How Bizarre

OMC | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001EP7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,601 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. On The Run

2. How Bizarre

3. Never Coming Back

4. Breaking My Heart

5. Angel In Disquise

6. Lingo With The Gringo

7. Land Of Plenty

8. Right On

9. Pours Out Your Eyes

10. She Loves Italian

11. I Love L.A.

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Aptly titled CD, August 11, 2003

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hey_steve (Sedgwick, ME United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How Bizarre (Audio CD)

OK, so many opinions on this CD. And ALL of them are right, sort of. Making sense? No. How bizarre. Lemme see if I can sort this out.

OMC has only released the one CD. And it's available used for the closest price to free. Yet it's almost indispensable!? How bizarre. I bought it new at a closeout price from one of the biggie mail order companies. Did I feel rooked? No. If I had paid full price, would I have felt cheated? Probably. Like many others, I had only heard the song "How Bizarre". A true 90's one hit wonder. I still enjoy it when I hear it, but, this CD has many other joys waiting to be discovered. "Right On" and "Pour Out Your Eyes" among them.

One look at the credits and you realize that OMC would not exist without one Pauly Fuemana. Take Ray Romano, ship him off to New Zealand and have him write music instead of comedy and you might have Pauly. The lyrics are witty, yet if you turned your back on them, they just might bite you on the behind. The instrumentation is tight, yet, just a bit off.

As far as Pauly's vocals, um, I guess I'm just not used to New Zealanders rapping. But it's much more refreshing than anything Vanilla Ice ever did.

In other reviews, the other two songs that are talked about the most are "She Loves Italian" which many disliked, well, I liked the song. And as far as Randy Newman's "I Love LA", while most liked it, I didn't think it had anything new to offer.

Summary, a real mixed bag. I'd recommend buying it, used or at a discounted price. You're either going to love it or hate it. Perhaps, this will be the most wishy-washy review I've ever done. Guess that's how this CD makes me feel.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OMC, December 9, 2003

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Russell Diederich (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Bizarre (Audio CD)

This is a different genre of music, at least very eclectic. If nothing else, it is a fun listen. There seems to be a little of everything here, a little hip-hop, touch of rap, blues, Latin, Country, and some poetic lyrics. This is a sleeper album and will sneak up on you when you least expect it. Nearly everyone has heard the single "How Bizarre" off of this album. Nothing else sounds like it, and if you're hoping for a whole album of the title track, stick to the single.

Most of the songs here are actually very good. "Breaking My Heart" has a country-ish sound to the solo slide guitar, but more of a hip-hop feel with the percussion, and a jazzy sounding horn blaring a killer solo. It makes for an interesting combination for the song. Most of the songs follow the same formula using different components. The opening track, "On the Run" has a good groove to it, with hybrid-rap lyrics with an acoustic guitar backing. He opens "Angel In Disguise" with violins. A very ballad-like song. "Land of Plenty" is similar with more horns. The trumpets on "Right On" have a beautiful Latin sound, then he throws in slide guitar.

It is nearly impossible to classify OMC as his songs are bits and pieces of so many different types of music. This New Zealander is worth it though, and since this album can be found rather inexpensively, it may be worth checking out. This sleeper may wake up on you too.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real music lover, July 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How Bizarre (Audio CD)

I have owned this collection of songs for a good long while now and never tire of hearing it. I have never responded to any music review previously although I own over 3,000 cd's and used to own several music stores. I was wondering how this cd could only have a 3 1/2 overall star rating so pulled up the other reviews. My , my , my seems as some metal heads and popular fm radio listeners bought the wrong product. The song "How Bizzare" although a fm/am hit is perhaps the worst tune on the record with the remainder being an imposing collection of lyrics and musicianship. Seems as if the uninformed and tin-eared folks that rated these tunes less than three stars either didn't know what they were purchasing (oops!) or listen to too much radio. Pauly Fuemana writes from the heart and covers many idigenous issues with anger , humour and itelligence. the circle of musicians he has surrounded himself with should be proud of their heritage and musical accomplishment. For those who deemed these songs forgetable , ditto to you and may the force be with you on your mucical journies , you need all the help you can get. Indigenous rap works for me.