Fantastic Plastic Machine - Beautiful

Fantastic Plastic Machine - Beautiful

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield, Disco
Year:
2001

Tracklist

I Am Beautiful 0:04
Beautiful Ways 4:29
Paragon 5:10
Love Is Psychadelic 5:59
On A Chair 6:17
Whistle Song 8:02
One Minute Of Love 0:59
Todos Os Desejos 7:28
I'm Still A Simple Man 4:41
Black Dada 3:59
God Save The Mona Lisa 5:12
Beautiful Days (Reprise) 4:15
Take Me To The Disco (Malibu Remix) 6:26

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Beautiful (CD, Album) Emperor Norton EMN 7042 US 2001
Beautiful (2xLP) Emperor Norton EMN 7042 US 2001
Beautiful (CD) Avex Trax AVCD-11867 Japan 2001
Beautiful (CD, Album) Avex Trax, Avex Asia Ltd. AVTCD-95458 Hong Kong 2001
Beautiful (CD, Album) Suave Records 320001 (29) Mexico 2001
Beautiful (CD, Promo) Emperor Norton EMN 7041 US 2001
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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 4/5
Review by benow Apr 24, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

referencing Beautiful, CD, Album, EMN 7042

I like it. Production is excellent. So are the vocalists, tho they are perhaps a bit tiring towards the end of the album. FPM is quite different, very clean and very quirky. This release is more cohesive and has some great bits, tho it doesn't quite work when listenened as a whole. Deserves a listen if only for the production and arrangement.
Rated 3/5
Review by scoundrel Apr 27, 2004

referencing Beautiful, CD, Album, EMN 7042

The Fantastic Plastic Machine’s third album, Beautiful, is much more steeped in disco than his previous two, which is both good and bad. It’s bad in that it narrows the eclectic sound that made his first two albums so fun; it’s good in that he can still pump out a great track like “Beautiful Days.” There’s no mistaking the disco strings on “On a Chair”; “The Whistle Song” isn’t a remake of the famous Frankie Knuckles track as you might think -- it’s a peppy number with more of a flute than a whistle. “I’m Still a Simple Man” sounds like it came straight from vaudeville. Not all the tracks are as charming, though: “God Save the Mona Lisa” seems rambling and “Take Me to the Disco” shows you why disco had a short shelf life. Still, not a bad album.
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