Album Review Playlist: Volume 6

Our Album Review Playlist series takes a random group of new or reissued albums, pulls a single track from each into a playlist, and includes a mini-review for each album. Anything is game, and you’ll never know what’s coming next. This edition features 17 new albums or reissues for you to check out. Listen in full with Rhapsody or Yahoo Music Jukebox.

From the album Chin Chin
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The eponymous debut by Chin Chin on Def Jux is a feast to be savored. It melds so many influences so well that it quickly becomes something you can’t turn off — the curiosity of what will come next will leave you transfixed. Incredibly danceable, the record throws out funk grooves, disco beats, R&B sensuality and Steely Dan-esque styling.At times the album becomes a bit of an overload, but in the end Chin Chin have a fine debut on their hands here.

May 26 2008