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  • Original Release Date: April 29, 2008
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She has one of the best albums I have heard. Michael Allen Henderson  |  18 reviewers made a similar statement
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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Gold!! May 17, 2008
Format:Audio CD
I first heard of Santogold late last year when a few sites, Rolling Stone and The BBC included, raved about her being one of the faces to watch out for in 2008. I later found out she contributed her vocals to "Pretty green" on Mark Ronson's "Version" album.

First of all, I was amazed to find out she's American, I think she sounds very British, not unlike M.I.A. whom almost everyone keeps comparing her to, but with more pop appeal. Her voice is something of a raspy yell, not unlike Gwen Stefani's, and her sound is a hodge podge of eighties music styles.

Determined not to get pigeonholed as an R&B singer on account of her race, she tackles electro dub; the moody "Shove it", "Creator" (laden with electronic buzzes and effects), the fantastic "Unstoppable" (with jittery sounding synths, a favourite of mine), and the remix of "You'll find a way". The last pair are the most M.I.A sounding on the album.

The rest is electro rock/pop. Opening cut "L.E.S artistes" has chugging synths and wouldn't sound out of place on a No Doubt album. Bouncier are "You'll find a way", and "Say aha". "My superman" (with a laid back vocal delivery) is a creepy sounding song with an echoing riff, it sounds like the soundtrack to some spy thriller and is a favourite of mine.

"Lights out" has her singing in a smooth cooing voice not unlike Debbie Harry in Blondie, set to a chugging riff (and jangly guitars). "Starstruck" is a slow grinding number with moody sounding synths and electro flourishes, and also downtempo is "I'm a lady" (think Gwen Stefani's "Cool"), and the mellow "Anne" with ghostly wailing and a gently pulsing synth riff is awesome.

Listening through the entire album, I found there wasn't any single track I wanted to skip. Diverse sounds and intelligent lyrics which all stand well together. Pure Gold in my opinion, and yes, she's definitely one to watch out for!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great new Artiste May 1, 2008
By cxd
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I too saw Santogold open for Bjork last year and have been eagerly awaiting her debut CD. I bought the singles when they became available a while ago & now the entire CD. I am not disappointed in the least! Great music, infectious beats, a truly distinctive voice - the CD is 5 Star all the way. I cannot wait to see her in person again. Hopefully she will come back to her native Philly!

Standouts are L.E.S. Artistes, Creator, and Shove It!
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5.0 out of 5 stars a new creator with fierce realness yes! May 3, 2008
Format:Audio CD
If you haven't heard of Santogold yet it's about time that you did. She's written with Lily Allen and Mark Ronson, and has been compared to MIA and Karen O. She is a college-educated singer-songwriter and producer, whose singles Creator/LES Artistes and LES artistes are released together.

Her Myspace site describes her as a basement rock and Bananarama-soundclash artist, which is a wild combination but pretty accurate.

She's an American lady doing an almost tribal-dancehall-electro-grime-punk-ragga fling. Creator/LES Artistes uses haunting, shrieking voice and electric whines with wonderful shifts of tone throughout aided by Freq Nasty's sublime rhythm section. Simultaneously she has a slight old school humour to her, it's reminiscent of the routes and roots of the most innovative Missy Elliott material. It's very exciting to be so close to something so rare and so new.

She has this fantastic ability to blend into two tracks which sound so different and yet so the same. Her voice shows off its versatility in tone and delivery. In LES Artistes it is quirky and fine somewhere between Rihanna and Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife, while in Creator/LES Artistes she aggresively, rapidly, fluently raps as well as anyone.

LES Artistes addresses the issues of pretentious followers and standing up for what she believes. It's a nice reminder that she had unmitigated creative control over the forthcoming album. Creator/LES Artistes sharply brings out this theme again "Me, I'm a Creator/LES Artistes, thrill is to make it up, the rules I break got me a place, up on the radar". I'm very glad she has.

The suspenseful escalating drama of the single is her lyrical and sonic manifesto, and hopefully the world will listen up.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this
I did not know who Santogold really was when I originally bought this album. I only bought it because I liked her song, Creator. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dina Lewi
3.0 out of 5 stars Varied styles
I bought this album on the strength of one song. As it transpired there were a number of tracks that stood out but others were definitely not to my liking. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nicholas J Galloway
5.0 out of 5 stars Very fun music to dance to
I really love this cd. I had a burned copy, but it was so good I wanted the real thing. Worth every penny.
Published 2 months ago by Cazbaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Off the beat upbeat music
Alternative to pop, yet catchy grooves anyone could dig. Undreground and dark vibe at times, the way I like it.
Published 3 months ago by Bruce G. Buchanan
5.0 out of 5 stars SANTOGOLD
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MUSIC ARTIST AND I JUST HAD TO PURCHASE THIS CD. AWESOME CD AND I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES A UNIQUE SOUND AND IS BORED TO DEATH WITH THE SAME OLD... Read more
Published 3 months ago by L.R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I love Santigold... great start to finish. Her music is very unique and original, which is refreshing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Suzy
5.0 out of 5 stars still awesome
this awesome is great for parties or when you are in your car. i highly suggest you buy it. now.
Published 4 months ago by Jessica Hewitt
1.0 out of 5 stars "Let's play dress up. I'm a rock star like Jem!"
Caught this gals ridiculous performance on Colbert this month, and was equal parts horrified, and embarassed. Read more
Published 9 months ago by tierny
5.0 out of 5 stars Santogolden!
Even though I'm not really into this style of music generally... I love this cd. Every song is good and I can listen to it on a regular basis. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael Berger
5.0 out of 5 stars great album, mixes it up, not the same old same old
this is a very good album, i did by this for my gf since she loves santogold now santigold, but after having her play this in the car and at our house, I am starting to become a... Read more
Published 14 months ago by zjp
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This is WEAK, WEAK, WEAK
Dreadful chick music from a girl who can't sing, whose voice keeps rising beyond her range to sheer irritation. Santogold (music producer) has made a cynical calculation that she too, can make the shallow music she admires. Santigold is 99 percent packaging.
Aug 28, 2012 by tierny |  See all 4 posts
one woman's vision? yes the woman is M.I.A.
Agreed. Creator is a great track that is very similar to a lot of the tracks on Kala because (shock!) they were produced by Switch. They both borrow from the past quite well. But I have to say, M.I.A. live is not just entertainment, it really is an experience, and seeing them both together on... Read more
May 2, 2008 by Michael Danziger |  See all 6 posts
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