Tahiti 80 – Fosbury

Artist: Tahiti 80
Album: Fosbury
Label: The Militia Group
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: November 14, 2006

Overall: 8.0
Music: 8.0
Lyrics: 7.9
Production: 8.0

This album has something for most people looking to have a little fun and step outside the four chord, tradition “scene” band. With a little bit of dance, a little bit groove, and a lot of smooth pop vocals, “Fosbury (us edition)” really does shake things up in the all too often predictable music world.

Songs like “Big Day”, “Changes”, and “Chinatown” really bring the beats and make it hard to stay sitting down. Other songs on the record such as “Cherry Pie”, and “Alloveragain” slow it down a tad while really coming through big time on the melody.

“Fosbury” has two sides to it, one is the energetic pop side and the other is the mellower, almost somber side. It’s seems more and more rare to hear such a diverse record anymore. Both, and actually all, styles on the record are good in their own context, but at the same time it does make it hard to label this band as a certain genre because they do venture into many.

Whether you throw this record on in the background while having people over, or you’re listening by yourself I’m pretty sure, given the chance, this is a disc that will be well received by most people. Apparently this record is also coming with a 4 song EP. The EP includes a remix of â┚¬Ã…”Changesâ┚¬? and a cover of â┚¬Ã…”Happy Togetherâ┚¬? in addition to two other songs. With a total of 17 songs this release defenitly becomes well worth the price. I encourage you to check out a song or too if you have been getting tired of the same old thing over and over again.

Tracklisting
1. Big Day
2. Changes
3. Here Comes…
4. Chinatowun (US Exclusive Song)
5. Alloveragain
6. Something About You Girl
7. Take Me Back
8. Your Love Shines
9. Matter Of Time
10. One The Run
11. Cherry Pie
12. Somebody New (US Exclusive Song)
13. Empty And Amused