Pepe Deluxe - Beatitude (2003)
Studio recordings @ VBR
{Out of Print}
The Finnish boys' sophomore effort is christened with samples about "cutting" and wicky-wicky, Blaxploitation-style guitars. Another downtempo hip-hop production to throw into the pile? Nope. Beatitude goes all over the map: surf guitar, wah-wah guitar, acoustic guitar, all coming together to make it, well, pretty guitar-heavy compared to their debut, Super Sound. Pepe Deluxe collaborates with nearly 40 other musicians here, flipping soul samples over a nice Bollywood-esqe creation, tinged with some acidy synth ("Girl"). Later they reach into commercial territory on "Ask for a Kiss," which sounds readymade for a Gap commercial. Styles pile alongside each other, and Beatitude kind of comes off as a hodgepodge. But despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl is part of the appeal. It's not Endtroducing or Deadringer, but some kind of martini-swilling, music-buff relative of those - one that wants to make you dance and then have sex with you. No problem then.
~Tony Bogdanovski -- From URB Magazine
Track List:
Just Let Go - Pepe Deluxe, Paajanen, T.
Salami Fever - Pepe Deluxe, Malmstr?m, P.
Ask for a Kiss - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Girl! - Pepe Deluxe, Boyd
Little Miss Cypher - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Daddy's Blazin' BBQ - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Black Cadillac - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
A Moment in Black & White - Pepe Deluxe, M?kynen, T.
Real Simple - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Indiff?rence - Pepe Deluxe, Haddadene, V.
Lying Peacefully - Pepe Deluxe, Paajanen, T.
Little Miss Cypher (Reprise) - Pepe Deluxe, Malmstr?m, P.
Cruel Youth - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
First Goodbye - Pepe Deluxe, Banks, J.
Intro - Pepe Deluxe,
Numa - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Vamos Muchachos - Pepe Deluxe, Gomez, C.
Beatitude - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Outro - Pepe Deluxe
Salami Fever - Pepe Deluxe, Malmstr?m, P.
Ask for a Kiss - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Girl! - Pepe Deluxe, Boyd
Little Miss Cypher - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Daddy's Blazin' BBQ - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Black Cadillac - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
A Moment in Black & White - Pepe Deluxe, M?kynen, T.
Real Simple - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Indiff?rence - Pepe Deluxe, Haddadene, V.
Lying Peacefully - Pepe Deluxe, Paajanen, T.
Little Miss Cypher (Reprise) - Pepe Deluxe, Malmstr?m, P.
Cruel Youth - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
First Goodbye - Pepe Deluxe, Banks, J.
Intro - Pepe Deluxe,
Numa - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Vamos Muchachos - Pepe Deluxe, Gomez, C.
Beatitude - Pepe Deluxe, Salo, J.
Outro - Pepe Deluxe
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