| Razika / Program 91 |
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| Album: | Program 91 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Razika | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Smalltown Supersound | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-24 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-26 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 18 | Dec 11 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 24, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Aldri | 4. | Aug 27, 2013: | Meow Youth | |
| 2. | Jul 17, 2014: | Head North Vondt I Hjertet | 5. | May 31, 2013: | the mystery hour Taste My Dream | |
| 3. | Feb 19, 2014: | Femme Fatale Youth | 6. | Jul 25, 2012: | Meow After Midnight Taste My Dream |
| Album Review |
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| Wallace Brontoon Reviewed 2011-10-17 | ||
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Razika Program 91 Reviewed by Hervey Okkles 10/12/11 Sunny, unbelievably catchy Norwegian girl-group, still in their teens. (The album's title is a reference to their birthyear.) Interpolate between the post-punk of The Raincoats and the sludgy treacle of ABBA, add some ska-y backbeat, and you basically have it. Innocent and pristine. (Also, bilingual: English tracks-1,2,4,6,8,11. Norwegian tracks- 3,5,7,9,10.) Everything here is superb, with unworldly hooks. No FCCs. RIYL: Tallulah Gosh, The Raincoats, Liliput, ABBA, The Slits. 1. (3:11) *** Light sugar pop, with perfectly placed "doo-doo-doo"s all over. 2. (2:13) ** Cover of 1966 Norwegian group, The Pussycats. Merseybeat swing with insistent edge. 3. (3:35) ** Sweetly sad intro, gets perkier and '70s loungey as it progresses. Sparse choral break at 2:50. 4. (3:10) **** Punkier. Grabbier. But just as sweet and catchy. 5. (3:37) ** A Gary Lewis and the Playboys-type melody, saccharine and doofusy, in the best way. 6. (2:17) ** Spookier sound, with squawks-- a minor-key discotheque-type song. Weird echoes. 7. (2:46) ** Darker swaying, still insistent. 8. (3:41) Pipier vocals, maybe a little too strident. 9. (2:47) *** Twangy Caribbean guitars, vocals pop right along. "Dah, laddy-dah-dah" break towards end. Rattling drum throughout. 10. (2:01) Pushy, right from gates. 11. (5:06) ** Acoustic chanson-type song. Sadly wafting "fa-la-la"s. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Youth | 6. | Nytt På Nytt | |||
| 2. | Why Have We To Wait | 7. | Eg Vetsje | |||
| 3. | Vondt I Hjertet | 8. | Above All | |||
| 4. | Taste My Dream | 9. | Hvem Skal Tro På Deg Nå | |||
| 5. | Aldri | 10. | Middelalder | |||
| 11. | Walk In The Park | |||||