Mouth Moods Explained

Mouth Moods
Type:mixtape
Artist:Neil Cicierega
Cover:Mouth Moods album cover.jpg
Released:January 23, 2017[1]
Recorded:2015–2016
Genre:
Prev Title:Spirit Phone
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Mouth Dreams
Next Year:2020

Mouth Moods is the third mashup mixtape by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega released in 2017. Like his previous mashup mixtapes Mouth Sounds and Mouth Silence, its source material is primarily Top 40 hits from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Samples from Smash Mouth's "All Star" return, after being absent outside of Easter eggs in Mouth Silence.[2] A fourth installment to the Mouth series, Mouth Dreams, was released in 2020.[3]

Reception

Mouth Moods was praised for being "just as compelling" as its predecessors,[4] [5] as well as for its usage of various songs in pop culture history, as well as its "enhanced orchestral scope" over the previous two mixtapes.

The mixtape includes the innuendo-filled track "Bustin", based on the Ray Parker Jr. song "Ghostbusters", which became a viral hit.[6] [7] [8] The publication OC Weekly stated that it was "[a]bsolutely brilliant how an entirely new track can be created from the original elements while still containing its fun vibe."[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aja . Romano . This '90s kid turned his love of a decade into the internet's best mashup albums . March 7, 2017 . . April 4, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191103162650/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/7/14371422/neil-cicierega-mouth-moods-90s-mashups . November 3, 2019 . live .
  2. News: Rife. Katie. Neil Cicierega is here to reclaim the internet with his new album Mouth Moods. February 20, 2017. A.V. Club. January 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220174917/http://www.avclub.com/article/neil-cicierega-here-reclaim-internet-his-new-album-249174. February 20, 2017. live.
  3. Web site: 2020-09-30. Mouth Dreams: Hear Neil Cicierega's Latest Mashup Album. 2020-10-02. Stereogum.
  4. Web site: Vivid Memories Turn to Fantasies: On 'Mouth Moods'. CLELAND. JAKE. 2017-01-31. JAKE CLELAND. 2018-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002456/https://medium.com/@sawngswjakec/vivid-memories-turn-to-fantasies-on-mouth-moods-55128df98753. September 22, 2017. live.
  5. Web site: There Is a New Neil Cicierega Mixtape, Mouth Moods, and It Rules. Feldman. Brian. Intelligencer. January 24, 2017 . en. 2019-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712074713/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/01/mouth-moods-dj-neil-cicieregas-new-mouth-sounds-mixtape.html. July 12, 2019. live.
  6. Web site: Bust some ghosts with this insane remix of Ray Parker Jr.'s 1984 'Ghostbusters' theme song . . March 15, 2016 . January 24, 2017 . David . Pescovitz . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025942/http://boingboing.net/2016/03/15/bust-some-ghosts-with-this-ins.html . February 2, 2017 . live .
  7. Web site: This GHOSTBUSTERS Theme Song Remix Raises Innuendo to an Art Form . . March 16, 2016 . July 19, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103110/https://nerdist.com/this-ghostbusters-theme-song-remix-raises-innuendo-to-an-art-form/ . June 16, 2018 . dead .
  8. Web site: Flashback Friday: Ray Parker Jr's "Ghostbusters" Is Reborn As The Brilliant "Bustin" . . September 25, 2015 . January 24, 2017 . Scott . Heins . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022848/http://www.okayplayer.com/news/ray-parker-jr-bustin.html . February 2, 2017 . live .
  9. Web site: The Ghostbuster Theme Song: A History. Kelsen. David. 2016-07-19. OC Weekly. en-US. 2018-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20181216073744/https://ocweekly.com/the-ghostbuster-theme-song-a-history-7353754/. December 16, 2018. live.