Onka's Big Monka - Toploader Reviews

I had never listened to Toploader before apart from when this album first came out and I was in childhood I remember asking what the album was called and it was not registering with me the name so in the end he got really annoyed and stopped telling me what the name of the album is. Now that I am 16 years old and a teenager I think I was listening ...  Read the complete review

Toploader's album Onka's Big Monka is an album featuring twelve tracks. Toploader are a five man band who had many hits in the late nineties and early noughties. The best track on the album is ACHILLES HEEL. The song has amazing lyrics about how women can be a weakness and the sound is fantastic. DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT is ...  Read the complete review

Toploader - Onka's Big Moka The album hauntingly appears in your ears like an external heartbeat approaching from the rear. An alien is breathing down your neck for a split second and then a gushing mixture of rock and violin ambience takes off on it's rollercoaster. The singer's big hair is surely in tow and blowing wildly ...  Read the complete review

Onka's Big Moka is a good alround album. In fact the first seven songs are pure brilliance. They include: 1.Let the people know - this is a good album track to start the cd going. It is very up tepmo and you'll love it. 2. Dancing in the Monnlight is the song that single handidly got Toploader famous. It is one of those all time great ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album when it first came out, yes, before "Dancing in the moonlight" was re-released and played to death!!!. The main reason i bought this album was simply because of one song "achilles heel" I fell in love with the song the minute i heard it and it is still my favourite track on the album. I just ...  Read the complete review

Let me begin by admitting that I didn`t buy this album but actually borrowed it from one of my students to listen to. I`m glad I didn`t waste my money! Whilst there are a few memorable tracks on this album, it is full of far too many over-produced tracks that are too samey!! Any way here is my humble opinion about them! Let the ...  Read the complete review

if you like it buy it. if u dont then stop whining and buy something you do like! - Advantages: cool tunes, can listen to it over and over again - Disadvantages: none

Toploader at first glance seem an original band with a different style of music, but this sadly is not the case. Toploader are most widely known for their single "Dancing in the Moonlight". At first this is seems a decent song with a catchy melody and chorus but does get a bit tedious over time. But to the point, Toploader did ...  Read the complete review

This album suprised me greatly,I bought it expecting only to like a couple of songs, but loved the whole thing on the first time of hearing and it has only continued to grow on me ever since. It starts of with the upbeat sing along tune that is "let the people know" and moves onto the most well known(although not the best in my ...  Read the complete review

The same repeative boring tune. When I heard dancing in the moonlight, foolishly I went out and bought the album. I thought they sounded good and the majority of the other songs were bound to be good but NO. The songs were all the same. I must have fallen asleep at least 10 times listening to that album. It is sooo boring. The tracks lack good ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album as I liked to tracks on it, Dancing in the Moonlight and Achilles Heel. I used the same principle with the Semiconic album, and thought it was great, and started to like most of the other songs on it. This album, however, is rubbish. I have listend to it about twice since buying it in January, and still only like the two ...  Read the complete review

After recently purchasing this CD, I was pleasantly surprised how this album is both uplifting whilst still is very laid back – a great chillout album. ‘Let The People Know’ is a great start to the album, which is very, very uplifting, and I’m surprised hasn’t been released as a single yet. However, ...  Read the complete review

I got into Toploader when I heard Dancing in the Moonlight the frst time around! It was my kind of tune - i like a good song that i can bop my head to!!! The summer the album came out (2000) they played at my uni midsummer Ball and they were fantastic!! They are one of those bands that sound even better live than they do on CD (like ...  Read the complete review

This is a great song and i recommend it 2 any one who likes this sort of music - Advantages: its a great song and intrigues most people in my op!, has a great beat 2 it! - Disadvantages: It sometimes repeats itself over and ove again!

Two words: Supermarket Music. Just think of the background riff in Dancing in the Moonlight, and just think: this music is absolutely perfect for a supermarket. You have to agree with this. Really. All the same, one certain journey to Asda had this song on, by that time I had had enough, as I had heard it on the radio a total of 3 times ...  Read the complete review

not v good....but bearable! - Advantages: relaxing, mellow - Disadvantages: annoying

Toploader play their own instruments you know. They're about real songs. You know Westlife? They're rubbish because they don't write their own songs. Toploader do. And they play their own instruments. Who'd want to go to a concert and see a bloke stood behind a pair of decks? Not Toploader that's for sure. They're about ...  Read the complete review

I bought 'Onkas Big Moka' after hearing 'Dancing in the Moonlight'. I wasn't disapointed, but I wasn't blown away. This album has some really great tracks on it. 'Achilies Heal', 'Just Hold On', 'Let The People Know' and 'Dancing In the moonlight' are all stand out tracks on this ...  Read the complete review

Toploader have busted onto the music scene with a vengeance recently and have become an over night success. Perhaps best known for 'Dancing in the moonlight' and associated with Jamie 'The Naked Chef' Oliver and the Sainsbury's corporation, Toploader are so much more. Having heard about this band on the grape vine I bought this ...  Read the complete review

I first heard Toploader at a Paul Weller concert a year or two ago, and whilst there I bought their "High Flying Bird" EP. Since then, barely a day has gone by that I haven't thought "I can't wait for their debut album!" The EP was really that good. The waiting has been a strange experience, as I have witnessed the ...  Read the complete review