Universal

Moa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tommy Boy
• ASIN: B00000I9AN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,133 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Joy & Pain

2. Toy

3. Memory Cloud

4. Rockets

5. Can't Forget You

6. Tenderly

7. Declaration

8. Raining in My Heart

9. Forever

10. Overcome

11. Virtual Affair

12. Raining in My Heart [Remix][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Among the best albums you've never heard, August 7, 2001

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Jennifer Webb (Somerville, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Universal (Audio CD)

I would hardly ever give anything five stars, but considering the number of times I've listened to this album (I got a speeding ticket because of it! Isn't that high praise?) I think it deserves such a rating. Moa's voice is not for everybody- many have and will find it annoyingly nasal. I love it, but then, I'm a fan of odd and unusual voices. Her music is a bit like Bjork in spirit, but in no other respect. It's truly a kind of electronic torch-song jazz (with touches of disco and pop). She's got more wit and verve than the rest of the dreamy electronic crowd (Morcheeba, Portishead, etc.). "Universal" is great pop; why it's not on the radio is a mystery to me. Those reviewers who have found it repetitious need to spend more time listening to what pop radio does play!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting- but Repetitious Interesting- but Repetitious, December 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Universal (Audio CD)

I'm a girl who likes A LOT of kinds of music and I read a review that compared this CD to Squirrel Nut Zippers, Bjork and Billie Holiday... Sounds great! I ordered it straight away! Listening to it yesterday, while I found I musically compelling and really liked her voice, the lyrics really began to irritate me. It seemed as if the nearly the whole song was a repeated chorus. The themes and words used also seemed repetitious. I think every track I switched to had the words, "Memory", "Love", or "Forget" in it. It started to drive me mad and I could hardly tell if actually HAD switched the tracks... Upon rereading the review, I noticed the reviewer also had this problem with the album, and they noted that perhaps this is because English is not her first language...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insidiously Catchy, July 1, 2004

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Beketaten "beketaten" (Pangea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Universal (Audio CD)

It's amazing how much fabulous music comes out of Iceland.
This CD may be pop, but it's cool as hell and it doesn't seem to wear out.
Móa's voice is certainly unusual, and though annoying to some, I feel she's just perfect for what she's doing. It's like space-cabaret techno...if you can envision quite what I mean.
From the stellar opener "Joy & Pain" all the way to the seductive "Virtual Affair", she pounds out her vision in killer melodies and attentively trippy rhythms.
It's quite a shame how utterly overlooked this album was at the time of its release.
But even though it's out of stock, you should defniitely buy this one used. It's worth it.