So, I'm just wondering WHY is this tagged as electro? Not even close. If you are looking for electro, This is NOT what you are looking for!!! Straight RUBBISH!!

So basically all I can do is reiterate the disappointment that Ricky Barrow brings to this album. I've heard Luke Slater perform this with a different singer when he was promoting the album, and the singer who performed with him on those nights was far, far better. Ricky has neither the range, nor simply the style for this kind of music. His laid back stoned sound might work on less precise music, but it just falls flat on this.I also don't rate the vocal production, it's very basic.Shame as I love the music...

An "album with songs" — as Luke Slater described his third album on Mute — from techno's best trackhead? Purists and DJs can rightly despair that tracks from Alright on Top will take much more concentration to slot into their sets next to Ben Sims or Millsart. Still, Slater giving over half the album to vocalist Ricky Barrow (formerly of the Aloof) turns out better than expected, certainly a radically different album than his others. Slater's distinctive style of pummeling electro-techno is still audible, though occasionally he's content to simply recycle a few electronic pop conventions rather than explore new ground. "You Know What I Mean" rages like any post-millennial electro-industrial band, while "Stars and Heroes" works in sequencer territory reminiscent of Giorgio Moroder disco or Depeche Mode synth pop. Alright on Top does have some amazing productions ("Only You" and "Searchin' for a Dream" especially), but too much of the album is ruined by Barrow's trite lyrics and over-reaching delivery. ("You Know What I Mean" begins: "I'm here/Looking for nothing looking at someone/Maybe you got what I need.") Barrow fails at his frequent attempts to hit the heights of legendary falsettos from Horace Andy to Marvin Gaye, and rarely succeeds at his quest to summon the stoned beatitude of Spiritualized's Jason Pierce. It's admirable of Slater to dive right into the world of vocal/production collaborations instead of simply dipping a toe in the water, but tapping a better vocalist would have produced much better results.