Gnarls Barkley is the team of solo artist Cee-Lo Green formerly of the Goodie Mob and Danger Mouse, most known for his The Grey Album treatment of Jay-Z's The Black Album using The Beatles songs to Jay's verses and his work with the Gorillaz second album Demon Dayz . The groups name is a reference to Charles Barkley, the Hall of Fame basketball player. The group met in 1990s and in began recording together in 2003.   In 2006, one of their leaked collaborations: "Crazy", got major digital play and eventually was number one on British charts! Now lets see how the collaborative does for a whole album.

"Go-Go Gadget Gospel" refers to the 1980s cartoon Inspector Gadget and the sound is something of a carousel sound with a choir! Very eye-opening to see the least.it will wake almost anyone up (including a late night review writer!)

"Crazy" is about different situations and people that will make you feel crazy.sometimes you are deemed crazy but it's really about who's perceiving! Very catchy beat and Cee-Lo's voice is perfect for the song. The topic is real which is why the it did so good in the download era! I don't know if many radio stations would have taken a chance on a cut like this but that's why you can't trust the opinions of everyone.

We want to be different, an individual to say the least and live on our own space of well.space and "St. Elsewhere" talks about that! A dark sound with a great drum and guitar package this track makes sense!

"Gone Daddy Gone" reminds you of the track you'd likely see on MTV in it's infancy stage! The song talks about love being gone in a frantic drummed pace! It's like chaos at a super pace!

"Smiley Faces" deals with sometimes dealing with things in masks instead of letting your guard down and showing what your really feeling or the truth of the particular matter. Politics of sorts, but we should all take a look at in this manner from time to time because it's easy to get broken down. Upbeat and electric this track makes you think of the character "Carlton Banks" from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and his stupid dance!

A track that reminds me of something you'd hear during the old Scooby Doo Mysteries,
"The Boogie Monster". Cee-Lo hits us the listener with a baritone voice as he talks about a monster in his closet and under his bed!

"Feng Shui" is the closest thing I've heard to a conventional beat yet and Cee-Lo gets his rap on as he talks about walking in a house and describes its set up and more!

"Just A Thought" talks about suicide for a minute over a track that reminds me of a dark cloudy day. This song relates to many because there are days when you think you do all you can do and nothing is going your way! But in the end we keep on pushing because it's too easy to quit!

A sped up beat and different voices describe the track aptly titled "Transformer". I would guess it would describe the ability to adapt to different scenarios and life in general! I would hate to be on speed listening to this cut because I would jump off the bridge. Think of fast forward times two!   This leads nicely to the slow and meaningful "Who Cares", a track about being complicated, just doing you and no complaining because we'd all have a reason to complain about what we CANT change!

On a classic break beat "Online" talks about being on point and not breakin your stride! Like the digital bandwidth we are fortunate to get these days (Well most of us!).cer

If you are talking about a crazy track look no further than "Necromancer". This is a track about liking someone better dead! It breaks down a planned death and it's before and aftermath. It sounds like something out the funeral parlor because of the organ throughout the track.

"Storm Coming" is a frantic track that could easily double as someone's heart rate! The song deals with living and dying and doing all you can.

When was "The Last Time" you danced? That's the question of this final track! Cee-Lo reminds me of Dracula or someone possessed man wanting his prize (for lack of a better word)!

Overall it's hard to describe this piece but I will say it was everything you wanted in something experimental. It mixed the genres like some mixed soda flavors at the fountain! Cee-Lo used different ranges and Danger Mouse beats were incredible! I really like every track on the LP and have no idea why such chaos sounds so sweet! I think the length of the tracks and their titles help also as you don't get tired before the next one comes on.   And with all this the lyrics often have messages of individuality, believing in one's self and working thorough adversity! I didn't know what to expect from these two individuals but their union filled with chemistry and creativity! This is what music and being flexible and comfortable in it can create, something that has few boundaries!

I'll give St. Elsewhere 5 GeoGlobes.