3 Daft Monkeys - Social Vertigo (Social Vertigo - 3 Daft Monkeys)

Member Name: margerydawes

Product:	Social Vertigo - 3 Daft Monkeys
Date:	04/08/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Brilliant, fun, lively!

Disadvantages: You'll want more!!!

It's a sign of a truly great album when you love every song and the CD stands up to constant repetition. I defy anyone to listen to Social Vertigo by 3 Daft Monkeys and not find themselves toe tapping before a bit of full blown dancing! This CD is beautifully orchestrated with influences ranging from Jewish to Salsa with heartfelt and thoughtful lyrics. The CD opens with the stonking Paranoid Big Brother which is a humorous appraisal of the CCTV cameras in society. The pace doesn't let up with the 100mph Eyes of Gaia which really lets fiddler Athene Roberts show just how talented she is. She makes playing the most intense riffs on the violin look easy and her fiddling is like nothing you will hear outside the Philharmonic. Frenetic doesn't even cover it. It's the most joyous talent I've ever heard. As if that's not enough, her gentle voice is at its best on the title track Social Vertigo and Monkey and the Slipper. Jamie Waters provides solid underpinnings with great bass and Tim Ashton managed to sing, play 12-string guitar, penny whistle and kick drum - quite often at the same time! It's a wonderful album - but it, wonder a while why this band isn't topping the charts and then go and see them live for the full experience!

Summary: Unmissable Cornish fun!