Eiffel 65's infectious club stylings on Contact are as catchy as their breakthrough album, Europop. The vocoder is still in place on songs like the funky gloss of "Lucky (In My Life)" and the hypnotic spacescapes of "Crazy" and "I DJ With the Fire." "Life Like Thunder" is ultra-hip with its disco beats and fashionable Euro-dance hooks. However, the blazing rance loops on "People of Tomorrow" showcase Eiffel 65's undeniable star power. Their sound isn't intricate, elegant, or sophisticated, but it's loose enough for clubland. Contact is a party album more than anything -- nothing to be taken seriously.
Thanks to a trip up north with a particular confluence of CDs in my car - Eiffel 65's EUROPOP and a compilation called 12"/80s/Dance - I am in '80s-and-later pop love moment. Somebody tell me where to get more of exactly these three following things (embedded below). I'm both picky and open minded, both demanding and easy. Help me. Throw me some pathways. Make me swoon and yelp for moments of j...