Talk to La Bomb

by Brazilian Girls

Overview

With their lead singer sensually delivering her witty lyrics in five different languages while the band skillfully flirts with house, dub, and plenty of other cosmopolitan genres of music in the background, the Brazilian Girls' Talk to La Bomb revisits nearly all the elements that made their 2005 self-titled debut such a thrill, but the songwriting has slipped a bit, welcoming the beloved act to the sophomore slump. With great ideas hidden deep inside wandering tracks and more loose numbers than it should have, Talk to La Bomb feels a lot like the B-sides and remixes collections plenty of other bands follow a killer debut with, which means fans will get something substantial out of it but they won't be able to convert their friends. There's still some solid reason to cheer for the band with the Ric Ocasek-produced "Last Call" being a delicious kind of comfortable pop-house, while "Sweatshop" offers a winning combination of sexuality and Stereolab. The tribal "Tourist Trap" gets reckless in the tropics with its fun tale of "lighting up at the pool/peeing into the ocean" and the closing "Problem" is the Vogue magazine/punk rocker the Girls always seemed to have in them, but tracks like "Sexy Asshole" and "Never Met a German" are forgettable and feel like they were written because somebody dropped a clever song name. Talk to La Bomb indulges every whim you'd expect on an odds-and-sods compilation, so pretend it is and adjust your expectations accordingly. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	09/12/2006
Label:	Verve Forecast
UPC:	0602498509609

Tracks

1. Jique
2. All About Us
3. Last Call
4. Never Met a German
5. Sweatshop
6. Le Territoire
7. Rules of the Game
8. Talk to the Bomb
9. Nicotine
10. Tourist Trap
11. Sexy Asshole
12. Problem

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brazilian Girls   Primary Artist
MSTRKRFT   Primary Artist
Jesse Murphy   Bass (Electric),Vocals (Background),Bass
Didi Gutman   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Peck Allmond   Woodwind
Jorge Continentino   Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Mauro Refosco   Percussion
Aaron Johnston   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Clark Gayton   Tuba,Cornet,Trombone,Euphonium,Sax (Baritone)
James Zollar   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Sabina Sciubba   Vocals
Ric Ocasek   Guitar

Technical Credits

Vladimir Radojicic   Photography
Elian Silver Taifun   Composer
Fred Rubens   Assistant Engineer
Jason Darling   Composer
Didi Gutman   Composer,Group Member
Jim Keller   Mixing Assistant
Danny Clinch   Photography
Kelly Pratt   Release Coordinator
Brazilian Girls   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Aaron Johnston   Composer,Group Member
Clark Gayton   Arranger,Recording Arranger,Composer
Sabina Sciubba   Design,Composer,Group Member
Mark Plati   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Rich Costey   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Ric Ocasek   Producer
Marco Migliari   Mixing,Mixing Assistant
Frederik Rubens   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Steven "Steve O" George   Engineer
Hollis King   Creative Director
Art Smith   Drum Technician
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff   Creative Director
Petar Podzemaljac   Drawing
Zeke Zima   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Adria Petty   Art Direction
Ryan Simms   Mixing,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Evelyn Morgan   A&R
Christopher Frederick   Art Direction
Tchad Blake   Mixing
Steven George   Recording Arranger
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Hector Castillo   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Dahlia Ambach Caplin   A&R,Release Coordinator
Barry Reynolds   Composer
Jesse Murphy   Composer,Group Member