such a beautiful mix of ecletic sounds and rocking beats through out these two CDs. "A Grand Love Theme" is a sweet introduction that starts you up to ask for more. "Relaxin' with Cherry" is classic, providing deeper bass sounds, but still maintains a smooth, snappy melody. The break in the middle is irresistibly groovey. This music is so great because it is very dance provoking, but it is also extremely mellow and relaxing with its singing flute and seductive vocals and lyrics. Bravo! Vivre La France!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet Smokey Paths,
By A Customer
This review is from: A grand love story (Audio CD)
The liner notes offer the information that this record was produced and mixed "with incomparable taste and perception by the still handsome but really stoned Kid Loco" and perhaps therein lies the only drawback to an otherwise pretty satisfying album. I'm not sure exactly where though. Perhaps it's the smugness implied in the whole thing, dripping in smarmy self-satisfaction. Perhaps it's the "real stoned" part. In any case, it's probably not fair to complain too much about a little unintentional cheesiness here and there because this is a very pretty and groovy record that provides a fat bud's worth of light trip-hop bass 'n' beats skipping along under warm guitars, sitars, flutes and pianos in space. If you like clean mellow sounds to get stoned to, this record will not disappoint. "A Grand Love Theme" and Cosmic Supernatural" are chock full of mood and originality, gently nodding along--when the sample goes "Love is the voice of music", you gotta agree and it is suddenly clear why such luminaries as Stereolab and Mogwai are among those who have asked him to remix them. I only wish the Kid had gone that extra step on several tracks, using less played-out samples and synth sounds for example. There are too many sounds that I recognize from other records. Some tracks also would benefit from being pushed into another direction than a simple theme-break-theme format. Although "Love Me Sweet" is nice enough and features Katrina out of the Pastels who has *such* a voice, it is very reminiscent of the Chemical Brothers' track with Beth Orton while lacking the latter's depth and melody. Ultimately, Kid Loco isn't forging any new frontiers, but he's tracing some sweet smokey paths.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love me sweet, pretty baby,
This review is from: Grand Love Story (Audio CD)
In "A Grand Love Story," producer Kid Loco (real name: Jean Yves Prieur) has created the perfect downtempo album. His French trip-hop is laid-back and airy, but much warmer and sunnier than most such albums. Things get a bit odd in the middle, but it's never boring and never too strange.
It opens with the gently ambient "A Grand Love Theme," and follows up with gentle trip-hop and guitar-laced pop music. But things start to get a little eerie in "Bootleggers," a wavery little song that becomes darker and a bit more surreal, with horns and the occasional odd clatter. "Calling Aventura King" is slower and more ambiguous -- it has warm, soft notes woven in the essentially cold beats. And "Sister Curare" is a patchwork of odd samples. Things shift back into warmer climes with "She's My Lover (A Song For R.)," an exotic little tune that brings us back into the realm of warm chill-out music. That arc is what makes the album so intriguing, since it keeps listeners from predicting what the next song will sound like. It's a bit like walking into a haunted house on a sunny day, and walking back out into the sun at the end. On that note, "Grand Love Story," ends with the gently spacey "Cosmic Supernatural," which reminds one of watching the stars while listening to the radio. There's a warm pastoral flavor to "Grand Love Story," as if Kid Loco is driving you through the countryside. These are truly beautiful pop songs, and they show Loco's exceptional skill as a downtempo artist, whether it's happily stoned pop, ghostly trip-hop, or warm ambience. Some of the songs are almost completely constructed of sampling, although in songs like "Relaxin' With Cherry" the gentle guitar line and mellow drumming ties it all together. Prieur also contributes some faint vocals, and Katrina Mitchell of the Pastels gives a pretty guest performance in "Love Me Sweet." She sounds a little uncertain as she sings to a quiet percussion backdrop, although even that is charming to hear. "A Grand Love Story" is perhaps the perfect example of a chillout trip-hop album, without a single dull song and with plenty of little tweaks to keep things interesting. Absolutely wonderful.
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