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| | Amazon.co.uk: Playgroup [Limited Edition]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Actually, in truth, Playgroup is a record that makes a spirit of eclecticism its central tenet, mashing funk, punk, hip-hop and new-wave into a funky whole, with guests including everyone from bequiffed Scottish crooner Edwin Collins and Happy Mondays' Rowetta to Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna and Blurt saxophonist Ted Milton. |
 | | But throughout, the mood is joyfully upbeat and permanently angled towards the dance floor--from the characteristically Princely sleaze-funk of "Number One", sung by Leila cohort Luca, to the odd wildcard, such as the dominatrix disco of "Make It Happen" or the deep boombox-dub rumble of "Surface to Air", peppered cheekily with mobile phone interference. |
 | | Playgroup is a frisky piece of kaleidoscopic dance floor sensation that grabs the listener from the first moments of the Prince-like Number One, first single to be lifted from the album, and never lets go. |
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