Life in Cartoon Motion

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
The pop world might be all cooing 'n' cross-eyed over this flamboyant elfin with extended tail-feathers, as if it were shaken suddenly from a slumber, but the arrival of such a character was in fact always inevitable. He's an unlikely but traceable amalgamation of random pop culture explosions from the past few years--two parts Paulo Nutini, one part Kemal from Big Brother, a dash of Daphne Celeste, a barrel measure of Scissor Sisters, and another pinch of post-ironic dancing to Elton John at the Students' Union gone midnight. It's no secret that the UK has a weakness for pretty-boy singer songwriters either--he fits in there too, in that he's about to stick its index finger in the socket and pour it a drink. p Give it 12 months and you might be taking out a restraining order--Mika will split opinion--but his quasi-soul falsetto is unbelievable, that much is immediately obvious. There are moments nearing syrupy Feeling-esque normalcy (take "My Interpretation"), but those aside it’s high camp insatiability all the way. There’s a hint of Freddie Mercury’s theatricality in the voice, and in "Big Girl" he's even written a modern day "Fat Bottomed Girls". "Lollipop" is Jake Shears leading the Jackson 5, "Love Today" is the missing link between the Bee Gees and Village People and "Relax, Take It Easy" is a chilled Pet Shop Boys in gold lamé. Too cheesy to be a classic, perhaps, but this is just the brand of subversive eccentricity Robbie has failed miserably to achieve over his past few albums. --iJames Berry/i

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-05-23 rating:
Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion
Was asked to buy this for my niece , so I don't know what it is like but my nieces love it !!!! age 4 - 7.

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review by: Gramm date: 2009-04-26 rating:
Fancy an oldie liking Mika
Bought this as it looked unusual, very hippy coloured sleeve, what a fantastic buy,excellent album even my grandchildren love it, My AGE 59 so much better than the ordinary modern stuff in the charts. br /Theres no truth in the rumour i can be seen dancing round my room when doing my cleaning :-)

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review by: date: 2009-04-16 rating:
What???
This is utter rubbish, which can hardly be called music. Queen are a brilliant band but some people rate this higher than queens greatest hits, which is the best of queen (one of the greatest bands ever). Mika tries to be like queen and failed miserably, yet some idiots still think its better. br /how do u listen to this utter junk!

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review by: Ronald the bass caterpillar date: 2009-01-17 rating:
big explicit wheely of nuts
The album starts with a party feel, but most of the album consists only of Mika producing military ultra-sound noises. I found this album can be unsettling for wedding guests.


review by: Con date: 2008-08-11 rating:
If I could afford a hitman to take out Mika I would!
Don't by this each song reaches new lows in what can in the loosest possible terms be called music

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