★★★★★
Not one to care that it's been nearly three years since the release of her last LP, robo-pop ace Robyn is still in a 'Body Talk' kind of mood, and so has presented, as if like new, a rather late-to-the-party promo to go with one of its tracks, Snoop Dogg collaboration 'U Should Know Better'. In many ways, a significant tip-off to staid pop saps that times are a-changing, 'Body Talk' and its graphic idealisms are as fresh as ever in 'U Should Know', which flips all sense of ritual and reality on...
- www.thecmuwebsite.com
2013-06-25
★★★★★
2008?s 'With Every Heartbeat' was one of the most unlikely number ones of recent years, but it helped pave the way for today's female über-electro pop stars, from Little Boots to Lady GaGa (well, just those two, really). So, for the follow up to her eponymous album, Robyn has thrown down the gauntlet to GaGa - if you can release a double album, then I'm going to release a "triple album in three installments" (well, three albums, in other words). And 'Part One', thankfully, is very good indeed...
- www.thecmuwebsite.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
The third release in Robyn's trilogy is not so much 'Body Talk Part Three', but essentially 'Body Talk - The Best Of' - given that it features all bar a couple of the tracks that featured on parts one and two earlier this year, with the obligatory smattering of new tracks (well, alright then, five new ones).It's hard not to be puzzled and/or frustrated by this release strategy...
- www.thecmuwebsite.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Anyone of a certain age will forever associate Sweden's Robyn Carlsson with her Max Martin and Denniz Pop produced output of the mid-90s, which, even at its sickly-sweetest, far outshone the vast majority of what was churned out of Martin and Pop's studio in the following years. However, following a slight lull, it's all coming along in leaps and bounds for Ms. Carlsson as we all know, who's managed to produce a tiny gem of a mini album in Body Talk Pt...
- www.state.ie
2011-04-29
★★★★★
So front-loaded it could almost be a vinyl album with a hot side and a cool side, only since the singer is 17 call them perky and caring. Positioned at four and six, the Max Martin-aided "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)" are key, but without Robyn and her boys' "Bumpy Ride," "You've Got That Somethin'," and "The Last Time" at one, three, and five you wouldn't listen twice...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2011-03-14
★★★★★
I don't hold it against her--in this musical economy, a Swedish disco dolly's gotta do what a Swedish disco dolly's gotta do. Nevertheless, the old codger in me is maddened by the sales strategy in which budget-priced half-hour June and September CDs are not quite subsumed by a full-priced December CD...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2011-03-14
★★★★★
Summary: Smart, pulsing electro-pop from an artist with the makings of a true pop star. Does anyone remember Robyn's first big single, released sometime in the mid 90's, called "Do You Really Want Me"? It's one best left to the deepest, most barren depths of the Now That's What I Call Music! archives but it typified what she used to be: average...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-02-21
★★★★★
Buy / Listen: 7Digital | Amazon | eMusic | We7 | Spotify Anyone of a certain age will forever associate Sweden's Robyn Carlsson with her Max Martin and Denniz Pop produced output of the mid-90s, which, even at its sickly-sweetest, far outshone the vast majority of what was churned out of Martin and Pop's studio in the following years. However, following a slight lull, it's all coming along in leaps and bounds for Ms...
- www.state.ie
2011-02-20
★★★★★
Buy / Listen: 7Digital | Amazon | eMusic | We7 | Spotify Body Talk 3 is the concluding part of Robyn's trilogy concept which saw her writing, recording and releasing songs while also touring extensively. As she wrote songs she was almost immediately able to test the results live and then release them in pocket-sized bunches every few months, with great success both in the constantly developing live shows and the quality of music she's managed to put out in this time...
- www.state.ie
2011-02-20
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