I Am Not a Doctor [Import, Original recording remastered]

Moloko | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Roadrunner
• ASIN: B00001ZTTK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Flipside

2. Knee Deepen

3. Blink

4. Stylophone Pet

5. Downsized

6. Sorry

7. Sing It Back

8. Pretty Bridges

9. Be Like You

10. Caught in a Whisper

11. Or Zee

12. The Id

13. Tatty Narja

14. Over My Head

15. Should've Been Could've Been

Editorial Reviews

1998 sophomore album for the UK dance-pop duo, currently out-of-print in the U.S. 15 tracks, including the hit, 'The Flipside'. When describing the album, All Music Guide said, 'Abalance of contradictions, Moloko keeps inventiveness and listenability high on their second album'. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trippier, hoppier, and even more fun for you..., September 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: I Am Not a Doctor (Audio CD)

If you were blown away by Moloko's debut release ("Do You Like My Tight Sweater?"), you'll be even more tickled by their follow up, "I Am Not A Doctor". The fifteen tracks show Moloko at their most infectious -- even if there's not a doctor in the house, you won't mind waiting around for a cure once this album gets under your skin. Although some of the tracks ("Sing it Back", "Caught in a Whisper") are a wee bit more more generically "dance" oriented than those on "Sweater", fans of Moloko's zany improvisiational, Freud-gone-amok lyrics and beats won't be disappointed by such standouts as "Knee Deep", "Be Like You", "The Id", and "Over My Head". Those curious little interstitial tracks you loved on "Sweater" (i.e., "Dirty Monkey") are back here again as well -- "Sorry" gives you a minute and a half of beats a la Kraftwerk circa 1981 with a lyrical delivery Yoko Ono would be proud of. If all this sounds confusing and pretentious, relax, it's not -- "I Am Not A Doctor" is 70 minutes of unabashed fun and groovy beats with intelligence and style. Worth every penny of the import price for the gorgeous cover graphics alone.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moloko's best album!, April 14, 2008

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James Greenley "Takeahitjake" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Am Not a Doctor (Audio CD)

I'll start off by saying this: I'm very elitist and picky about my music. There's VERY FEW bands and artists I listen to on a regular basis. I listen to Moloko and Roisin everyday though, and Moloko is my favorite band, Roisin my favorite solo artist.

This is very complex music. It's quirky and often sarcastic, incredibly bizarre with a lot of attitude.

If you are a mindless club droid who enjoys terrible stereotypical dance music, please, look elsewhere, Moloko has little to nothing to do with that god awful butchering remix of Sing It Back. The original Sing It Back however is a pure Moloko creation, and is by no means a dance song. It's a slow, brooding, sinister love song that is full of pain. It's one of their best, but unfortunately, most people who are ignorant about Moloko think that horrible, terrible remix of the song is the original. It isn't, and Moloko does NOT make music remotely similar to that remix.

The other highlights are Blink, my favorite Moloko song and also one of the first songs I've ever heard by them, with it's fierce drum-n-bass psychosis and Roisin screaming frantically over the track in a restrained yet murderous tone, the emotional inferiority complex of Downsized, the odd alien nurse spoken word of Dr. Zee, and of course the bouyant opener of The Flipside. I love every song on this album, and their minor foray into Drum-N-Bass elements paid off big time. All of their albums are good though. Make sure to check out all of their albums if you like this one. This is by far their most abstract work though.

Also check out Roisin's solo music, which is equally brilliant. Her first album is better than her newest but her newest is absolutely amazing as well. She has such a flexible, gorgeous, unique voice that is so unbelievably rare and such a strange, quirky style you really can't find elsewhere.

But hopefully a Moloko reunion someday? Maybe.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?, July 8, 2004

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Darrell L. Lee "dlatrell" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Am Not a Doctor (Audio CD)

I just got this CD and to say it surpasses Moloko's debut, "Do You Like My Tight Sweater" is an understatement. This go round on "I Am Not A Doctor", Roisin Murphy's vocals are more mature and tighter than on the first release, and the production is flawless, mixing various styles together into a cohesive package that is sure to impress any funkateer, pop-fan or clubhead! Highly Recommended!