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  • Artist: Moloko
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1995 11
  • Total Time: 66:32
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

The aptly named Do You Like My Tight Sweater? slinks and bounces on a funky backbone of fat basslines and innovative beats that support singer Roisin Murphy's sly, theatrical vocals and lyrics. Part catwoman, part droid, her singing ranges from a knowing purr to an androgynous growl and creates characters like party weirdos, dominatrixes, killer bunnies, and ghosts. As dramatic as her vocals are, however, Murphy is an antidiva; her musical surroundings equal her singing in importance. The other half of Do You Like My Tight Sweater?'s individuality comes from Mark Brydon's arrangements, which combine fluid tempos, sudden breakbeats, witty sound effects, and unearthly keyboards in sci-fi grooves that appeal to the brain and body. Standout tracks like "Fun for Me," "I Can't Help Myself," "Lotus Eaters," and "Party Weirdo" mix sensuality, technology, funk, and electronica in a unique and stylish blend. While some of the sillier songs like "On My Horsey" and "Dirty Monkey" disrupt the flow of Do You Like My Tight Sweater?, the danceable creativity of Moloko's debut overrides its quirks. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Fun for Me Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (5:07)
Tight Sweater Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (:16)
Day for Night Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (5:24)
I Can't Help Myself Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (5:45)
Circus Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (:20)
Lotus Eaters Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (7:33)
On My Horsey Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (:35)
Dominoid Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (4:11)
Party Weirdo Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (7:00)
Tubeliar Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (:25)
Ho Humm (Lyrics) Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (5:39)
Butterfly 747 Mark Brydon, R. Chris Murphy Moloko (4:31)
Dirty Monkey Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (:23)
Killa Bunnies Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (2:20)
Boo Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (5:47)
Where Is the What If the What Is in Why? Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (4:17)
Who Shot the Go Go Dancer? Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (6:59)

Credits

Moloko (Producer), Moloko (Main Performer)
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Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
Studio album by Moloko
Released 1995
Recorded 1995
Genre Electronica, trip hop
Length 66:32
Label Echo/Warner Bros. Records
46532
Producer Moloko
Professional reviews
Moloko chronology
Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
(1995)		 I Am Not a Doctor
(1998)

Do You Like My Tight Sweater? is the debut album of the electronic/dance duo Moloko, released in November 1995. The title of the album derives from singer Róisín Murphy's pick-up line to Mark Brydon at a party in 1995: "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!" A romantic and professional relationship between the two continued for several years after. Do You Like My Tight Sweater? combined three tracks from a 1995 independently-released EP Where is the What if the What is in Why? with fourteen new recordings.

This is the only Moloko album to receive a release in the United States (via Warner Bros. Records) as part of the electronica hype of the late 1990s. The album's first single, "Fun for Me", was also featured on the soundtrack of the film Batman and Robin, as well as used as the theme for a Lucky Strike ad.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Brydon and Murphy.

  1. "Fun for Me" – 5:08
  2. "Tight Sweater" – 0:15
  3. "Day for Night" – 5:23
  4. "I Can't Help Myself" – 5:44
  5. "Circus" – 0:19
  6. "Lotus Eaters" – 7:32
  7. "On My Horsey" – 0:34
  8. "Dominoid" – 4:11
  9. "Party Weirdo" – 7:01
  10. "Tubeliar" – 0:25
  11. "Ho Humm" – 5:38
  12. "Butterfly 747" – 4:30
  13. "Dirty Monkey" – 0:23
  14. "Killa Bunnies" – 2:19
  15. "Boo" – 5:47
  16. "Where is the What if the What is in Why?" – 4:16
  17. "Who Shot the Go-Go Dancer?" – 6:58

Singles

  • "Where is the What if the What is in Why?"
  • "Fun for Me" (#4 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play, #36 UK)
  • "Dominoid"
  • "Day for Night" (#37 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play)

Personnel

  • Róisín Murphy – vocals
  • Mark Brydon – bass

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