How Bizarre is the only album by the New Zealand musical group OMC, released in 1996. It was first released on 27 September under the Huh! recording label, issued by PolyGramNew Zealand, and manufactured and marketed by Mercury Records on 25 February 1997 in the United States. The album garnered a surprised, but generally positive reaction from critics; it was considered so bold and unique that it could not be compared to anything, and journalists struggled to classify it as one thing or another. How Bizarre reached number 5 in its native New Zealand and number 40 on the Billboard 200, spawning four singles: the title track, "Right On", "On the Run" and "Land of Plenty". It was also certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales of over 500,000 copies in that country, becoming the best-selling Urban Pasifika album.
Critical reception was mixed to positive. Chuck Eddy, writing for Spin, praised the overall musicianship throughout the album, highlighting the update to the "angelic-melancholy-through-odd-instrumentation aesthetic" pioneered by Flying Nun Records, and Fuemana's vocal performance resembling that of Billy Ocean and R. B. Greaves. Eddy said OMC crafted a genre hybrid that mixes Beckfrom 1996, reggae from 1971 and recent pop music that "dour mid-'90s U.S. radio might not know what to do with it."[7] Thom Owens of AllMusic called the record "an intriguing fusion of worldbeat rhythms and urban soul that never manages to catch fire, despite several strong grooves and soulful fusions."[3]Robert Christgau cited the title track and "On the Run" as "choice cuts",[4] indicating good songs on "an album that isn't worth your time or money."[8]. Both Q Magazine and Mojo magazine gave the album four out of five stars and it was named Album of the Year by publications in Japan and the Philippines.[5]
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All tracks are written by Pauly Fuemana and Alan Jansson, except where noted
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This article is about the OMC album For the title track see How Bizarre song For other uses see How Bizarre disambiguation How Bizarre is the only album by the New Zealand musical group OMC released in 1996 It was first released on 27 September under the Huh recording label issued by PolyGram New Zealand and manufactured and marketed by Mercury Records on 25 February 1997 in the United States The album garnered a surprised but generally positive reaction from critics it was considered so bold and unique that it could not be compared to anything and journalists struggled to classify it as one thing or another How Bizarre reached number 5 in its native New Zealand and number 40 on the Billboard 200 spawning four singles the title track Right On On the Run and Land of Plenty It was also certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA denoting sales of over 500 000 copies in that country becoming the best selling Urban Pasifika album How BizarreStudio album by OMCReleased27 September 1996Recorded1995 1996GenreElectronic rock hip hop popLength50 29LabelHuh RecordsPolyGramMercury RecordsProducerAlan Jansson 1 Singles from How Bizarre How Bizarre Released 15 December 1995 Right On Released 1996 On the Run Released 18 January 1997 Land of Plenty Released 1997How Bizarre was reissued globally on vinyl for the first time on April 16 2021 remastered by Alan Jansson 2 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts and certifications 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Certifications 5 ReferencesCritical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Christgau s Consumer Guide nbsp 4 Mojo4 5 5 Music Week nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Q4 5 5 Spin8 10 7 Critical reception was mixed to positive Chuck Eddy writing for Spin praised the overall musicianship throughout the album highlighting the update to the angelic melancholy through odd instrumentation aesthetic pioneered by Flying Nun Records and Fuemana s vocal performance resembling that of Billy Ocean and R B Greaves Eddy said OMC crafted a genre hybrid that mixes Beck from 1996 reggae from 1971 and recent pop music that dour mid 90s U S radio might not know what to do with it 7 Thom Owens of AllMusic called the record an intriguing fusion of worldbeat rhythms and urban soul that never manages to catch fire despite several strong grooves and soulful fusions 3 Robert Christgau cited the title track and On the Run as choice cuts 4 indicating good songs on an album that isn t worth your time or money 8 Both Q Magazine and Mojo magazine gave the album four out of five stars and it was named Album of the Year by publications in Japan and the Philippines 5 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Pauly Fuemana and Alan Jansson except where notedNo TitleLength1 On the Run 4 032 How Bizarre 3 433 Never Coming Back 4 024 Breaking My Heart 5 185 Angel in Disguise 3 546 Lingo with the Gringo 5 517 Land of Plenty 5 198 Right On 4 509 Pours Out Your Eyes 4 5310 She Loves Italian 4 3111 I Love L A Randy Newman 4 07 Track 11 was only on the second release of this album issued in September 1997 in the US only 5 Personnel editAdapted from the album s liner notes 9 OMC Pauly Fuemana vocals guitar Alan Jansson engineering keyboards programming guitar Right On Additional musicians Sina Saipaia backing vocals How Bizarre Right On Lee Baker guitar How Bizarre Right On Hershal Herscher accordion How Bizarre George Chisholm trumpet How Bizarre Right On Glenn Campbell pedal steel guitar Right On dobro guitar Breaking My Heart Geoffrey Heath cello Pours Out Your Eyes Steve Robinson piano Pours Out Your Eyes hammond organ Land of Plenty Steve Kellner drums Pours Out Your Eyes She Loves Italian Mia Camilleri french horn Pours Out Your Eyes Land of Plenty Walter Bianco saxophone Breaking My Heart Harmon tea chest bass Breaking My Heart Taisha backing vocals Land of Plenty Christine Fuemana backing vocals Land of Plenty James Gaylyn drums Angel in Disguise Juliet Primrose violin Angel in Disguise Manuel Bundy scratching Lingo with the Gringo Production Rick Huntington additional mixing and engineeringArtwork Deborah Smith photography Richard Kingsford designCharts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Chart 1996 1997 PeakpositionGerman Albums Offizielle Top 100 10 48New Zealand Albums RMNZ 11 5Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 12 35US Billboard 200 13 40 Year end charts edit Chart 1997 PositionUS Billboard 200 14 173Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units salesUnited States RIAA 15 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Pauly Fuemana The whole Bizarre story The New Zealand Herald NZME 22 August 2015 Retrieved 26 June 2018 How Bizarre reissue at Discogs Discogs a b Owens Thom How Bizarre OMC AllMusic Archived from the original on 21 May 2023 Retrieved 25 June 2011 a b Christgau Robert 15 October 2000 OMC How Bizarre Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s Macmillan Publishing ISBN 9780312245603 Retrieved 17 May 2018 a b c d Grigg Simon 2015 How Bizarre Pauly Fuemana and the Song That Stormed the World Awa Press Reviews Albums PDF Music Week 12 October 1996 p 26 Retrieved 6 September 2021 a b Eddy Chuck March 1997 OMC How Bizarre Spin SPIN Media LLC pp 104 5 Retrieved 17 May 2018 Christgau Robert Key to Icons RobertChristgau com Retrieved 29 October 2018 How Bizarre liner notes OMC Huh PolyGram 1996 314 533 435 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Offiziellecharts de OMC How Bizarre in German GfK Entertainment Charts Charts nz OMC How Bizarre Hung Medien Swisscharts com OMC How Bizarre Hung Medien OMC Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1997 Billboard Retrieved 27 August 2021 American album certifications OMC How Bizarre Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 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