Mondo by Electric Guest

Released:  May 15, 2012
Rating:  74.00
Genre: '80s Dance Pop

It's a late purchase,and thus a late entry. For that I apologize.  It wasn't until a friend and fellow Danger Mouse enthusiast mentioned that Brian Burton had produced this that I was even aware it existed.  And you should know my rule by now:  If Danger Mouse is involved, buy it.  He does not disappoint.

Danger Mouse has been involved with the creative force behind Electric Guest, Asa Taccone, almost since the Grey Album.  In fact, he credits Taccone with helping him to define his style.  So it's no surprise that you can hear a lot of his other work in these songs.  The Bait and Troubleman could have been Beck;
American Daydream reminds me of Sparklehorse (from Dark Night of the Soul), or maybe Damon Albarn (from The Good, The Bad and The Queen album);  Control taps his work with James Mercer on the Broken Bells album; This Head I Hold, my favorite song on the album and is an RB number reminiscent of his work with Cee Lo Green.  The one exception is Under The Gun, which reminds George Michael.