VARIOUS ARTISTS
MNW Records Group 2000 (Industrivägen)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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It's funny. I've gotten a few of these compilations from Sweden, and I've noticed that I've been consistently bowled over by the cool opening song-usually some weird folk-thing with accordions and off-key vocals-but then been disappointed by the stock pop songs that comprise the rest of the compilation. I'm thinking that these opening songs that I actually like on these compilations is really just a big joke that's supposed to throw people off instead of titillating them wildly like it's been doing to me. Some people could claim the same thing of the rest of my record collection, I suppose. Anyway, I love the opening track on this provided by Doktor Kosmos, and aside from the Ray Wonder and the Bamma B songs, nothing here really sticks out. Pretty much every kind of popular music is covered here, though, which is interesting-how many Swedish rap bands are you familiar with?

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© 2001 - Holly Day