Analog Worms Attack

1	Bad Start 54:39
2	Monophonic Shit 52:53
3	No Day Massacre 48:57
4	Smoking Tape 44:40
5	Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog 43:08
6	The Salad 38:41
7	Bobby Can't Dance 35:37
8	Analog Worms Attack 32:51
9	One Minute Shakin 27:58
10	Inside the Kidney Machine 26:44
11	Miaaaw 21:54
12	Flat 55 17:31
13	Feadz On 15:08
14	Analog Wormz Sequet 13:58
15	Flat Beat Bonus Track 5:18

Barnes & Noble

It would be easy to dismiss Mr. Oizo's album as a disposable fad, given the macarena-like frenzy spawned by its closing song, "Flat Beat." That simple techno ditty is a bona fide international smash -- fueled by its lanky yellow bear icon, Flat Eric, and his incredibly popular starring role in a series of Levi's television commercials, the song has topped the charts in 15 countries. But ANALOG WORMS ATTACK is the first solid electronica album to come along in ages without any obvious attempts to tailor its sound to radio formats or even the ever-shifting "club flavor of the month." Mr. Oizo is a pseudonym for 25-year-old Frenchman Quentin Dupieux, who, in addition to composing and creating all the music, designed Flat Eric and directed the commercials. WORMS combines the minimalist bleeps of Plastikman with the dirty, lo-fi hip-hop and winking humor of Beck and late-era Beastie Boys. The result is a delightful, sub-woofer-shredding synthesizer romp that deserves credit above and beyond any novelty status it has attained. David J. Prince

All Music Guide

The album debut for Quentin Dupieux may not have received worldwide distribution had it not been for its most publicized track, the notorious Levi's advert and crossover hit named "Flat Beat." But it's doubtful Dupieux will turn into a one-hit wonder -- and if he does, there's always his directing career -- since Analog Worms Attack is an inventive album that somehow marries the experimental side of techno (Cristian Vogel, Laurent Garnier) with the outrageous flair of novelty tracks usually seen on, well, television commercials. Even including "Flat Beat" (which was wisely added only as a bonus track), the highlights are "Monophonic Shit" and "No Day Massacre," two tracks that blend surprisingly deep grooves and oddball effects. It's not so much a sense of humor that Dupieux displays here; it's closer to the playful side of quasi-pop electronica fashioned by Mouse on Mars and Like a Tim. Fans of the trademarked "Flat Beat" sound will find much to love as well ("Smoking Tape" and "Flat 55" are most similar to the hit), making Analog Worms Attack a left-field treat for both pop-culture seekers and genuine music fans. John Bush