Girl Talk: Feed the Animals

Label: Illegal Art

Hands down, the party album of 2008. The greatest mashup album ever assembled – and “assemble” is the only right word to describe this kind of music. Who else but Girl Talk can seamlessly connect Outkast, Roy Orbison, the Spencer Davis Group, DJ Funk, Cupid, Pete Townshend, Twisted Sister, Huey Lewis, Lil Mama, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Edwin Starr, Sinead O’Connor and Rage Against the Machine – and that’s just on the first track. No bad cuts on the record? Try no bad moments. It soars from start to finish, and in the process Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) has done more than make the year’s finest party album, he’s made a nice statement about the universality of pop music. Here’s your one time to buy the CD, folks, since Girl Talk has made one pressing and promises to do no future ones. (James)