Things to Make and Do

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Things to Make and Do
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Studio album by Moloko
Released October 31, 2000
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Electronic
Length ~68:00
Label Echo
Producer(s) Moloko
Professional reviews
Moloko chronology
I Am Not a Doctor
(1998)		 Things to Make and Do
(2000)		 All Back to the Mine
(2001)


Things to Make and Do is the third album from the electronic/dance duo Moloko. It was issued in the UK in 2000 by Echo Records. Things to Make and Do was a departure sonically for Moloko, as the album featured songs relying less on electronics and more on live musicians. Roisin Murphy popped onto the radar as a serious singer with this effort (she had previouly relied a vocal style that made extensive use of carefully delivered and sardonic impersonations - admitting herself in a later interview "I knew I was pretending, but if I tried not to, I'd still be pretending"(1). Soon Murphy would gracing the tracks of others seeking a quality "rent a diva" to front their efforts.

Prior to the album's release, an unsolicited remix by Boris Dlugosch of the track "Sing It Back" (which had originally appeared in a sort of drum-and-bass incarnation on their previous album I Am Not a Doctor) became a club and mainstream hit. After storming Ibiza and Miami and popping up on scores of dance mix compilations, the remix was tacked onto the end of Things to Make and Do. First single "The Time is Now" became Moloko's biggest hit, peaking at number two on the UK singles chart, prompting a number-three debut for Things to Make and Do in the UK.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon, except where noted.

  1. "Radio Moscow" (Eddie Stevens)
  2. "Pure Pleasure Seeker"
  3. "Absent Minded Friends"
  4. "Indigo"
  5. "Being Is Bewildering"
  6. "Remain the Same"
  7. "A Drop in the Ocean"
  8. "Dumb Inc."
  9. "The Time Is Now"
  10. "Mother"
  11. "It's Your Problem" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens)
  12. "It's Nothing"
  13. "Bingo Massacre" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens/Paul Slowley)
  14. "Somebody Somewhere" (Brydon/Murphy/Ashton Thomas/Dave Cooke)
  15. "Just You and Me Dancing" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens/Paul Slowley)
  16. "If You Have a Cross to Bear You May as Well Use It as a Crutch" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens/Paul Slowley)
  17. "Keep Stepping" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens)
  18. "Sing It Back (Boris' Musical Mix)"

[edit] Singles

  1. "The Time Is Now" (#2 UK)
  2. "Pure Pleasure Seeker" (#21 UK)
  3. "Indigo"


[edit] Sources

1. http://www.echo.co.uk/moloko/

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