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For "Ultra-Loyal Sheepdog," Momus created "a simulacrum of Japanese stereotypes of English, notions of cuteness in Japan and notions of sheep fascinated by the way sheep are portrayed (in Japan) — a land in which one never sees an actual
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s Peter Kirn called the Bowie disc "unsurprising" but the Devoto covers "were just what I (didn't know I) needed – a set of songs tackling sexual ambiguity and anxiety from a singer who was born to play the part."
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staff reviewed it favorably stating "A good Momus album plus a two bonus discs of off-kilter covers of David Bowie and Howard Devoto songs. What's not to like about it?"
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days, brought a more literate, worldly and bizarre perspective to the realm of popular culture, refusing to stagnate or get 'over-familiar and over-sold.'"
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s Thorsten Glotzmann said it was "thoroughly enigmatic and bizarre - overloaded with literary, film-historical and pop-cultural references."
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in September 2014. The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger. It was nominated by the German Design Council for the
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s Devon Fisher commented " pays proper tribute to the artists — some famous, some less so — who, like him in his
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The content of the first disc was originally published by Sony Music Japan. The second and third discs of
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is a triple album dedicated to music's "so-called 'eccentrics'." Two out of three of discs are
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post in March 2014 when the musician wrote a biography on one of the characters in
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s Dave Heaton remarked the album was "a truly eccentric three-disc set."
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Index


Studio album
Momus
Label
Momus
Bambi
Glyptothek
Momus
independent record label
CD
Darla Records

cover versions
David Bowie
Magazine
the Buzzcocks
Howard Devoto
Tumblr
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Terpsichore
Greek mythology
turpentine
turpitude
Greece
polychrome
Glyptothek
2000s
Bambi
Bibliotek
Glyptothek

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