Name: Marc & Robert by Les Rita Mitsouko
Brand: Les Rita Mitsouko
SKU: 5060421569697
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (77 reviews)

ALBUM

This album proves that the first two records by Les Rita Mitsoukous (aka, guitarist Fred Chichin and vocalist/organist Catherine Ringer) were flukes and that for the most part French rock sucks. The fact that by 1988 they had resorted to collaborating with washed-up producer Tony Visconti should tell listeners something. The music here is hopelessly outdated new wave with stuttering keyboards and the occasional scratched record to add something the French thought approached street cred in the late '80s. All the magic on records like No Comprendo is lost here, bogged down in overly busy production and Mattel drum machines with tired guitar sounds and even wearier ideas that were supposed to be songs such as "Hip Kit," "Tongue Dance," "Singing in the Shower," and "Live in Las Vegas." It's all too cute, too calculated, and too lame. There isn't a memorable track in the bunch, and whoever told these folks that Russell Mael could still sing and write at that stage of his life was onto something bad. But the biggest crime of all is ripping off the Talking Heads' version of Al Green's "Take Me to the River," using the same arrangement with different words and calling it "Smog." In fact, that's what this record sounds like: blech! ~ Thom Jurek

1. Hip Kit

by Les Rita Mitsouko, Russell Mael, Ginger Ringer

Primary Artist: Ginger Ringer
Les Rita Mitsouko
Russell Mael; Main Performer
Performer: Les Rita Mitsouko
Russell Mael
Ginger Ringer; Performer
Composer: Catherine Ringer
Fred Chichin; Composer
Lyricist: Catherine Ringer
Fred Chichin; Composer
Music Publisher: Six Sarl; Other

2. Smog

by Les Rita Mitsouko

Primary Artist: Les Rita Mitsouko; Main Performer
Performer: Les Rita Mitsouko; Performer
Composer: Catherine Ringer
Fred Chichin; Composer
Lyricist: Catherine Ringer
Fred Chichin; Composer
Music Publisher: Six Sarl; Other

3. Mandolino City

by Les Rita Mitsouko

Primary Artist: Les Rita Mitsouko; Main Performer
Performer: Les Rita Mitsouko; Performer
Composer: Catherine Ringer
Fred Chichin
Jb Mondino
Jean-baptiste Mondino; Composer
Lyricist: Catherine Ringer; Composer
Music Publisher: Emi Virgin Music Publishing Ltd
Six Sarl; Other

4. Le petit train

by Les Rita Mitsouko

Primary Artist: Les Rita Mitsouko; Main Performer
Performer: Les Rita Mitsouko; Performer
Composer: Alexandre Schwab
Fred Chichin
Catherine Ringer
Marc Fontenoy; Composer
Lyricist: Catherine Ringer; Composer
Music Publisher: Bmg Publishing
Six Sarl; Other