Lest you believe Little Dragon lack an aesthetic spine, their shift away from low-key left-field hip-hop, plaintive piano ballads, and acoustic jazz -- a combination that helped make their debut a cult classic -- seems more natural after a couple spins.
There's no way around the fact that most of Machine Dreams is icy electro-pop, but it is not as if the truly singular Yukimi Nagano, an enamoring vocalist, has switched to drone mode, forsaking her grounding in R&B.
She has kind of perked up, in fact, with her hooks carrying more lift to suit her band's rubbery rhythms and liquid synthesizer patterns.
Just as "Twice" was the standout on Little Dragon, the songs here that resonate most, however -- the opening "A New," "Thunder Love," and the closing "Fortune" -- are this Swedish group's version of (electric) quiet storm, deceptively intense and even sensual.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A NewLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Looking GlassLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 3 | My StepLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | FeatherLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 5 | Thunder LoveLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Never NeverLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | RunaboutLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | SwimmingLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | Blinking PigsLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | Come HomeLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | FortuneLittle Dragon | Little Dragon | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 43 mins | 100 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 288 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Dragon | Composer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |