Psychic Cat

Kelli Ali | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Little Indian Us
• ASIN: B0006213GC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,574 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The voice of the Sneaker Pimps returns with her second solo album, the majestic 'Psychic Cat'. The follow-up to the well-received 'Tigermouth' is a funky-electro roller coaster ride of brilliance featuring future dance floor smashes like 'Hot Lips', 'Graffiti Boy' & 'Speakers'. The sexiest sound of 2004 so far. One Little Indian. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why Can't Kelli Make CDs Like This More Often?, December 12, 2004

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Danno (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychic Cat (Audio CD)

Kelli Ali is probably best known as the original voice of the Sneaker Pimps, from the 'second' British Invasion of the 1990s. Unlike most trip-hop artists, who seem to court anonymity, Kelli's voice projects a lot of personality. She moves from sweet to bratty to soulful within each song, and in both image and voice is as far from a cookie-cutter pop singer as you could ask for. In other decades her originality would have been an asset, but in the current climate, her special personality locks her in the margins.

'Psychic Cat' should have been a huge hit. While the songwriting is varied, most of the material here attempts to wed Kelli's rock background with more mainstream electronica ala Goldfrapp. 'Graffiti Boy' and 'Speakers' do this particularly well, and the mix of hard rock guitars with drum machines reminded me a lot of mid-1980s Queen - in a very good way. 'Home Honey I'm High' and 'Last Boy on Earth' are polar opposites, and Kelli's willingness to include this much variety, again, is quite Queenlike. Kelli doesn't limit herself to just one or two style, but her chameleonlike talents don't allow her (or this CD) to fit into a single genre very easily. This is a great CD to buy, therefore, if you're an open-minded person who likes contemporary alternative styles and does not like being pigeonholed into a repetitive CD.

In a better world, Kelli would be on the cover of Rolling Stone announcing she is U2's new opening act. Here's hoping we get another Kelli CD soon, and at a low domestic price. If only Kelli Ali would be more prolific . . .

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, alot more techno than first album, November 12, 2004

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StaticBuddha - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychic Cat (Audio CD)

Album is great, alot more techno and hard sounding than the first album, which by the way is amazing aswell. Kelli Ali is a huge talent and i recommend thius album to everyone. I wish she would tour the US!!

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Singer ISO Worthy Material, July 25, 2004

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doomsdayer520 (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychic Cat (Audio CD)

After two solo albums, Kelli Ali hasn't yet found musical backing that is worthy of her uniquely sexy and sassy singing voice. This album is, unfortunately, a telling example of how a great singer can be dragged down to the level of inferior material. What Kelli needs is to either hire some professional songwriters or to join a gutsy real band, instead of collaborating with mediocre studio dwellers like she has on her two solo albums. The music on this album is quite maddening as you listen to it drag Kelli down, such as new wave-ish pseudo-rock in 'Hot Lips,' tired dance-pop in 'Home Honey I'm High,' or watered-down industrial in 'Ideal.' And by all means avoid the catatonic balled 'In Praise of Shadows.' Even Kelli's awesome singing abilities can't save this material, and she only gets to open up and stretch out in the album's final two songs. 'Voyeur' brings some swinging trip-hop, and 'Last Boy on Earth' is a strong tension-builder. In these two tracks we finally hear Kelli singing in all her glory, but it's too little too late. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an enormous fan of Kelli Ali's voice and talents, and I wish her all the success in the world. That's what makes this poorly written and produced album all the more disappointing. [~doomsdayer520~]