Body Talk Pt. 1

Five years after the original issue of Robyn, the Swedish singer still has a knack for memorable pop gems.

“I came to dance, not to socialize,” Robyn declares on “Dancehall Queen,” neatly summing up the outlook of her fifth album, Body Talk Pt 1. It’s an album about aligning your heartbeat with the pulse of strobe lights and basslines, embracing synthetic sounds as a conduit for genuine emotion. Robyn’s icy, controlled…

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Pop world take heed: forget albums and try your damnedest to be as good as this.

Robyn's 2005 self-titled album showed that when she was free to do whatever she wanted, she could do just about anything.

Each starlet has her own quirk; Little Boots and her Moogs, La Roux and the ‘do, Peaches and her, er, sex. Maybe ‘Body Talk Pt 1’ would show a distinctive style for Robyn, the Swedish ambassador in the lady-synth stakes.

In December 1980, a mere 12 months after releasing their defining statement of a double album, ‘London Calling’, The Clash followed it up with a triple, ‘Sandinista!’.

The bulk of the album is comprised of stiff beats and in-your-face bluster that attempt to portray Robyn as more impenetrable machine than flesh-and-blood sweetheart.

The first of three Robyn mini-albums this year shows precisely why she should be treasured, says <strong>Michael Hann</strong>

Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1 review: Pure pop goodness, one slice at a time.