Customer Reviews

Uh-Oh!

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Tipsy's first release, "Trip Tease", revitalized my interest in the world of music. Through them I discovered somewhat similar bands such as Lemon Jelly, though no one quite came close to Tipsy's mix of electronica, eclectica, and lounge. With their second album, they seem to have grown up a bit. But fear not, this is still the same fun-loving music presented on "Trip Tease".

Musically, I find this album to be a little darker than the first one. It is still great music to clean house by, but at the same time if it is playing and you are doing nothing else, it can start making you think before you realize it. Rather than the bubble-like gems of the first album, these songs are more like uncut opals--attractive any way you look at them, but truly sparkling under close scrutiny over time. "Fur Teacup", for example, is on the surface a typical Tipsy composition, fun and engaging. But upon closer listening it shows the influences of many types of music, such as using Middle Eastern flutes, and suddenly you realize you're actually listening to a very profound piece.

"Uh-Oh" is not so much an improvement on the first album as it is simply an evolution of that sound. The first CD makes a great pool-party CD, but what "Uh-Oh" accomplishes is a little more tricky: it is not only a great party album, but one that can make you have the profoundest revelations if you listen to it in the dark, alone. Bravo Tipsy!

I extolled the virtues of Tipsy's first CD to anyone and everyone who would listen. Being a fan of Martin Denny and Les Baxter, Tipsy's take on exotica and lounge music was refreshingly new yet somehow familiar at the same time.

Five years have gone by and I waited with bated breath for their second release and here it is. It's as if I've waited five hours for the bartender to bring me another drink and I end up getting a flat gin and tonic without the twist.

Granted, this by far is still a good CD and I've only listened to my copy a few times so far, so I may be writing a new review in the future. However, at the moment, Uh-Oh falls short of Trip-Tease. It fails to give me goosebumps like Trip-Tease. The songs seemed contrived and lack the fluidity and spontaneity of their first effort.

With eighteen tracks averaging two and half minutes each, it's hard to get into a song. Some tracks leave you wishing they were longer while other tracks are over before they even begin.

Standout tracks: moisture seekers, wig out, hey!

Buy this if you're a fan of Tipsy or lounge music. If you're new to Tipsy then check out Trip-Tease first. Don't get me wrong though, I still love these guys. I only hope it doesn't take another five years for their next release and hopely it'll be more refined than this one.

I like everything that is a little different. I'm tired of all the usual music and sounds.
Especially when it comes to lounge music and trip hop. This scene is taking itself much too seriously lately....

The Tipsy due (Dave Gardner and Tim Digullia) takes it self lightly with a blink of humor (actually not a BLINK - it is simply insane stuff). More likely to think they were hardly tripping when recording this album... (Typically to San Francisco-based groups?...)
You can't put it in a specific style I'm familiar with - it's a mix of trip hop, groove jazz, a bit of French sounds, electronic pop, beats that were put together in no particular order..... Everything that makes your ears feels good and your face twist into a stupid smile...

I like "Reverse Cowgirl" funny sound (they actually play it backwards!!!), the ticklish guitar track on "Hard Petting."
"Bunny Kick" is actually sounds like Latin elevator music...
Pay attention to the smoker's hack in "Moisture Seekers"... absolutely crazy...

Make yourself a nice light cocktail, sit on your sofa, stair at your walls and listen! your gonna enjoy it!!!

An excellent follow-up to Trip Tease, and very similiar...Tipsy could release hundreds of hours of music just like this and it would continue to entertain from start to finish. One reviewer stated that one shortcoming was the brevity of the tracks, and that's a valid point - you really do wish the tune would just keep on going, although you can kinda sit back, relax and listen to the entire disc as if it were one continuous tune (albeit with the occasional break). Overall, lots of fun - I hope they don't wait years to release aother disc!

