| La Roux |  | Artist: La Roux
Label: Polydor
Category: Music
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Rating:  81 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 51 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602527036359
EAN: 0602527036359
ASIN: B001VEJ2G2
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | In For The Kill | | • | Tigerlily | | • | Quicksand | | • | Bulletproof | | • | Colourless Colour | | • | I'm Not Your Toy | | • | Cover My Eyes | | • | As If By Magic | | • | Fascination | | • | Reflections Are Protections | | • | Armour Love | | • | Growing Pains (UK bonus track) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With commercially successful singles "Quicksand" and "In For The Kill" (latterly remixed by dubstep luminary Skream), red-headed, pale-skinned Brixton girl Elly Jackson and her "invisible" co-producer Ben Langmaid irrevocably established their love of 80s pop. This debut album continues the duo’s foray into euphoric retro-dance, nodding non-ironically to the likes of The Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Heaven 17 and The Human League while remaining impressively contemporary. Opening with a string of sassy tunes--the buzzing "Tigerlily", the synth-heavy "Quicksand" and the slick and fiery "Bulletproof"--it’s apparent that La Roux have colour, class and confidence in spades. The album tapers off a little during the second half--failed experiments like "Cover My Eyes" which features the London Community Gospel Choir don't help--but it still boasts way more in the shape of dynamic killers than sappy fillers. First class. --Danny McKenna
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| Customer Reviews:
 Catch Like A Virus March 8, 2010
Bongo
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album should carry a Health Warning. Truly the musical equivalent of Measles, infectious, an itch you cannot scratch. I hated this album when i first heard it. I am, after all, a dedicated Heavy Metal fan... this electronic rubbish was not to be to my taste. 48 hours later i was sat in a friends car when i heard La Roux again. I have probably never had a greater musical epiphany. Elly Jackson has one of the best voices of this decade and La Roux have produced one of the most intelligent 'pop' records of this genre. Instant classics like 'In For the Kill' and 'Bulletproof' are immediate in their impact and infectiousness but the true depth of La Roux is hidden in gems such as 'Colourless Colour'. Dismiss at your peril... you really would miss out on the freshest and most intelligent pop albums of all time. Catch the bug now! Now... how do i disguise this amidst my Maiden albums..
 Nice February 14, 2010
Ruigi (Amsterdam)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Captivating songs. I'm not much up-to-date with today's music, but I like the 80s/new wave expressiveness as opposed to a lot of the music I have heard for some time. At the same time, the staccato and high voice tires me after a while, so I'll probably not listen the cracks into this CD (but who knows: 'Bulletproof' is a killer).
Retro but good November 7, 2009
SynthBoy (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's not a *brilliant* album, it does taper off towards the end, but it *is* their first so give them space, and "Bulletproof" is just so great it's almost worth buying just for that track!
If I have a criticism though it's so blatantly influenced by early 80's synthpop I almost feel Vince Clarke should have a royalty credit - this music just wouldn't exist if it wasn't for him! ;-)
Can't wait for album number 2...
La Roux, best new singer October 8, 2009
R. Pipe (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Heard La Roux on Alan Carr's show for the first time. Reminded me of Leo Sayer when he first started absolutely spot on with notes and a great performer.
Really Good. Shes amazing August 16, 2009
Florence Hansford (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all, this album is brilliant, all songs have a great sound and I reckon shes an amazing singer, i cant wait to see her live. For all those people who have come on here commenting on every song and giving negativity towards it, could you do any better? Sorry but if you hate it that much you really need to know what the word music means...
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