Things to Make and Do
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| Studio album by Moloko | ||||
| Released | 10 April 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, house, trip hop, synthpop, nu jazz, alternative dance | |||
| Length | 67:54 | |||
| Label | Echo, Sony | |||
| Producer | Moloko | |||
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| NME | (7/10) link |
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Things to Make and Do is the third album by the electronic/dance duo Moloko, released in the UK by Echo Records in 2000. It was a sonic departure for Moloko, with tracks less reliant on electronics and more on live musicians. In addition to the change in musical styles, the album featured new vocal technique, from the lead singer Róisín Murphy; at time of release, Murphy summed up her previous vocal style, saying, "I was nineteen when I made Tight Sweater, and I knew I was pretending, but if I tried not to, I'd still be pretending. Now, I know myself better."
After the release of Things to Make and Do, offers came in for Murphy to guest on others' records, most notably The Psychedelic Waltons, Boris D. and Handsome Boy Modelling School. The album held the record as Echo's fastest-selling UK platinum record, until beaten by Feeder's The Singles compilation six years later.
As of May 2015, the album has sold over 355,000 copies in the UK.
"The Time Is Now", the album's first single, became Moloko's biggest hit, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and prompted a number three UK album début for Things to Make and Do.
Before the album's release, an unsolicited Boris Dlugosch "Sing It Back" remix became a club, then mainstream, hit (originally a drum and bass-ish track on I Am Not a Doctor, their previous album). After the remix stormed Ibiza and Miami, then achieved scores of dance mix compilation inclusions, it was added to Things to Make and Do as a bonus track.
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