CrazySexyCool

TLC

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 1994)
• Original Release Date: November 15, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B0000013G9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (156 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,239 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On their second album, the multiplatinum trio TLC have given up most of their debut's tomfoolery and have matured into a very modern deep Southern soul, watered and nurtured in hip-hop culture. The album's centerpiece is the magnificent "Waterfalls," a revival meeting of new jack swing, gospel, and Prince (whose "If I Was Your Girlfriend" they turn inside out). Their spare, surprising arrangements rely on the kind of live instrumentation they single-handedly brought back in style. Lyrically, CrazySexyCool concentrates on love at the point when it's grown deeper but also more frustrating--for every great love song there's a great cheating song--and the group's singing and rapping balances sassiness with depth and nuance. --Douglas Wolk

Product Description

24bit K2 digitally remastered Japanese limited edition special issue of the album classic. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best R&B CD of the 1990s, May 8, 2002

By	The Fancy One "blackprincess" (Westchester County, NY) - See all my reviews

After the unexpected success of their first CD OOOOOOOHHHH....ON THE TLC TIP, people were wondering if TLC could rise to the occasion the next time around. Well, they didn't. They SURPASSED it with CRAZYSEXYCOOL. They left the tomboyish image behind and presented themselves as mature young ladies, and became the biggest selling female trio in music history (as far as albums go...the Supremes still hold the record for most singles by a female trio). From the time you hear T-Boz's sultry alto vocals croon "Oh wha, oh wha, oh wha" on the first single from this CD, "Creep" you're hooked, and it only gets better as it goes on.

You can listen to this CD, which mixes the sounds of hip-hop, old school soul, new jack swing, funk and gospel, all the way through and not find a bad cut in the bunch. I loved everything on it, my favorites being the aforementioned "Creep", "Kick Your Game", "Case Of the Fake People", "Diggin' On You", the red-hot "Red Light Special", the thought-provoking smash "Waterfalls" (why can't I get the image of TLC standing on water out of my mind?), the funky "If I Were Your Girlfriend" (T-Boz does an excellent job on this remake of the Prince classic), "Switch" and "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes". No doubt this CD is already a classic, and will continue to be. This CD is one that should be in every household. T-Boz, Left Eye (R.I.P. Lisa aka the Supernova, we love you) and Chilli will forever be CRAZYSEXYCOOL.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still "Crazy" After All These Years., September 20, 2002

By	The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

With respect to the Spice Girls, no girl group epitomized TRUE girl power better than TLC on this, their finest album. "CrazySexyCool" is a stick of hip-hop/r&b dynamite that explodes with energy, attitude, and sass. T-Boz croons through the Dallas Austin-produced "Creep," a soundtrack to lovers who sneak on the DL; the ladies borrow lyrics from the O'Jays on the slammin' "Case of the Fake People," and they cruise into steamy territory on Babyface's "Red Light Special." They also do a note-for-note cover of Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend." Their cover won't make anyone forget about the original version, but they still pull it off well. But the album's crowning moment is their signature No. 1 hit "Waterfalls." Hearing this album gave me a tinge of sadness now that Lisa Lopes is no longer with us, but her energetic spirit is very much alive on this record. "CrazySexyCool" is one of the best albums of the 1990s, and it gets an A- in my school of music.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great album is all about., January 29, 2002

By	Eric Smith (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"CrazySexyCool" was monumental in the modern pop world. TLC dominated the charts in the mid-90's with their incorporations of Pop and Hip-Hop. Tons of the songs on the albums are hits (Those include "Creep", "Diggin' On You", "Red Light Special" and of course the summer hit and overplayed "Waterfalls."), but my favorites didn't even get released on the radio! In order of the album my favorite songs go as follows: "Case of the Fake People", "Let's Do It Again", "If I was Your Girlfriend", "Switch" and "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes (Feat. Outkast)." That pretty much covers every song on the album! This CD is one of the few that I can listen to all the way through. That is why I give it five stars. This is what Pop music is all about. There is no profain language (Well, maybe in the one interlude *Phonecall* but it's halarious!) and they include a wide range audience, ranging from the hip-hop crowd to the teeny boppers. If you're thinking of purchasing a TLC album, I reccomend this one out of all of them. It doesn't include much Hip-Hop (Which can be heard in the "FanMail" album) and it's not a first album which usually shows a lack of Maturity ("Ooooooohhh-On the Tlc Tip"). If you heard the songs on the radio and have been contemplating on purchasing "CrazySexyCool" go ahead. Listen to all of the other tracks as well. You won't be dissapointed.