Things to Make and Do

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Things to Make and Do
Moloko studio album

Publication
(s)

2000

Label (s) echo

Genre (s)

Electronica , dance

Title (number)

18th

running time

approx. 68 minutes

occupation
  • Bass: Mark Brydon

production

Moloko

chronology
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Things to Make and Do is the third studio album by the band Moloko .

Song info

While the last albums were characterized by more electronic music elements, Moloko let more live sound flow in for the first time on this album (e.g. The Time Is Now or Pure Pleasure Seeker ). In addition, there was more experimentation with Róisín Murphy's voice.

Trivia

Things to Make and Do reached number 3 on the British charts due to the great success of the singles The Time Is Now and Sing It Back . In Germany, the album reached number 14 and stayed in the album charts for 25 weeks.

Track list

Track 1-18 / Music & Text: Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy except (*)

  1. Radio Moscow (Eddie Stevens)
  2. Pure Pleasure Seeker
  3. Absent Minded Friends
  4. indigo
  5. Being Is Bewildering
  6. Remain the same
  7. A drop in the ocean
  8. Dumb Inc.
  9. The Time Is Now
  10. Mother
  11. It's Your Problem (Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy, Eddie Stevens)
  12. It's nothing
  13. Bingo Massacre (Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy, Eddie Stevens, Paul Slowley)
  14. Somebody Somewhere (Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy, Ashton Thomas, Dave Cooke)
  15. Just You and Me Dancing (Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy, Eddie Stevens, Paul Slowley)
  16. If You Have a Cross to Bear You May As Well Use It as a Crutch (Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy, Eddie Stevens, Paul Slowley)
  17. Keep stepping
  18. Sing It Back (Boris' Musical Mix)

Single releases

  • The Time Is Now (March 20, 2000 - D 49, GB 2)
  • Pure Pleasure Seeker (GB 21)
  • Indigo (GB 51)

criticism

  • laut.de : "With their sound they break the narrow boundaries of trip hop"

Individual evidence

  1. www.laut.de: Blast the narrow boundaries of Trip Hop with their sound . Accessed on May 30, 2011