Mika's first album, 'Life In Cartoon Motion' was an instant hit in the UK going straight to No.1 in the album charts. This album is full of fresh, unique tracks from a singer is filled with energy and new ideas.
Mika's most popular song, "Grace Kelly" which was at No.1 for 6 weeks and is about his annoyance at producers and executives who were trying to label him as an already existent famous person shown by the line" Should I bend over? Should I look older? Just to be put on your shelf" is one of his best songs.
His album has a good blend of serious and fun songs from 'Happy Ending' a slow song, about a bad breakup and 'Lollipop' a fun, lively song which he wrote for his sister about love.
My favourite song is track three, 'My Interpretation' which has a good melody and piano accompaniment by Mika.
Many of the songs off his album have many different interpretations and the majority of these, the singer has not divulged the meanings of and has simply left the meaning and symbolism of the songs open to listeners to think about what the songs means to them.
Possibly one of the most controversial songs on the album is "Billy Brown" about a homosexual man who once had a 'normal' life of "Two kids, a dog and the cautionary wife' and left them after falling in love with a man. This clearly breaks the mould of the usual love song thus continuing to show us that Mika is unique and bringing a new style of pop to mainstream music.
Overall, a great album with a mixture of songs covering a wide angle of subjects. In my opinion he can cover both slow and lively songs with the same flair and style we have seen in his singles such as; "Love today", "Grace Kelly" and "Big Girl".
Rating: *****
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