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- Artist: Electric Company
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- Release Date: October 05, 2004
- Type: Enhanced CD-ROM
- Genre: Rock
Review
Much like his other releases for Tigerbeat6 (and this could apply to the label in general), Electric Company (Medicine's Brad Laner) can't sit still to save his artistic life. Throughout Creative Playthings' 18 tracks there lies an interesting hybrid of indie rock and electronic laptop wizardry, akin to labelmates Dwayne Sodahberk and Stars as Eyes. Much like its title, the album invokes a spirit that is childlike and innocent, complete with upbeat melodies, frantic beats, and rapid-fire edits, bleeps, and noises. The hyperactivity abounds -- with one idea jumping to the next without apology and ideas never fully coming to fruition. One of the most notable highlights comes as the end of the record: if played on a computer CD drive, a whole slew of secret MP3s are included, another full-length album of material that almost bests anything on the proper album. Also included in the MP3 batch is a beautiful live performance from 1998. Song titles withstanding, it's an IDM album the whole family can enjoy. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Stand Close, Don't Flatter Yourself | Electric Company | (2:22) | |
| A Rainbow of Traction | Electric Company | (2:21) | |
| The Crab Eating Fox | Electric Company | (2:03) | |
| Early Teeth | Electric Company | (2:10) | |
| Theme from the Mushroom Shaped Tongue | Electric Company | (2:21) | |
| Is There Another Door to Door? | Electric Company | (2:34) | |
| Cancer and My Name Is Larry | Electric Company | (2:00) | |
| Crates of Dead Orange Markers | Electric Company | (1:29) | |
| Last Anus for 17 Miles | Electric Company | (2:21) | |
| Jarhead | Electric Company | (2:31) | |
| Vernal Blue Extract | Electric Company | (2:53) | |
| Recalcitrant Remote Comptroller | Electric Company | (2:10) | |
| Eighteen Hard Feelings | Electric Company | (2:36) | |
| She'll Be in Foal Again | Electric Company | (2:01) | |
| Murexes and Sacoglossans | Electric Company | (2:06) | |
| The Purveyor of Delusion | Electric Company | (2:17) | |
| Other Numbers Besides Locomotion | Electric Company | (2:17) | |
| Little Chachalaca | Electric Company | (3:39) |
