Mika

'Life in Cartoon Motion'

Not trapped in the closet, giddy fop feels like dancin'.

Spin Rating7 of 10

From the Beatles at their campiest to Scissor Sisters at their catchiest, this Lebanon-born Londoner comes on like an agreeably eager compendium of every gay and gay-ish pop act of the past 40 years. Sometimes he veers too close to his source material and surrenders to sap (check the Robbie Williams-sucking "Erase," with its fleeting rip of the Cranberries' "Zombie"), but mostly this U.K.-chart-topping magpie makes good with bountiful tunes and Broadway vocal dazzle that could slay even the High School Musical crowd. 

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Mika - "Grace Kelly" DOWNLOAD MP3

By Barry Walters

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