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Do You Like My Tight Sweater?

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Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
Studio album by
Moloko
Released20 October 1995[1]
Recorded1994–1995
Genre
Length66:32
Label
ProducerMoloko
Moloko chronology
Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
(1995) 		I Am Not a Doctor
(1998)
Singles from Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
  1. "Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Fun for Me"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Dominoid"
    Released: 1995
  4. "Day for Night"
    Released: 1996

Do You Like My Tight Sweater? is the debut album by the electronic dance duo Moloko, released in October 1995 in the UK and Australia, while being released in March 1997 in the US.

The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in July 2013,[1] for UK sales exceeding 60,000 copies.

Background

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The title of the album is derived from the singer Róisín Murphy's chat-up line to Mark Brydon at a party in 1994: "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!"[2] Brydon responded with the question, "Would you like to come up to my studio and record that?" A romantic and professional relationship between the two continued for several years after.

Do You Like My Tight Sweater? combined three tracks ("Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?", "Party Weirdo", and "Ho Humm") from a 1995 independently released EP Where Is the What If the What Is in Why? (also known as Moloko EP) with fourteen new recordings. It was reported by Billboard in 1996 that total sales had reached 100,000 copies.[3] As of 2003 it has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide.[4]

The album's first single, "Fun for Me", was used on the soundtrack of the 1997 film Batman and Robin, and was used as the theme for a Lucky Strike advertisement in Spain. The video, "Fun for Me" was inspired by Batman & Robin and directed by Bill Fishman.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Muzik[6]
NME6/10[7]
Select[8]

The Independent noted that "Moloko add a little mutant humour to the trip-hop style."[9]

Singles

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  • "Where Is the What if the What Is in Why?" (#189 AUS[10])
  • "Fun for Me"
  • "Dominoid" (#65 UK,[11] #148 AUS[10])
  • "Fun for Me" (re-issue) (#36 UK,[11] #4 US Hot Dance Club Play[12])
  • "Day for Night" (UK)
  • "Lotus Eaters" (Funk in Your Neighborhood Mix) (US only, did not chart)
  • "Day for Night" (Blakdoktor Afterglow Mix) (#37 US Hot Dance Club Play[12])

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mark Brydon and Róisín Murphy

No.TitleLength
1."Fun for Me"5:08
2."Tight Sweater"0:15
3."Day for Night"5:23
4."I Can't Help Myself"5:45
5."Circus"0:19
6."Lotus Eaters"7:32
7."On My Horsey"0:34
8."Dominoid"4:11
9."Party Weirdo"7:01
10."Tubeliar"0:25
11."Ho Humm"5:38
12."Butterfly 747"4:30
13."Dirty Monkey"0:23
14."Killa Bunnies"2:19
15."Boo"5:47
16."Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?"4:16
17."Who Shot the Go-Go Dancer?"6:58

Personnel

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  • Róisín Murphy – vocals
  • Mark Brydon – bass guitar, keyboards, guitars, programming, production

Charts

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Chart (1995–96) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[13] 179
UK Albums Chart[11] 92

References

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  1. ^ a b "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Moloko". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ MTV News Staff (26 September 1997). "Moloko: Do You like My Tight Sweater?". MTV News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ^ Clarks-Meads, Jeff (21 December 1996). "Chrystalis Group Revenues up 27 %, Publishing Arm, Baby Bird Contribute". Billboard. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Over Not Out". The Scotsman. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. ^ Do You Like My Tight Sweater? at AllMusic
  6. ^ Barnes, Jake (December 1995). "Moloko: Do You Like My Tight Sweater?" (PDF). Muzik. No. 7. p. 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ^ Ramshaw, Mark (4 November 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 49. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. ^ Rumbold, Matthew (December 1995). "New Albums". Select. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ^ May, Pete (13 October 1995). "The day the music lied". Pop. The Independent. p. 14.
  10. ^ a b "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016 – via Imgur.
  11. ^ a b c "Official Charts > Moloko". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Billboard > Artists / Moloko > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016". imgur.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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