La Roux / Trouble In Paradise
| Album: | Trouble In Paradise | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | La Roux | Added: | Jul 2014 | |
| Label: | Interscope Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-07-25 | Pull Date: | 2014-09-26 |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 14 | Sep 7 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 13, 2022: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Silent Partner |
4. | Sep 05, 2014: | In The Year 1000, 8000: Cerati's Edition
Tropical Chancer |
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| 2. | Jun 24, 2021: | Alphabet Soup
Let Me Down Gently |
5. | Sep 01, 2014: | ZoeRadio
Sexotheque |
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| 3. | Sep 11, 2014: | Amber Waves
Tropical Chancer |
6. | Aug 31, 2014: | Radio Personality (summer)
Paradise Is You |
Album Review
Zoe Rogers
Reviewed 2014-07-24
Reviewed 2014-07-24
Second studio album from La Roux out on Interscope. Yes her last album went pretty mainstream, but I dont think there is any denying that this synth pop is worth listening to. As the name may suggest, Trouble In Paradise really does have a tropical vibe throughout with appearances from steel drums and whispy sounds. I really enjoyed this on my first listen.
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Recommended Tracks: 5, 6, 7
1. (4:22) Uptight Downtown - ~10 seconds of near silence, followed by a steady baseline and some cool guitar chords with that same La Roux vocal we would have expected. Mid tempo.
2. (3:54) Kiss And Not Tell - A little more video-game style tones and a less distorted vocal.
3. (4:15) Cruel Sexuality - Falsetto galore in the chorus, mediocre instrumentation on this one.
4. (5:12) Paradise is You - Another ~18 seconds of silence at the beginning. This one is very beach-y.
5. (4:19) Sexotheque - Mid tempo, cool vocal phrasing, I really like this one.
6. (3:32) Tropical Chancer - This one sounds vaguely like I Saw The Sign by Ace of Base :) It is really good though, excellent use of steel drum sounds.
7. (7:01) Silent Partner - Instrumentation reminds me a bit of Devo, love the vocal sound on this one.
8. (5:40) Let Me Down Gently - Down tempo, ballad.
9. (4:06) The Feeling - Another standard synth pop track
No FCCs detected.
Recommended Tracks: 5, 6, 7
1. (4:22) Uptight Downtown - ~10 seconds of near silence, followed by a steady baseline and some cool guitar chords with that same La Roux vocal we would have expected. Mid tempo.
2. (3:54) Kiss And Not Tell - A little more video-game style tones and a less distorted vocal.
3. (4:15) Cruel Sexuality - Falsetto galore in the chorus, mediocre instrumentation on this one.
4. (5:12) Paradise is You - Another ~18 seconds of silence at the beginning. This one is very beach-y.
5. (4:19) Sexotheque - Mid tempo, cool vocal phrasing, I really like this one.
6. (3:32) Tropical Chancer - This one sounds vaguely like I Saw The Sign by Ace of Base :) It is really good though, excellent use of steel drum sounds.
7. (7:01) Silent Partner - Instrumentation reminds me a bit of Devo, love the vocal sound on this one.
8. (5:40) Let Me Down Gently - Down tempo, ballad.
9. (4:06) The Feeling - Another standard synth pop track
Track Listing
| 1. | Uptight Downtown | 5. | Sexotheque | |||
| 2. | Kiss And Not Tell | 6. | Tropical Chancer | |||
| 3. | Cruel Sexuality | 7. | Silent Partner | |||
| 4. | Paradise Is You | 8. | Let Me Down Gently | |||
| 9. | The Feeling | |||||