Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor, however, is rather wittier. Lyrically, Tonight Josephine is not particularly clever this is definitely an album for dancing to more than listening. So thumbs up to 'Madame Coquette', 'Pantaloons' and 'Bad Boy Good Man', thumbs down to 'Birds Like It' and 'Pousse L'Amour'.
Possibly if you can't remember the 80s that seems quite cool, but I wasn't into that sound then and I'm in no hurry to listen to it now. While several songs contain wonderful early jazz touches, little trumpet or clarinet licks straight out of the 1920s, and ragtime rhythms, some of it all gets far too 1980s for my liking, all a bit Miami Vice in its combination of electronic keyboards, brass and Latin beats. Even a song that doesn't hook you in immediately can become one you love if you hear it regularly in an album context.ĭepending on your perspective, Tonight Josephine is either more diverse or less focussed than either of the Caro Emerald CDs as it doesn't seem to settle on any one style. It's probably something that happens as you get older, but I honestly can't remember the last time I got a CD without knowing most of what was on it, which is a bit sad – when I was a teen I'd gleefully buy albums (on cassette!) and get to know them. Mr Robot bought both these CDs for me for my birthday. Tape Five was actually recommended by Amazon. I added these to my Amazon wishlist after asking for recommendations for more stuff in a Caro Emerald vein (see my review of The Shocking Miss Emerald here).