CSS - Donkey
By Nick Manteris · 0 Comments · Leave a Comment
CSS released Donkey, their new album, earlier in the year and it shows a definite improvement in sound quality compared to their self-titled debut. That first album had a great energy, but, unfortunately, not very many worthy songs. “Music Is My Hot Hot Sex” was the main exception and it was such a great track that it was featured in an iPod commercial and a Zune commercial. (The Zune commercial was first, btw.) The only other two songs on CSS worth listening to were “Alala” and “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above”.
Conversely, Donkey only has three skippable songs. They left out all of the rough and raw edges on this release and the production is a step up, providing a more mature sound that many fans of the first album will probably hate. The music is better on average, but the best songs here aren’t as good as the best songs there…if that makes any sense. The disc starts out at the high point with “Jager Yoga” when Lovefoxxx and crew proclaim that they are here to take you out. And excluding the skippable ones, the rest of the songs are all just slightly less good than the opening track. Surprisingly, “Reggae All Night” contains absolutely no reggae elements so don’t be fooled. Beware of “Beautiful Song” as well, I found it to be the worst of the bunch. “Move” is another noteworthy mention because it sounds like the unreleased collaboration between Madonna and Blondie, kidnapped directly from the 80s. I leave it to you to decide whether or not that is a good thing or a bad thing.
- Score
- 64%
Btw…in case you were wondering: CSS stands for Cansei de Ser Sexy which translates literally as “got tired of being sexy.” Now they've become a little more musically sexy and I hope they don't get tired of that.
