Robyn [Extra tracks]

Robyn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: CherryTree
• ASIN: B0013PVGJ0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,024 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk

Robin Carlsson--better known as Robyn, the diminutive Swedish fireball who scored a hit with 1997’s "Show Me Love"--has slowly but surely made her mark as an international R & B queen. Robyn, her fourth album, is arguably her strongest statement to date, jam-packed with sassy, streetwise lyrics and an array of novel beats and songs. Tracks like "Be Mine" and the playful, upbeat "Konichiwa Bitches" are instant, immaculate pop gems, while "With Every Heartbeat"--which boasts a Royksopp-esque melancholy, sidereal bleeps and rousing strings--is much more dance than R & B. "Who's That Girl" (produced by The Knife) rides an infectious electroclash groove; "Crash and Burn Girl" is a cheerful take on disco; while "Bum Like Me" and "Should Have Known" (which owes a conspicuous debt to Prince) are shiny slower jams that warn against getting hurt by time-wasting men. With the exception of "Eclipse" and "Anytime You Like", Robyn is a delightfully upbeat album, cementing Robyn’s reputation as a kick-ass pop diva with some seriously deadly Ninja moves. --Danny McKenna --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

2007 UK pressing of the Swedish diva's self-titled album. Although she has been recording for more than a decade, her musical reinvention at the turn of the millennium has increased her profile worldwide. The critically acclaimed album features 15 tracks including the singles 'Konichiwa Bitches' and `With Every Heartbeat'. Island. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some tracks censored, April 30, 2008

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RobynFan (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robyn (MP3 Download)

This is a totally rad album. However, as sold by Amazon, at least two of the tracks in MP3 format are censored.

1) The censoring is glaringly obvious in "Should Have Known", which completely guts the song. The f-word is muted a total of 8 times, in the middle of each chorus. I've heard the original. This ain't it.

2) "Curriculum Vitae" also has the f-word muted, in the middle of a monologue.

3) "Dream On" has about 1.5 minutes of silence at the end, which is very annoying, apparently as buffer time before the final 'bonus' track.

Amazon should label which tracks have been censored, so customers will know if they are buying damaged goods. Concerning (1) and (2), if you want the originals, look elsewhere.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Female Pop Album of the Decade??, January 27, 2008

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Cory T. Shaeffer "HockeyFanatic" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Robyn (Audio CD)

If you like anything along the lines of Madonna, Britney, Kylie Minogue, or Fergie, then this is right up your alley, because Robyn Carlsson combines the sonic blend of differing styles of pop and has turned out a gem of an album that is beyond being worth the extra few bucks to buy this import. This is just brilliant, with catchy rap-like sing alongs of the track "Konichiwa B***ches" and "Cobrastyle" to the string-laden uptempo pop of "Be Mine!" and the dance number "With Every Heartbeat" which is brilliant 80's style dance pop that could have come right off of Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual" album. Previously I was impressed with the sound of Sweetbox, but this blows that away. I had once thought the futuristic beats of Timbaland and Danjahands were unique, but this blows that away. I was once under the impression that, as pop music goes, no new ground would ever be broken. I was wrong. This is the female dance-pop equivalent to Michael Jackson's Thriller, it is that good. All the sarcastic, sardonic jeers that I have made in past reviews about the bland, pretentious, hyped-up releases of today's lame pop stars must have been answered from above, because this album is as close to a miracle that I have heard in quite some time. Where as once I was blind, now I see....I see Robyn making a huge comeback worldwide in 2008.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superpop, January 11, 2008

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Douglas King (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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I wish I could send this album to a plethora of current pop music stars with the following note attached: "This is what 21st century pop music should be."

Thanks to Perez Hilton for encouraging me to check out Robyn's (who I'd remembered as a one-hit wonder from about a decade ago) recent music. "Robyn" is a knockout pop album. It's full of tight, soulful, minimalist-electro grooves from a feisty, expressive vocalist. It puts most recent American pop albums to shame.

Highlights: "Bum Like You", an ode to loving bad boys, the melancholy, trance-y "With Every Heartbeat", The vulnerable/powerful "Who's That Girl" and the hidden track, an adorable cover of Prince's "Jack U Off."