Music for Men

I had to wait two weeks to get this...but it was worth the wait!!!
This has become my favorite album. It took me two weeks to get it but it was well worth it. The version I received had a bonus track called "The Breakdown" which is phenomenal. My favorite songs are "Love Long Distance" "Heavy Cross" "Dimestore Diamond" "Pop Goes The World" "Men In Love" "Four Letter World" "For Keeps" and of course "The Breakdown"

The Gossip
This is a phenomenal album. I have heard them described as punk disco fusion, but I think that they defy description. The Gossip is simply AWESOME and this album is their best.

music lover
This album is phenomenal. We have been Gossip fans for a while, but the shipping took the entire window of time:15 days. I had read another review basically saying the same thing. Its difficult waiting for something youre excited about. Highly recommend the album though.

Spread The Word
Beth Ditto could sing your shirts off. She channels every diva from Dolly to Stevie Nicks and then her bandmates drive the point home with new-wavey dance-beats and bare-knuckles instrumentation. "Music For Men" is so subtle that it overpowers all in its path, and this is a good thing. The CD kicks off with "Dimestore Diamond," all about a girl who makes it glamorous on the cheap. With Ditto's public antics (posing naked, etc), it is easy to see how much she would identify with being a non-conformist while trying to get yourself noticed. Same with "Spare Me From The Mold," which reminds me of another great punk-dance band led by a lady with attitude, Romeo Void. The dance kick off "Heavy Cross" plays it tough while still making you want to get on your feet. If that song doesn't get you off your duff, there's plenty of jittery synths to come. Still, "Music For Men" isn't all punch and pop. "Love and Let Love" and "Four Letter Word" let Ditto get emotive even as the disco ball is spinning. The Gossip cover so much ground and to it so effectively that the temptation to give the album a perfect score is daunting. Every song connects here; my only gripe is that producer Rick Rubin keeps the sound too spartan for my taste (which is unusual in that I rarely find fault with the way he frames the bands he works with). A bit more meat on these bones might have made the album juicier, and I suspect any club-remixes will head in that direction. On the other hand, fans of old-school female-fronted new wave or the new school of 80's agit-pop revivalists (think Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Franz Ferdinand) should pick this up now. And on the next album? I have a fantasy of hearing The Gossip take on "Our Lips Are Sealed" or "Never Say Never."

Great voice. Up-beat tunes.
Got this for Christmas. Her vocals are excellent. Powerful. I bet she could sing Country music and sell songs too!! The music is very up-beat...makes me want to get up and dance...and I'm old!! Heavy Cross is my favorite tune on the album but they all are good. This is rare in my opinion. Usually only one or two songs are good.