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The Million Colour Revolution

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I heard about the Pinker Tones on a podcast some time ago, and from that moment I knew I had to get this album. If you dig that kind of retro-loungey, kitschy electro-pop sound from bands like Ursula 1000, Pizzicato Five, Titan, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Kinky and the like, you have to get this CD too. TPT gives a try at everything they can get their hands on - from bossa nova to breaks to space age pop-infused disco beats sparkled with a big heap of orchestral and talk samples for good measure. Depending on how eclectic your taste is, you may either find this album as a weird mix of offbeat tracks, or a perfectly good mélange of songs sharing a common kitsch-pop feel, which I can live perfectly with.

The Million Colour Revolution

In "The Million Colour Revolution" the Pinker Tones introduced their eclectic style to the US mass market. This album is awesome and has only widened their growing world-wide fan base.

The Pinker Tones are an awesome electronic / experimental music band finally getting the attention they deserve. Their style is an eclectic mix of genres including electronic, melodic, street, dance, trance, rock, and too many others to count. The result is almost indescribable. They easily moves between English, Spanish, French, and German.

Their first album, "Mission Pink," was an overseas release that combines a lot of what you see here. Mixing album tracks with remixes is a Pinker Tones staple. Mission Pink

I personally prefer the "More Colours" album to this. It has mostly remix versions of the same tracks on "The Million Color Revolution." In addition to their own stuff, they mix music from other groups including The Submarines, Kinky, the Torpedo Boys, Nortec Collective, and the Mexican Institute of Sound More Colours! The Million Colour Revolution Revisited.

Don't get me wrong, this album still rocks, particularly from track 5 onward. In my opinion, all three albums are worth owning.

If you are a fan of world music, trip-hop, and electronic groups like Oakenfold Greatest Hits & Remixes, The Chemical Brothers We Are the Night, Bloc Party A Weekend in the City or anything experimental for that matter, you owe it to yourself to look into the Pinker Tones.

Well worth a listen.

Enjoy!!!!

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This CD is just plain fun! Just when you think you can categorize the Pinker Tones' style, you hear the next song and discover your definition doesn't fit. This is a fascinating, entertaining and eclectic collection of songs. I can listen to this over and over (and have done).

Five or six months ago, "The Million Colour Revolution" by the Pinker Tones appeared on my recommendations list. I'm not certain why. Maybe it was because I was interested in electronica and had purchased a number of Mexican electronica discs. Well, this wasn't Mexican; it was out of Barcelona, Spain. Well, in any case, it seemed interesting and I looked it up. I saw the group (two guys, basically) had two new recordings out and I decided to try the newest, "Wild Animals." It was excellent! I reviewed the album and gave it 5 stars. As a matter of fact, I liked the "Wild Animals" CD so much that I went back and ordered "The Million Colour Revolution," the original recommendation. It was the sincerest form of compliment.

The Pinker Tones present some remarkable music. I suppose you might call it Europop, for lack of any other name. Most songs have lyrics and they're sung in English (mostly), French, German and Spanish. As an English-only speaker, I find the variety delightful and language is no barrier at all to the enjoyment of this fine music. Also, my wife was listening and pointed out that their songs were so variable from track to track that the album sounded more like listening to our iPod in shuffle mode that listening to a CD. The variety is amazing. As such, their music is very hard to classify and is listed as jazz on the CD playlist. Jazz? Well, it's Electronica Jazz if that's the case, and quite well done, I might add. The music is pleasant and easy listening. It's light and airy and just seems to float along through your head. It's good listening if you're feeling good, or good to make you feel good. Like to dance? Give any song a try. This music is a delight and the CD presents a delightful collage of songs. I wonder why it hasn't cracked the North American market.

Since I have both albums, the question might come up as to which I like the most. Well, both albums are excellent, but I would give "Wild Animals" the nod by a slight margin. It's a later album and probably reflects the greater experience of Mister Furia (Salvador Rey) and Professor Manso (Alex Llovet). I can hardly wait to see what these guys turn out in the future.

Gary Peterson

This is a very fun album that at times is a little weird, but overall very enjoyable!

If you like funky dance music then, this is the CD for you. The Pinker Tones' Color Revolution is a wonderfully fun collection of music. It is an album you will certainly be humming long after you've played it or, jumping up to dance to.

I am really enjoying this CD. I love the broad range of musical styles that the Pinker Tones employ on this record. "Karma Hunters" has been influenced by punk, while "Welcome to TMCR" has a 70s soul feel. Many of the songs are infused with electro-pop-hooks, and are incredibly catchy...I find myself trying to sing along, even though there is one song each in French, Spanish, and German. I'm looking forward to hearing more work from this band.

This album is really infectious, 10 Jul 2007
By R. Williams (Gloucestershire, UK) - See all my reviews


...and a lot fun to listen to. With a mix of funk, retro-70s electronica, bossa nova and more, there's not a whole lot Mister Furia and Professor Manso won't try and they have fun doing it. Even people who don't like the above mentioned styles find themselves smiling and singing along with (and possibly even dancing to) songs like Karma Hunters and L'Heros.

With songs in four different languages (English, French, Spanish and German), they float above any and all musical boundaries on a happy, playful cloud. I can't wait for their next album.

I first found this group on my space and I admired one of the members photography and just for the heck of it clicked on some of their songs and they were really good. They are very open minded,unique individuals and you can hear that in their music.

Sure a little bossa nova is great, along with some great electronic songs, but then you have songs like Pink Freud and Pinkerland Becaina that just sound out of place. Lets just put it this way, the cd is worth buying for great tracks like Karma Hunters, Maybe Next Saturday, and L'Heros. You can always skip the ones that are not of your gusto like I do.