Living in a Magazine [Extra tracks, Import]

Zoot Woman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: EMI Int'l
• ASIN: B00005BJ46
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,399 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Englishman Stuart Price, who worked his magic with electronica/house project Les Rhythmes Digitales, has recruited two brothers, Adam & Johnny Blake, to create an outlet for his more straight forward pop ambitions. The somewhat twisted name of the band, Zoot Woman, is not the only unexpected element in this constellation though. 'Living in a Magazine' is a vivid work, with roots in classic eighties synthpop, new wave & the more introvert soundscapes typical for Les Rhythmes Digitales. EMI. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The English "French Touch", April 25, 2002

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Salah Hassanpour (Toronto, ON CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living in a Magazine (Audio CD)

Well, ever since Jacques Lu Cont kick-started the now-emerging electro-clash, or electro, or third wave electronica (Whatever) scene back in '99 under his Les Rythmes Digitales guise (an as-yet-not acknowledged fact, mind you), he's been working an even more 80's muse, and now equipped with squelchy keyboards-...guitars and, er, two other guys, he's turned in what amounts to a Duran Duran album for the Radiohead generation under the Zoot Woman guise.

But beneath the electro-dance numbers ("Information First"), the vague ...eroticisms ("Jessie") and the cheeky but daring Kraftwerk cover ("The Model") lies the burgeoning songwriter in Lu Cont, as evidenced on the slightly-too-daring acoustic closer, "Holiday Home".

Unfortunately for Lu Cont, this is another album that has passed under the North America radar, but even the few people I know who've listened to Living In A Magazine are really feeling this record ...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars definitely good little gem here, September 29, 2005

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Wesley Walton (salem, or United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living in a Magazine (Audio CD)

ok so zoot woman rules. they are kind of like electro hall and oats. it's VERY 80s, and has a kind of soft-rock feel to it, but in the best possible way. hell, they even cover kraftwerk's "the model" and make it sound kind of like mister mister or something. i don't know what i'm talking about, just buy it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Find, Totally Unexpected!, September 28, 2005

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Matthew Deroller "alphapepper" (Webster, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living in a Magazine (Audio CD)

I purchased this CD from Amazon after having heard "Nobody Knows" on a different compilation CD. This is one of those CDs you listen to after a difficult day at work. Their sound is very lush. The music is rich with vintage synth and electric piano sounds. The songs themselves are pop all the way, but not too contrived or trivial to endure multiple listenings. The music and singing remind me of Gary Wright (Dream Weaver) from the 70s. I played this CD 4 times in a row when I first got it. My favorite tracks: It's Automatic, Nobody Knows, Jesse, and Holiday Home.