Toploader to Reform!
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ivebeenhigh
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I couldn't have summed up the album better myself.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wladqj6lojka
With its keyboard-driven, funk-tinged anthems, Toploader's first album references in equal measures of the honky-tonk of the Rolling Stones and the Faces, the soul of early Elton John, and the infectious funk of Stevie Wonder in the '70s. In fact, the entire album sounds as though it could have been recorded in that decade, and that's not a bad thing. Joseph Washbourne's keyboards take center stage throughout the album, while his gravelly vocals, by turns joyful and melancholy, are well-suited to the band's brand of dance-oriented rock. The rhythm section establishes a solid groove, the guitars wail and soar, and the keyboards act as the guide and foundation. "Let the People Know," an exceptionally catchy dance track in the style of Jamiroquai, features a string section on loan from the Bee Gees; "Achilles Heel" rolls along tunefully, the intensity building until the song ends in a chaotic wall of noise. "Dancing in the Moonlight" is another album standout, a laid-back party anthem that could have been recorded by Rod Stewart when he still had a rooster-cut. All in all, Onka's Big Monka is a supremely enjoyable record, an album that evokes some of the best musical trends of the 1970s and blends them all together admirably.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wladqj6lojka
With its keyboard-driven, funk-tinged anthems, Toploader's first album references in equal measures of the honky-tonk of the Rolling Stones and the Faces, the soul of early Elton John, and the infectious funk of Stevie Wonder in the '70s. In fact, the entire album sounds as though it could have been recorded in that decade, and that's not a bad thing. Joseph Washbourne's keyboards take center stage throughout the album, while his gravelly vocals, by turns joyful and melancholy, are well-suited to the band's brand of dance-oriented rock. The rhythm section establishes a solid groove, the guitars wail and soar, and the keyboards act as the guide and foundation. "Let the People Know," an exceptionally catchy dance track in the style of Jamiroquai, features a string section on loan from the Bee Gees; "Achilles Heel" rolls along tunefully, the intensity building until the song ends in a chaotic wall of noise. "Dancing in the Moonlight" is another album standout, a laid-back party anthem that could have been recorded by Rod Stewart when he still had a rooster-cut. All in all, Onka's Big Monka is a supremely enjoyable record, an album that evokes some of the best musical trends of the 1970s and blends them all together admirably.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
I don't remember that one.
ivebeenhigh
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Greg Alexander is now a producer, got stage fright apparently, so not much chance of a come back
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
I'll be cured if I put on the new Toploader album.
fogbat
The Talibum
Greg Alexander is now a producer, got stage fright apparently, so not much chance of a come back
Good
"We're so radical we let dogs out of cages. And do you know who we put in a cage instead? The business man. In his suit and tie."
The tedious fucks.
Er, it's ok to drop the irony now, isn't it?
i've just been having a re-visit to it on youtube. good for about the first 1½ minutes.
the whole of that 'giant steps' album was excellent, iirc. although i've not listened to it in time, so i could be wrong.
anyway, toploader. words can't really express what i'm feeling right now.
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Ah. I did feel a bit depressed, but I thought about Toploader for a few moments and life was worth living again.It was more a follow up to your lyric, rather than an actual desire of mine.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
kained&able
Here for the football.
Oh yay!
this is amazing!
Mr and my best mate jamie oliver are well happy.
dave
this is amazing!
Mr and my best mate jamie oliver are well happy.
dave
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Washing machine. You are clearly young.
kained&able
Here for the football.
i have updated my facebook status to help spread the word thats how happy i am about this.
dave
dave
half_eaten_arm
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are you people serious...this is toploader, they are pure bum!
ivebeenhigh
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kained&able
Here for the football.
do you think the guardian will give a away a free cd?
that would also be awesome!
dave
that would also be awesome!
dave
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Are you on drugs?
ivebeenhigh
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i've jsut called my mum to tell her the news. as it happens she was at a funeral so this has cheered her right up 
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