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| Artist: Gnarls Barkley
Label: Atlantic
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 777
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 460236
UPC: 075678994692
EAN: 0075678994692
ASIN: B0013H8QEG
Release Date: March 21, 2008
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Condition: Complete with original disc(s), artwork, and case. In stock and ships right now! 10% chance the case has small spider cracks in it.
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 Amazing. April 20, 2008
J. Tastensen
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Coming off the mostly happy tunes of St. Elsewhere, The Odd Couple takes a more solemn tone to things. But that doesn't make it any less awesome. I don't think there's a song on this album that I don't like, though I am partial to Open Book, Blind Mary, and Going On.
 Bleeeeh April 23, 2008
Christ Khodadadi (ATLanta, GA)
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
This review is mostly against Burton. Cee-Lo always holds it down but Burton just isnt cutting it. Most of the beats sound contrived and boring. St. Elsewhere was fresh and even though the looping beats wore my ears down, it was much better than this. Every track pretty much sounds the same, leaving you feeling...bleeeeh.
 This is no St. Elsewhere and it made me run away... April 24, 2008
Byoba
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
I am all for innovation and cutting edge originality, but this trip around Gnarls Barkley seem like they were trying too hard to lean on the success of the first album and didn't consider that sometimes going backwards for musical inspiration can sometimes be a disaster, as what is the case with this 50's/60's pop sounding album. Also the fact that Mr. Cee-lo doesn't lace this album with some rhyme dropping that would help to balance things out in my opinion. Now moving on to Danger Mouse, I like this dudes production because I was digging his electronica sound with a lot of 70's/80's appeal topped off with up to date sound arrangements, but as I have pointed out Gnarls has gone too far back for my taste with a sound that just does not do their talent any justice. It's like they both literally hopped in the back to the future vehicle to go play for people in the 50's as I do not sense any growth at all nor can I pinpoint the crowd that they are catering to in the present, I'm sure there are those that will disagree. But if you compare this album to the first I'm sure a lot will see my point, the music of the first album is much better hands down... If anyone disagree's then you must be of that crowd that I am unaware of... lol! Which is ok if this sound is your thing, but it seems quite commercial targeted as if some outside the artist influence stepped into the picture. But hey I could be wrong, but I do know a lot of artist do complain about this, so I won't be surprised if this later turns out to be the case...
A near perfect follow up April 24, 2008
Sub Zero
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After the 5 star truly amazing St Elsewhere, I wasn't really expecting anything extraordinary as a follow up - how wrong could I have been! Like St Elsewhere, there is not a single track that doesn't 'fit'. Maybe not quite as complex as St Elsewhere, but still quite simply a thrill to listen to. The coolest, slickest, smartest collaboration in recent memory!
Don't be surprised April 29, 2008
gonzobrarian
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Back again, Gnarls Barkley cannot fail to deliver. Don't be surprised, though, if it takes more than one listen to get hooked. It happened on the second for me. Why, you ask? To me, it's because this is much more of a psychologically charged album than its feel-good predecessor. As exposed in St. Elsewhere, the feel of the soul-infused craziness moves deeper to a more manic state of soulful agitation in the Odd Couple. It may be a metaphor of the GB persona as there is a Jekyll & Hyde feel to this album; GB has descended from a self-aware state of craziness to a musical personality that seems to border on insanity, an ego uncontrolled and exploring its limitations.
There is a definite progression in the songs from "Charity Case" all the way to "Surprise". If one can get beyond the groove, the precisely orchestrated beats, you might just feel the transformation. Lyrically, the Odd Couple is kinda creepy, albeit gloriously set to music. In this way it's more subtle than St. Elsewhere, but its depth is piercing. It's about the pain of being a self-described natural disaster, an ugly wretch, an open book for all to see, though possessing a final chapter yet to be written. There's a whole lot of pain, but a whole lot of soul here as expected, too. Danger Mouse is a genius, and Cee-Lo has got to be the reincarnation of Otis Redding. A perfect match.
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