The Cockmariners: October 2010

listening to this on NPR here
Bright Lights Bigger City, after the intro feels like a Michael song, and has some trademark charisma we love Cee-Lo for.
After that, though, we get Forget You. I'm not sure why we need the radio edit and the full version on the same album. It's a little embarrassing to listen to, and is pretty much solid filler.

The next track, 'Wildflower' is a sensitive melodic operatic ballad to his girl. It's the longest song on the album, clocking in at barely over 4 minutes. I'll get over the strings, eventually.

Bodies, the 5th track, starts with an obvious hip-hop beat produced by The Neptunes. Yet another smooth sultry tune.

But suddenly, 'Please'! There is no end to the sultry tunes of Cee-lo. Selah Sue, the guest singer on the song makes a splash and would have stolen the entire song if Cee-Lo wasn't the vocalist he is.

After Please comes Satisfied, and we've been growing more upbeat since Wildflower. The horns and strings make it feel like a stadium song. Despite the attitude and sound, the lyrics pertain to being, of course, satisfied.

Slowing down again, I Want You retains the horns and continues the theme that Cee-Lo is a lady killer. If it wasn't obvious by now, he's made it clear here.

This is getting silly, Cee-Lo. Cry Baby shows Cee-Lo is the most sensitive of lady killers. The horns make yet another show and herald in a dramatic ballad worthy of your tears.

Fool For You gets funky and personal. Cee-Lo sure loves his horns. With more brass, Cee-Lo wails passionately in the way he does over more orchestration. Highlight song so far. (Also EWF fuck yeah).

It's OK is a reminiscent diddy where Cee-Lo pines over yet another lady. Almost a less spiteful version of Fuck You, even keeping the spirit and vibrato Cee-Lo voice in. Needs more of this on the album.

The 12th of 14 tracks on The Lady Killer is Old Fashioned. Fitting to it's name, we get an old fashioned two-step slow-dance song. If this album goes anywhere, this song will be a prom-night favorite, as well as an intimate love lullaby.

Apparently they felt that the outro to the album needed to be the second to last song... Sadly, this song doesn't get a title, and relies on the momentum of the rest of the album for it's movement.

And if Wikipedia is to be trusted... Fuck You! The pop-hit barely-safe-for-radio tune that got Cee-Lo more fame than Crazy did. The charisma, story telling, and brutal honestly forces us to overlook the brashness and give Cee-Lo our full attention.

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