Happy Love Sick

Shifty, Shifty | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Maverick
• ASIN: B0002BO06C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,665 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Guilty Pleasure of 2004, September 16, 2004

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alex "Music Lover" (Barcelona, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy Love Sick (Audio CD)

I must admit it. Shifty's cd is going to be my guilty plesaure of the year. Guilty in the sense that I'm aware of all that the cd lacks and aware too of all the things this cd wrongly overpasses, but I just can't avoid the urge to play it repeteadly.

It's basically a feel-good-in-the-sun cd with all the things that that means, including the silly lyrics reflecting the macho-jackass "This is gonna be your lucky night, babe" attitude so overheard and overplayed, and has got the counterpart wich really doesn't help at all to get things better: the moving ballads, the two or three songs that must prove everybody that appart from having fun, driving, drinking, sunbathing and (trying to) have sex, life has treaten you badly, you were (or still are) on the wild side and can be dangerous w/o losing your cool attitude. Dangerous way of thinking, I might say (take for instance the verse "you learn from my mistakes, but it's more fun to follow me" on "When We Were Young"). Uh-uh... The singing reeks of the pseudo-rap flavour so well known of summer hits and there is the scent of bands like Sugar Ray, 311 and (surprise) Crazy Town all over it (whcih is not a bad thing at all, don't misunderstand me)

So, what is leading me to give "Happy Love Sick" 4 stars? The sheer pleasure of it. Songs are catchy. "Lolita", "Slide Along Side" and "Stary Eyed Surprise" might be the best tracks (Paul Oakenfold's behind the last one, which is a guarantee) and I will even admit that "All Along" is superbely written, it perfectly catches the feeling of discovering that your best friend is turning into something else. Popcorn feelings, candy lyrics, sunny melodies and summer beats.

Don't blame it on Shifty. For a strange reason, he knows what he's doing. I hate the majority of lyrics and being Spanish (eventhough having studied English since I was 8) luckily allows me to disconnect from them and only focus on the rythm when I want to. I'm still freaking out that I'm enjoying it as much as I do, but, oh well, who cares? Ease your mind.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sun, Beach , Girls, August 18, 2004

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B. Kunkel "BlackCloud" (Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy Love Sick (Audio CD)

I think the Album is fabulous for people who have fun in life, the album brings the sun to shine. You have raggea, pop and uptempo songs on that record but also songs with great lyrics like a better place or take away the pain. You can not compare the songs with Crazy Town , this is a whole other kind of music (I'm since ever crazy town fan), Shifty is doing his own thing. When you like "California-Feeling-Songs" then buy this record :) !

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album is Da BoMb - Highly Recommended, July 28, 2004

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-==Stealth==- - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy Love Sick (Audio CD)

I was browsing the music aisle and saw this new release of Shifty. I was kinda sceptical but was like hmm lets just give this a shot. And boy was I surprised...this is like the most kick ass album ever. I love most of the songs and the beats are catchy. Highly recommended. If you liked Butterfly, you'll like this one.

Go Shifty!!