★★★★★
Róisín Murphy's 2007 album, Overpowered, used classic disco as a springboard into slick, modern pop. It was a commercial flop but grew the ex-Moloko singer's following among fans, DJs and producers with a strong sense of dance history. It also led to a string of singles that Murphy made with assorted European house producers over the past seven years. Accordingly, her latest is a discerning Euro-pop fan's wet dream...
- nowtoronto.com
2014-06-05
★★★★★
In certain circles, Roisin Murphy is an icon. The Irish vocalist and former Moloko frontwoman has maintained a lively solo career since her original outfit broke up, and in the past few years, she's appeared in seemingly unrelated places by collaborating with the likes of Crookers, David Morales, and Toddla T...
- www.xlr8r.com
2012-08-20
★★★★★
'Overpowered' trades the iconoclastic leftfield production of Matthew Herbert that saw Roisin Murphy's debut solo album 'Ruby Blue' cruelly marginalised instead tripping the light fantastic, coming over as an album that seethes sex appeal from every pore with dance tracks that don't so much flirt and cavort as want to exchange bodily fluids...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
Following up her underperforming debut Ruby Blue, former Moloko frontwoman Róisín Murphy is back with her second solo album. Now signed to EMI, she's made her most coherent album yet. Murphy's songwriting appears to be stronger than ever with a consistent style and sound emerging throughout. She puts this assured sense of purpose, in part, down to a recent obsession with old disco and house music...
- www.musicomh.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
As much as I might fancy myself the all-seeing-eye of electronic music, the truth is I didn't know anything about Moloko (Róisín Murphy's former group) when in 2008 I first put on Overpowered (yes, from 2007). I was slated to serve jury duty that day and put some new music on my mp3 player in preparation. I thought it might be hellish, just sitting around all morning and waiting to get called, but thanks to Róisín Murphy, those hours melted away...
- www.cokemachineglow.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
If we were to tell you that former Moloko singer Róisín Murphy's second album was 80s-tinged adult pop combined with several nods to 90s-era Kylie Minogue, the electro-pop output of Madonna and Thriller-style Michael Jackson, you'd be forgiven for overlooking Overpowered. However, Overpowered is a classic example of how pop albums should be made. Rather than pandering to devilish marketing ploys and aiming for grand exposure, it's simply a collection of damned fine, catchy songs...
- www.junkmedia.org
2010-03-19
★★★★★
Sartorially bonkers pop maverick finally delivers sparkling collection of pop for the dancefloor Unlike Björk, Roisin Murphy's music has never quite matched the quality of her out-there outfits (check the cover above). Despite being best known for finding mainstream success with Moloko on club smash Sing It Back, the Wicklow-born vocalist has often flirted unsuccessfully with weirdness...
- www.virginmedia.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Following 11 years with Moloko and the Ruby Blue arty solo album with electronica producer, Matthew Herbert, in 2005... Roisin finally returns to the dancefloor. Overpowered is a much more accesible album and the lady herself co-wrote and co-produced, delving back to the fray with her ice-cool vocals and dark, funky, lyrical hedonism. From the sleezy pop opener, "Overpowered", you know you're in for a treat...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Previously the lead singer for B-list trip-hop act Moloko, Róisín Murphyis a red-haired Irish singer with the burnished pipes of a soul diva. Onher solo debut Ruby Blue, she teams up with DJ-producer Matthew Herbert, whose mixof elegant horns and frisky beats constructed from handclaps, ringingalarm clocks, and other found sounds creates a thrilling backdrop forMurphy's earthy vocals...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
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