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intereact!M.I.A.
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2005-03-22
Manufacturer: Xl/Beggars US
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
M.I.A.'s debut record is both intensely urban and aggressively modern. The group's sole member, Maya Arul, infuses her blend of hip-hop and chunky electro with raw, tribal overtones and a healthy dose of sex appeal. There are elements of world music here, in Arul's multilingual vocal as well as the tonal shifts and instrumentation (like the drone that opens up "Hombre"). Her delivery uses a variety of yelps and tics full of street-wise confidence and bratty energy. But there's also an appealing melodic sense, like early Neneh Cherry or Miss Kitten when she's not in diva mode. M.I.A. doesn't really sound like anybody; the music is just experimental enough to wiggle out of easy comparisons. The IDM-style bleeps and beeps of "Galang," for example, give an already catchy song extra punch. The only problem with the record, a common flaw for debuts, is a sameness from track to track which robs it of the ability to surprise. Still, Arul is hugely talented and her abundant originality packs a wallop. --Matthew Cooke
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) Worth the Buy [Rating: 5 out of 5]
You can't help but respect the creativity poring out of this album. This was M.I.A.'s debut & the reason why so many love her. I love this album & it hasn't left the car in weeks.2) Save your money... Don't believe the hype. [Rating: 1 out of 5]
I heard a lot of chatter about this new girl M.I.A. and her album getting a lot of good reviews. I don't know if her phenomenon is a result of her label hyping her in publications or what, but after listening to her album once through, I would advise you to stay away unless ecstasy-rave music is your thing. She is nearly unintelligible on all of her vocals and is drowned out by the incessant reverb present on all most all of her tracks. This is the definition of drivel. I am happy for her and her interesting life story, but her music does not interest me. Save your $!3) "Arular" Is A Brilliant Masterpiece Of Music!! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
M.I.A.'s "Arular" is the best debut album I've heard in a long time. I first heard of M.I.A. from a free single on iTunes of her single Galang. When I heard it, I knew I had to buy an album, so I looked her up and found that she had an album. So I bought it, and was absolutely stunned by how amazing all the others tracks are.Each song has a wonderful beat and lyrics, and are fun and catchy and dance-like. For anyone who enjoys some of the best music you'll hear in an EXTREMELY long time, then M.I.A.'s debut album "Arular" is the right one for you.4) Hyphens [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Sri Lankan-British electronica-hip hop. There are a lot of hyphenated descriptors possible for her. M.I.A. is an original, no one else sounds this way. When I first listened to this CD I thought that it would be better off interspersed with other music, but it's been growing on me. A solid block of M.I.A. to rattle the brain free.Post-colonial. Post-modern. A feminist-P.Funk? Sun Ra+sampler?5) You had me at hello [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I knew within the first thirty seconds of the first track of this CD that I was going to love it. It was sort of the music-listening equivalent to "you had me at hello". The energy of this CD is so fresh and so intoxicating that it made me feel like I just drank a Red Bull.M.I.A. is an artist who is difficult to classify, which means that she is a true original. Her music has the bravado of hip-hop, the experimental quality of electronica, the multi-cultural vibe of world music. Yet it doesn't come across as pretentious or forced at all. She's just taking what she needs to turn herself on. And the listener (me) is turned on in return. Isn't that what music is all about?