Unstoppable is the second studio album by American musician Gregg Gillis, released under his stage name Girl Talk on April 6, 2004 by Illegal Art. Like Girl Talk's other releases on the label, Unstoppable was made available for purchase on the Illegal Art website through a "pay what you want" pricing system.
| Unstoppable | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 6, 2004 | |||
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| Length | 35:28 | |||
| Label | Illegal Art | |||
| Producer | Gregg Gillis | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 4.5/5[2] |
The album placed at numbers 179 and 18 on CMJ's Top 200 and RPM Albums college radio airplay charts.[3][4]
Background
editGillis stated that with Unstoppable, "the idea was to make more original sounding hip hop type music and pop music out of samples and having some blatant samples. It was obviously more party oriented, something you could jam out to."[5] Mark Richardson of Pitchfork notes that Unstoppable and its predecessor Secret Diary are "far noisier and much more abstract" than his subsequent releases.[6] Gillis' production on these releases is primarily a mixture of glitch beats and samples of pop hits,[7] but Unstoppable marks a turn towards a more "pop-oriented and accessible" approach characterized as "far more direct, using fewer and longer samples to create more recognizable mash-ups in the manner of early KLF singles".[8]
Track listing
edit- "All Eyes on Me" – 5:08
- "Non-Stop Party Now" – 4:03
- "Touch 2 Feel" – 3:38
- "Pump It Up" – 0:47
- "Bang This in the Club" – 3:06
- "Bodies Hit the Floor" – 3:27
- "The Feeling" – 0:48
- "Happen" (featuring Chris Glover) – 2:58
- "Cleveland, Shake" – 4:21
- "Keeping the Beat" – 1:58
- "Step to It" – 1:04
- "Can't Stop" – 4:12
References
edit- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Unstoppable – Girl Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ Tamec. "Girl Talk – Unstoppable". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "CMJ Top 200". CMJ New Music Report. New York: 12. May 17, 2004. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "RPM – Period Ending 4/20/2004". CMJ New Music Monthly. New York: 62. April 20, 2004. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Girl Talk Interview". MTV. July 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ Richardson, Mark (October 6, 2008). "Interviews: Girl Talk". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip. "Night Ripper [Illegal Art]". Napster. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Girl Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
External links
edit- Unstoppable at Illegal Art
- Unstoppable at Discogs (list of releases)
- Unstoppable at MusicBrainz (list of releases)