Joyeux Mutato

Mark Mothersbaugh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00004XSZ5
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,212 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jingle$, Jingle$, Jingle$

2. Blue Joy

3. Midnight Wind-Up Toy

4. Bell Boy

5. Happy Woodchopper

6. Only 12 Shopping Days Left

7. Peace and Goodwill

8. Enough Xmas for All

9. You Better Watch Out...

10. Let There Be Snow

11. I Don't Have a Christmas Tree (Soylent Night) [High Tolerance Edit]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If David Benoit had talent, got drunk, and cut an album..., June 13, 2001

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Tom (Palatine, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joyeux Mutato (Audio CD)

Especially a Christmas album, it might sound a little like this. I have always maintained that David Benoit is the anti-Christ of modern Jazz, with his icky sound effects and creepy "smooth" sound...but I think there is another problem with Mr. Benoit...he just takes himself too seriously.

With Joyeux Mutato we have a member of Devo, doing almost the same sort of sound-effect sampling, smooth sounding jazzy stuff...yet it is all so silly and entertaining. Maybe wearing a flowerpot hat puts things into perspective for some people, but pretention has never been a Devo problem.

Anyway...this is a silly, fun, Muzak-ish holiday album that is just silly enough to serve as a break during endless replay's of Ol' Blues "White Christmas."

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A year-round delight, November 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Joyeux Mutato (Audio CD)

No, this doesn't sound like DEVO. No, this doesn't sound like Rushmore. None of that means it isn't worth hearing. The music on Joyeux Mutato was originally composed to accompany a gallery show, and it excellently creates a lively ambiance of fun. Mark Mothersbaugh's father, best known to DEVO fans for his portrayal of the character General Boy, has said that Joyeux Mutato is his all-time favorite music ever created by his illustrious son: I think that says a lot. This is not music just for children, and it can be enjoyed any time of the year. A limited (and slightly different) edition was released last year on the Rhino Handmade label, and it stayed in my CD player all summer. Joyeux Mutato livens up any rainy day and is an especially nice treat at holiday time. Give it a try this Christmas: you might even find yourself listening to it next July 4th.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars egg nog nod, October 19, 2000

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"amazon67" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joyeux Mutato (Audio CD)

Those of you expecting a Devo X-Mas record will be disappointed. This CD is more in line with Mothersbaugh's "Music for Insomniac" discs in that it is heavily (i.e., entirely) synth-oriented and very repetitive. There are only snippets of recognizable Christmas songs, which is good, but I didn't "feel the spirit" while listening to it. The music is rather obnoxious, but in a charming way. I probably won't play it very often, but I'm glad it's in my collection. Fans of The Residents will probably like this disc.