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Altogether Now: Birds Bees Flowers Trees

Artist: Patrick & Eugene

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    The Birds and the Bees – Patrick & Eugene 03:43
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    Nevertheless – Patrick & Eugene 03:59
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    Circus Train – Patrick & Eugene 03:47
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    Altogether Now – Patrick & Eugene 03:58
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    Llama – Patrick & Eugene 04:10
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    Old Times – Patrick & Eugene 03:42
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    Don't Stop – Patrick & Eugene 02:39
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    The Leprechaun – Patrick & Eugene 03:01
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    A Dog's Tale – Patrick & Eugene 03:26
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    Can't Get You Out of My Head – Patrick & Eugene 03:50
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    Take a Step Back – Patrick & Eugene 03:50
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    The Birds and the Bees (Reprise) – Patrick & Eugene 02:06
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    Saturday Night [*] – Patrick & Eugene 03:47
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    Peony [*] – Patrick & Eugene 03:35

Patrick Dawes and Eugene Bezodis are the kind of dyed-in-the-wool British oddballs one might have assumed the world stopped producing sometime around when the Monty Python crew went their separate ways. The Python comparison is particularly salient in this case, as Patrick Eugene's primary influence appears to be Python cohorts the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. The extremely British-sounding brand of whimsy the duo employs consistently conjures up images of the Bonzos bringing their trad-jazz/skiffle leanings to bear on the goofiest, most grin-worthy sections of the Paul McCartney songbook -- say "Good Day Sunshine" or "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey." But even if you've got a good idea of what that might sound like, Patrick Eugene throw a curveball by using prominent dance beats on several tracks, taking their sprightly tunes from vaudeville/music hall territory to a place closer to the Kid Creole/Dr. Buzzard universe. This latter development is most likely traceable to Dawes' work as a percussionist with British housemeisters Groove Armada. Altogether Now is the pair's first U.S. release, and in the tradition of the great punk/new wave conflation packages of the late ?70s and early ?80s that introduced many U.K. acts to America, it brings together the best cuts from both of the previous Patrick Eugene albums, adding a couple of new bonus cuts for good measure. "Saturday Night" is the most striking of the new tracks, bringing out the ska-inflected Fun Boy Three side of the duo's musical personality. Album-opener "The Birds and the Bees" is the song that gave the boys their biggest lift in England, thanks to its use in a Gordon's gin commercial, and its ukulele-disco vibe sets the tone right off the bat. These musical pranksters aren't above plundering from modern pop either -- even if you never imagined Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" as a Madness-style, knees-up song before hearing the Patrick Eugene version, you'll probably never be able to think of it any other way afterwards., Rovi

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  • Online Item #: 12066306
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-15-6761
  • Made in the USA or Imported