Overpowered

If you took dance music from the 70s to the early 90s and combine all the styles, you would have Roisin Murphy's new album coming out soon, "Overpowered." Or maybe if Kylie Minogue did disco. Incidently, Kylie Minogue is releasing an album that hits the US in November. "Overpowered" hits stores in Ireland on October 12th and the UK on October 15th, but as usual, the US will not get it until later - in fact, I can't find a release date for the US.

To me, "Overpowered" sounds very different from "Ruby Blue," Roisin Murphy's debut album. I have to say that I like "Ruby Blue" better. I liked the funky and experimental undertones of many of the songs. I thought her voice had much more range and richness, and the album overall had more variety to it. However, "Overpowered" is a solid electronic/dance album, and I think it is much more marketable as a pop album than "Ruby Blue."

One thing I have to say I'm a little confused about is that on Roisin Murphy's website, you can download a copy of the song Modern Timing for free by joining their mailing list (click on "news"). When you do so, the album comes up automatically in iTunes as being "Overpowered." But it's not on the album. As far as I can tell, it's not on any of their albums. And I actually like this song better than the rest of the songs on "Overpowered." This song takes the best things about "Overpowered" and "Ruby Blue" and combines them.

Track list:
1. Overpowered
2. You Know Me Better
3. Checkin' On Me
4. Let Me Know
5. Movie Star
6. Primitive
7. Footprints
8. Dear Miami
9. Cry Baby
10. Tell Everybody
11. Scarlet Ribbons
12. Body Language
13. Parallel Lives
Listen to samples of "Overpowered."

And let's end the day with the video for the single Overpowered

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