| Things to Make and Do | ||||
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| Released | 10 April 2000[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
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| Length | 67:54 | |||
| Label | Echo, Sony | |||
| Producer | Moloko | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| BBC | (favourable) link |
| NME |  link |
Things to Make and Do is the third album by the electronic/dance duo Moloko, released in the UK by Echo Records in 2000. It was a sonic departure for Moloko, with the tracks being less reliant on electronics and more on live musicians. In addition to the change in musical styles, the lead singer, Róisín Murphy, had changed her lyrical style. At time of release, Murphy summed up the previous style of her lyrics, saying, "I was nineteen when I made Tight Sweater, and I knew I was pretending, but if I tried not to, I'd still be pretending. Now, I know myself better," and her lyrics on this album are described as, "Roisin's most direct and emotionally honest lyrics [so far]."[3][a]
After the release of Things to Make and Do, offers came in for Murphy to guest on others' records, most notably The Psychedelic Waltons, Boris D. and Handsome Boy Modelling School. The album held the record as Echo's fastest-selling UK platinum record, until beaten by Feeder's The Singles compilation six years later. The track "Indigo" was featured on the soundtrack to Mystery Men.
As of May 2015, the album has sold over 355,000 copies in the UK.[4] As of December 2000 it has sold more than 750,000 units worldwide.[5]
- ^ "Discogs:Moloko:Editing Things to Make and Do:Echo:ECHLP 31 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Discogs, retrieved 19 August 2013
- ^ Things to Make and Do at AllMusic
- ^ "Wayback:ECHO:Moloko". Archived from the original on 29 January 2008.
- ^ Jones, Alan (18 May 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: OMI's Cheerleader spends third week at No.1". Music Week. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Wright, Chris (14 October 2013). One Way or Another: My Life in Music, Sport and Entertainment. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9781783230297. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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