The Mating Game (album)

The Mating Game
Studio album by Bitter:Sweet
Released	April 4, 2006
Genre	Trip hop
Length	37:14
Label	Quango
Producer	Kiran Shahani, Shana Halligan
Bitter:Sweet chronology
The Mating Game (2006) The Remix Game (2007)

The Mating Game is the 2006 debut album by trip-hop duo Bitter:Sweet.

Track listing

All songs by Shana Halligan and Kiran Shahani.

1. "Don't Forget to Breathe" - 3:14
2. "The Mating Game" - 3:24
3. "Overdue" - 3:34
4. "Heaven" - 3:48
5. "Bittersweet Faith" - 4:19
6. "Moving Forward" - 3:36
7. "Moody" - 2:39
8. "Dirty Laundry" - 3:20
9. "Our Remains" - 3:34
10. "Salty Air" - 3:02
11. "Take 2 Blue" - 2:40

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

The album was met with critical acclaim. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 95 based on 28 reviews, calling it "a mix of French and 90's songs blending together to create an unique atmostphere." BBC also gave it a perfect review and noted that the album made them feel as if they were back in the 90s, while praising the fact that it creates a perfect French atmosphere. About.com gave it a 5 out of 5 star stating that, "vocalist Shana Halligan and producer/composer Kiran Shahani, the Los Angeles duo known as Bitter:Sweet, have produced a perfectly pleasant bossa nova/electro-pop record," but criticizing the album's similarity with Morcheeba, Portishead, Zero 7, and Goldfrapp. Blogcritics also gave it a good review and asking "what else would you name something that makes beautiful music tinged with a slow seductive shade of melancholy?" Reception from Almusic was a bit negative, but highlighting Our Remains and Salty Air and stating that the album "features really nice strings and a fun rhythmic changeup in the chorus."

In Media

The songs "Bittersweet Faith" and "Our Remains" were featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada. The song "Dirty Laundry" has been featured in commercials for Victoria's Secret and Heineken.

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