Tipsy's first album Triptease (1996) is a classic hybrid of trip hop and exotica. It is so convincing in its appropriation of Martin Dennyisms, yet irreverent enough to avoid sounding like a straight homage. The San Francisco duo's latest offering (and only its second full length) is a worthy sequel. It's stylistically similar to Triptease, yet doesn't come off as a retread. Let's hope Tipsy doesn't wait another five years to release a third album. To read more about Tipsy and other cool sounds, go to (website)

I've been on a Tipsy kick for a few days now, and all I can say is "why didn't I get into this earlier?!" I have known about these guys for years, but for some reason I wasn't ready for the kind of cool they exude from every track on their albums.

Being the second album in their current line of three albums, Uh-Oh! kicks the weirdness up a notch and provides such awesome gems as the surreal samba of Bunny Kick and the multiple personalities of Sweet Cinnamon Punch. The whole album is a mess of stylistic mash-ups that, when smooshed together, make for one hell of a party album.

Just don't play it when your less enlightened friends are over. They won't get it.

...and I like what I hear. I picked up both Tipsy CD's, Uh-Oh and Trip Tease and I love them both. I usually listen to all sorts of progressive rock and other neighboring genre's of music. I look at music this way; if it is inventive, rich, moody, atmospheric, complex, quirky, mindbending to name a few adjectives, I will like it if it is done well. In any event I heard a song from Tipsy on a live365 channel named "psychic vibebot radio". I looked up Tipsy on Amazon.com and listened to the rest of the samples and liked the atmosphere the music conveys. I was immediately sold. This happens occasionally with me when I hear something interesting coming from the speakers and I knew right away that I wanted to have this type of music in my collection. I think Triptease is slightly better but I love Uh-Oh just the same.

This is one of the quirkiest CD's I have ever purchased. It is difficult to describe the sound exactly but if a combo of Lounge/Bad European 60's movies/Electronica/Go-Go is your bag, then this is for you.

Some exceptional tracks are:

"Reverse Cowgirl" which sounds like Beck meets Cibo Matto meets Hank Williams meets the Jetsons...figure that one out?

"Hard Petting" which is right out of a late 60's Euro-trash movie or maybe one of those goofy "Our Man Flynt" movies...kinda kitsch spy and Italian/French movie where they are driving around in a convertible down on the coast..you know what I mean, the slide whistle really adds a powerful kick.

"Papaya Freeway" is like Martin Denny on a far out trip, if you can imagine that one, like tropics meet forbidden planet.

"Sweet Cinnamon Punch" reminds me of some off the wall 60's movie where you are prety sure something naughty is going on but all the bizzarre swooping camera angles make it a bit unlcear, on the other hand I can see Barbarella floating around to this as well.

Overall, I really give this 4 1/2 stars, it is spectacular background music for your oh so hip cocktail party!

As I sit here listening to Tipsy's new full length, I can only wonder how interesting it must be to meet these two individuals! Tipsy is an audiovisual manifestation of role-playing fantasies well kept in the subconscious minds of society's slaves. It is truly ingenious and definitely deserves all the recognition they deserve. This CD that dissects the individual's persona to the last atom. But if your imagination is intact, you will hear Carmen Miranda as a fish in the wild west deep sea speaking(?) to some other humourously looking aquatic life or perhaps a warped animation of Tennessee Ernie Ford on some weird illegal substance trying to create a modern 21st century square dance tune. WHATEVER! This CD makes the "Moog Cookbook" sound like Shaun Cassidy's greatest hits"!

Well, maybe I'm one to disagree with the rest of reviewers here but unfortunately this Tipsy's new album hasn't attracted me like their first LP, "Trip Tease". On that first album, there is a lot of spontaneity, daring and playful attitude that I just don't see it coming on this album. Well, the weird sounds and retro samples abound on this new record as well, but they somewhat lack that energy and playful attitude of their first album, sounding a lot more somber and inexpressive than we'd expect from Tipsy. Sorry guys, nice try, better luck next time.