Bookended by surprisingly similar tracks Going On and Surprise, which both feature sparkling surf-beat ridden choruses, the middle section of the album brings out the most energetic experiments, but is also the most fractured because of them. Without a standout track, The Odd Couple plays as an experiment designed to combine as many stylistic elements as possible, most of the time as a detriment to the flow of the album and the individual song structures. Lead single Run, a funk-fueled romp that could inspire a workout routine, tries its best, but no song here matches the inspired simplicity and elegance of the oft-covered and never overplayed Crazy. But unfortunately for Gnarls Barkley, there is no runaway hit like Crazy to be found. The Odd Couple does appreciate with time. Although it's not hard to imagine the music in a cinematic setting, The Odd Couple would be quite a dense film – an Edgar Wright picture with more references than anyone knows and one that would require repeated viewings to get a feel for its charm. Returning to the trend on St Elsewhere, Charity Case, the opening song on The Odd Couple, starts with a sputtering movie reel, a sound that continues faintly in the silence between songs and comes to the fore again to close the album. But as a standalone effort focused on a diverse blend of soul, R&B, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music, it is an album to at least be appreciated. As a sophomore effort intended to expand on the power and energy of their debut St Elsewhere, it falls noticeably short. Unyielding in their eclecticism, soul singer Cee-Lo and producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse have returned from a wealth of collaborations back to their Gnarls Barkley project to produce The Odd Couple, the release date of which has been shoved forward by a week. The Odd Couple Gnarls Barkley to stream in hi-fi, or to download in True CD Quality on.Our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The Odd Couple, an album by Gnarls Barkley on Spotify.ON a late February afternoon Gnarls Barkley, the duo known for its funny costumes and psychedelic post-hip-hop sound, was unmasked and at rest at a quiet hotel in Beverly Hills.Cee-Lo.The album was released to the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3 on March 18. Due to an early leak of the album over the Internet in early March 2008, the duo decided to push up the release from April 8. The Odd Couple is the second studio album by Gnarls Barkley, released digitally on March 18 and in stores March 25, 2008.
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