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Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

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Buy this album now. Do not hesitate. Definitely one of the best albums released this year. The Automator proves once again he is a musical pioneer putting together such a genius group of musicians for this album. Mike Patton can sing anything and sound good and proves it on every song he appears on. He has so much vocal range and uses every bit of it. His duets with Jennifer Charles are beautiful, seductive and very raunchy and their voices work so well with each other. Kid Koala lays down some phat samples mixing jazz, funk and just straight chill grooves and beats like a pro. This is the future of music ladies and gentlemen and these guys are at the forefront so pay attention. Everything that Dan The Automator and Mike Patton come out with are brilliant, in their own respective "genres" of music, and they both come together like a puzzle. I just can't say enough good things about it.

..and quite possibly the most bizarre one at that. It should be known that any project that Dan The Automator has his hands on will be more than auditory pleasure, but also an adventure as well. Never settling for less, Dan always pushes his creativity to the limit. Lovage is the perfect exibition of this plain and simple fact.

A brilliant mix of trip-hop and lounge music, Lovage presents 15 tracks that attempt to create a very relaxed and yet very moving experience. All while trying to keep his joke running. The results are mixed but I still have to aploud his effort for something this creative. Especially in a year when so much comercial [stuff] slipped through the cracks onto mainstream radio. Musically, it stays within its set bounds but always remains adventurous, never presenting you with the same beats, samples, and vocals, which keeps the listening experience fresh. Speaking of vocals, it should be said that the vocals are the stand out here on the album. Between Mike Patton's overly dramatic stylings and Jennifer Charles soothing chill, the interplay between the two is downright perfect for this type of record.

The problem with this record is that not all of it is as compelling as the rest of it. But the fact that Dan Nakamura is still willing to challenge popular music and hip-hop shows that some people still care about artistic integrity. Plus there is some good stuff on the album too. Which makes it all worth while. Try it when everything else seems to have gone stale. Its its like taking a bite out of a fresh loaf.

I knew I was going to buy this album the minute I heard about it, I would do anything to support Mr. Patton and Dan the Automator. But Mike Patton singing on a duet "Get Your Groove On" album? This was going to be something different. I knew Mike has the vocals to pull off any style, but this just seemed out there even for him. Then I saw who he was working with and knew this was a special opportnity. All of the other artists in the lineup are so talented, how could they mess this up.
Well they certainly didn't mess it up: they went to town. Dan "the Automator" Nakamura leads an all star cast including Mike,Jennifer Charles, Kid Koala, Prince Paul, Plug 3 f De La Soul, and numerous others. And they take this album from goofy sex comedy right down to smooth grooves that you cant help but want to get down to. This Album is the Barry White or Marvin Gaye for a new generation that wants something new to get them in the mood, while having fun at the same time. This album is a must buy for fans of Dan the Automator , Mike Patton or Jennifer Charles. Check it out right away.

On this recording, Nakamura combines his hip-hop sensabilities with a lush-jazz orchestration that sounds like something out of Burt Bacharach or Serge Gainsbourg. Jennifer Charles' sexy sigh of a voice is the perfect complement for this sort of thing: she invests the songs with an over-the-top sensuality which is by turns hilarious and alluring. Mike Patton does a great job too- the Mr. Bungle frontman wisely restrains his voice to a seductive whisper on most of the tracks, and if he occasionally digs in and reminds the audience of his past experience (notably on 'Pit Stop'), that only adds to the music's superb sense of irony. Did I mention irony? The head over heels lushness of the music aside, there are bizarre sketches strewn throughout the album: excersises in sound collage which feature "well known sexperts" (to quote the liner notes) appearing to rant incoherently about socks or shilling for nonexistant cocktail mixers. What makes this recording a must-have, to my mind, is that despite the dripping irony the music is always catchy, often touching and sometimes downright compelling. Another reviewer questioned whether this album was a joke or not- a fair question. I think the stellar musicians involved with the project from top to bottom decided to have it both ways, and succeeded remarkably well.

I imagine that if some of the classiest and smoothest porn movies were turned into musicals, and the actors and actresses had to sing their roles, the result would be something like the Lovage album. That Jennifer Charles is one sultry wench! The best songs are sort of charming charicatures of 1950s black & white sultriness - and clever commentaries on the Alfred Hitchcock films that many of the songs are written about (To Catch a Thief, Strangers on a Train, and so on). Watch the films, re-listen to the music, ooze out of your everyday musical lives of straight-faced love ballads and earnest lyrical outpourings.

"Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By" was by far my greatest musical discovery of last year! It's the ultimate trip-hop effort from Dan the Automator, and Jennifer Charles has the sexiest voice you've ever, ever heard. Pop this CD in; it's one of the best seduction tools out there. This is also one of maybe....three cd's in my entire cd collection (HUGE, btw) that I can listen to the whole way through, without track skipping. It's that good.

This is actually a really good album. Not just a novelty. I bought it because of Mike Patton, which there's not a whole lot of. Mike is great, the music is good, and there's lots of great comedy. It's definitely something that would be fun to listen to with other people. I haven't tried it, but it might also be good to make love to your old lady by.

I actually went to see Lovage at the House of Blues in Hollywood on a whim, not hearing any of the songs beforehand.. just going on an invite from a friend and a good review. They blew me away. We went down the street and bought the CD as soon as the show was over.

I don't really listen to the comedy tracks.. just the music. But the music alone makes for a great listen.

If you want something a little different to listen to, but smooth enough for background music.. here ya go. All of the songs, in my opinion, deserve equal praise. I love their cover of Berlin's "Sex."

If you are interested by the clips they offer on this site... then buy the CD. It's all as good as the snippits.

Lovage manages to mock, revere and perfect R&B crooning, Meditteranean folk music, hip hop, Euro-trash sleaze and lounge singing all together. One angle is making fun of it, but in that there's a strange underscore of respect. This struck me in "Archie & Veronica", a tribute/parody of "missing you now you're dead" songs - sleaziness, cheesiness, thick dramatic lyrics...and precise and rich musical talent.

I want to change my name to Nathaniel Merriweather :(

I'll admit that I bought this album on the strength of Mike Patton alone. I wouldn't have given this album a second look if he wasn't involved in the project. I couldn't care less who Dan The Automator is or Nathaniel Merriweather, or whoever. In fact, this isn't my kind of music at all, but was I glad I bought it. I really like this album.....alot. Maybe after a few more listens I might switch my rating to 5 stars. There are a few throw away tracks, but it is pretty solid throughout. There's a couple of funny tracks on the album and that threw me for a loop. I wasn't sure if this was to be taken seriously or not, especially when reading the cover. I think it's actually a bit of both-humor and seriousness. I'm not too big on the instrumental tracks, I prefer the Patton and Charles songs. They have some great chemistry. I'm not trashing the instrumentals or saying they're bad by any means, I know there is an audience for that. I'm sure they're good if you're planning a seductive evening. But yes, this one took me by surprise(Mike Patton is real good at that), it's quite catchy. I play it loud and proud!