St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley

In 2006 came an unexpected success as Cee-Lo Green (who found fame as an MC in the Atlanta Hip Hop group Goodie Mob, before having a solo career as a Soul singer) and Danger Mouse (the producer who in addition to these styles, has worked in a range of alternative genres), came to release "St. Elsewhere" as their debut album, going under the name Gnarles Barkley. 1. "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" The album gets underway with a lively composition as the duo jump into one which really shows how alternative they are from the very start of the thing by coming up with a tune whihch uses a Hip Hop-based Go-Go backing to support Cee-Lo as he ...  Read the complete review

An excellent well thought out album. Every tune has an effect that makes you appreciate each instrument and the words that Ce Lo is singing. This is their first album, and they just keep getting better and better. The second album "the odd couple" churns out even more crisp sounding tunes. There isn't a song on the album that I don't like. I recently saw them Live and they were outstanding. They clearly source the best musicians in the business and Ce lo and Danger mouse make a great team. Gnarls Barkley have definitely cut into the commercial market, but not so much that they have to water down their style for it to work. "Smiling ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I must say that normally I would not have bought this album as I know nothing about the band, but this was not a normal situation. It was August 2006 and we were driving around Norway in a hired car. In our wisdom we had bought along an MP3 player instead of our usual CD walkman and discs. So we were stuck with a car entertainment system that consisted of Norwegian radio and a separate MP3 player. Mrs Cad was able to listen to the MP3 player, whilst I went stir crazy listening to circa 1980's pop music that had a nasty habit of cracking up every time I went drove over a mountain into the next valley. After nearly five hours driving I pulled into a garage and Mrs ...  Read the complete review