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Tahiti 80, Puzzle

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1472393

Disk length: 45m 39s (13 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1999

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Yellow Butterfly 4:33
2. I.S.A.A.C 3:24
3. Heartbeat 3:26
4. Made First (Never Forget) 3:11
5. Mr Davies 2:45
6. Swimming Suit 2:31
7. Hey Joe 3:12
8. Puzzle 4:49
9. Easy Way Out 3:41
10. Things Are Made To Last Forever 3:15
11. Revolution 80 4:04
12. When The Sun 2:54
13. A Love From Outer Space 3:45

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Review

One of the surprise discoveries of 2000, French charmers Tahiti 80 delight with their refreshing and irresistible pop confection, Puzzle. A sophisticated indie affair, Puzzle conveys Tahiti 80's love for the British Invasion combined with a certain je ne sais quoi. Like a croissant--light, flaky, and yummy! --Kevin ColeThis French quartet, who borrowed their name from a cheesy souvenir T-shirt, dress up horn- and string-swept '60s pop bliss in a tie-dyed T-shirt and black leather jacket. With their intricate melding of woozy, reverberating guitars, jangling acoustics, sitar, mellotron, breathy, effortless vocals, and almost ridiculously pleasant melodies, a listener would likely place them among their contemporary Brit pop torch-bearers Supergrass or Super Furry Animals (further, lead singer Xavier Boyer's French accent is nearly undetectable). But what gives them away is that seemingly requisite French tendency to leave no edge unsmoothed. Like their techno counterparts Air, Tahiti 80's production is aerated, refined, and simply perfect like a silky mousse. Puzzle is carefree pop at its most elegant and substantive. Boyer's proclaimed adoration of the Kinks is evidenced in the more guitar-crunched tracks like the title track and "Hey Joe," and the charming "Mr. Davies" is a reverent tribute to Ray himself. In it, he sings, "He's considered a songwriter, and I am not--at this time." Au contraire, Mr. Boyer, you are an exquisite songwriter indeed. --Beth Massa

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Puzzle

Tracks: 14 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 45m 42s (+0m 3s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 45m 45s (+0m 6s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 12 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 44m 7s (-2m 28s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 12 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 41m 54s (-4m 15s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 12 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 41m 52s (-4m 13s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 17 (+4 tracks), Disk length: 58m 50s (+13m 11s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 1h 2m 4s (+16m 25s)

Puzzle

Tracks: 13, Disk length: 1h 2m 6s (+16m 27s)

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