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Music For Men |  | Artist: Gossip
Label: Columbia
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $7.99
as of 3/11/2010 12:07 CST details
Seller: SONY Music Entertainment Downloads LLC.
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5235
Genre: alternative-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 2607 Minutes
ASIN: B002CUKWRC
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 well worth it February 18, 2010
J. Ehlers (Arlington, TX)
first album i've gotten by this group, and not a bad one to start at. high recomend it. nice, happy beats & excellent vocals.
I had to wait two weeks to get this...but it was worth the wait!!! February 6, 2010
Keith O (8OH3, South Carolina)
This has become my favorite album. It took me two weeks to get it but it was well worth it. The version I received had a bonus track called "The Breakdown" which is phenomenal.
My favorite songs are
"Love Long Distance"
"Heavy Cross"
"Dimestore Diamond"
"Pop Goes The World"
"Men In Love"
"Four Letter World"
"For Keeps"
and of course "The Breakdown"
The Gossip February 2, 2010
L. Norris
This is a phenomenal album. I have heard them described as punk disco fusion, but I think that they defy description. The Gossip is simply AWESOME and this album is their best.
 music lover January 30, 2010
HooieLoo (Spokane, WA)
This album is phenomenal. We have been Gossip fans for a while, but the shipping took the entire window of time:15 days. I had read another review basically saying the same thing. Its difficult waiting for something youre excited about. Highly recommend the album though.
 Spread The Word January 22, 2010
Tim Brough (Springfield, PA United States)
Beth Ditto could sing your shirts off. She channels every diva from Dolly to Stevie Nicks and then her bandmates drive the point home with new-wavey dance-beats and bare-knuckles instrumentation. "Music For Men" is so subtle that it overpowers all in its path, and this is a good thing.
The CD kicks off with "Dimestore Diamond," all about a girl who makes it glamorous on the cheap. With Ditto's public antics (posing naked, etc), it is easy to see how much she would identify with being a non-conformist while trying to get yourself noticed. Same with "Spare Me From The Mold," which reminds me of another great punk-dance band led by a lady with attitude, Romeo Void. The dance kick off "Heavy Cross" plays it tough while still making you want to get on your feet. If that song doesn't get you off your duff, there's plenty of jittery synths to come.
Still, "Music For Men" isn't all punch and pop. "Love and Let Love" and "Four Letter Word" let Ditto get emotive even as the disco ball is spinning. The Gossip cover so much ground and to it so effectively that the temptation to give the album a perfect score is daunting. Every song connects here; my only gripe is that producer Rick Rubin keeps the sound too spartan for my taste (which is unusual in that I rarely find fault with the way he frames the bands he works with). A bit more meat on these bones might have made the album juicier, and I suspect any club-remixes will head in that direction. On the other hand, fans of old-school female-fronted new wave or the new school of 80's agit-pop revivalists (think Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Franz Ferdinand) should pick this up now.
And on the next album? I have a fantasy of hearing The Gossip take on "Our Lips Are Sealed" or "Never Say Never."
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