The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Mika

Release Date: 21st Sep, 2009
Label: Island
Genre: Uncategorised

BRIT Award-winning pop singer Mika's second album The Boy Who Knew Too Much follows up the enormous success of 2007's debut Life In Cartoon Motion. Produced once again by Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright), Mika continues to excel in bringing his own brand of fun and chaos to proceedings.

The music on offer is undeniably catchy, although singing along will prove quite a task as the Beirut-born star has a superb vocal talent that is hard to match. Includes the single "We Are Golden".

Reviewed by Steve Muscutt

About The Artist

Mika

Artist Homepage

There are multiple bands/artists under the name Mika. 1) Mika (born Michael Holbrook Penniman in 1983) is a Beirut-born, Paris and London-raised, London, UK-based singer who has a contract with Island Records and used to attend Westminster School. He first appeared on BBC Radio 1 in September 2006. He has a background in classical songwriting. His long awaited first album Life In Cartoon Motion was commercially released on 5th February 2007. It has a coming of age theme, and deals with the transition from childhood to his current position in life. His debut single was Relax, Take It Easy (2006) though the second single Grace Kelly seemed to garner more media attention. In January 2007 he took the UK charts by storm; his second single Grace Kelly charted at Nº3 with downloads alone, and climbed to Nº1 on January 21, 2007. His second album is called The Boy Who Knew Too Much and the main single from that album is We Are Golden. In December 2006, more than 130 UK-based music critics and broadcasters took part in the BBC's prestigious Sound of 2007 music poll and MIKA was named the best new talent for 2007. Official website: http://www.mikasounds.com ----------------------- 2) Mika. Austrian electronic dance pop band formed by Matthias Kertal and Simon Nola. Some albums appearing in this profile were released by this band, not by the Mika mentioned above. Official website: http://www.mikaella.org/mika/about.htm 3) Mika Singh (Indian Singer) Mika, born as Amrik Singh on June 10, 1977, in Durgapur, West Bengal is a bhangra / rap Indian singer, and is a highly acclaimed Punjabi singer. He has done many film songs which include singh is kinng, mauja hi mauja, guitar. Although his range as a playback singer is limited, almost all his songs are a hit, the latest being Aapka kya hoga from the film Housefull. He has also participated in the reality show iss jungle se mujhe bachao and Music Ka Maha Muqabala. Read More on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Singh 4) Mika-Haka NZ Maori Cabaret performer Official website: http://mika.co.nz

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50 Comments

Daiiany 02 Apr 2012

♥
teapot_cannon 21 Mar 2012

I See You ♥ Good Gone Girl ♥ Blue Eyes
EricValeev 09 Mar 2012

♥ We Are Golden
MarcusLMosnter 27 Feb 2012

lol, it's not better, life in cartoon motion is waay better, but this one is still good :)
guh_ 02 Jan 2012

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [12]
daulkim 10 Nov 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [11]
LotLot_vZ 21 Oct 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [11] especially Touches You! <3
kimballsuxxx 08 Oct 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [10]
Sushi_92 03 Sep 2011

Toy Boy is a really good song and its worth checking out !!!
Egrooj 21 Aug 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [9]
tillytootoo 15 Aug 2011

what's cartoon motion?
ItsPedro 09 Aug 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [8] I love both but...
Sandro1992 18 Jul 2011

God...why did i wait till now!? I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [8] !!! :)
breatheme- 07 Jul 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [7]
justandrian 24 Jun 2011

Life In Cartoon Motion >>>>>> The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Hyggor16 03 May 2011

♥
lady_gun 15 Apr 2011

"I See You" <3
jpusername 27 Mar 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [5]
gusfenty 05 Mar 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [5] Way better
CarolinePop 09 Feb 2011

I think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [4]
caiogroupie 08 Jan 2011

cool album, but not better than the first one
frankxx1 18 Nov 2010

I ♥ MIKA
lverth 06 Oct 2010

i think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [3] <3
Langevins 01 Oct 2010

i think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion. [2]
Diegucho 13 Sep 2010

I don't think this is a good cd at all.
Anek_- 10 Sep 2010

i think it's better than Life In Cartoon Motion.
ClaudioGurgel 18 Aug 2010

Mika é um dos artistas mais interessantes e inovadores da geração pop dessa década. Com apenas 26 anos e dois cds, o artista conseguiu misturar elementos de vários seguimentos criando novas texturas recheadas com seus excelentes vocais. “We Are Golden”, primeiro single do trabalho, é super alto astral sem ser infantil, pelo contrário, é uma produção de primeira linha, cheia de vozes muito bem arranjadas. “Rain” e “Blame It On The Girls”, seus singles posteriores, seguem bem na linha animada e não deixam o ouvinte desanimar, e seus vocais cheios de falcetes acabam se tornando sua marca registrada lembrando Prince e Bee Gees. O cd não tem músicas fracas, e Mika pode facilmente ser um dos maiores ícones do pop muito em breve.
EKrieg 27 Jul 2010

"The Boy..." isn't bad but could've been better. So I'm waiting for the next one.
jonass2 09 Jul 2010

I See You <3
MonA994 04 Jul 2010

by the time <3
naldo6 26 Jun 2010

240 execuções em sua biblioteca. Mika <3
TeenCreddyJem 24 Jun 2010

I loved his first album....and i was really looking forward to the release of this new album. Unfortunately it's very poor in comparison. Hopefully the third album will be better than this...
tired_time 23 Jun 2010

glances, well I think It's partly because the first album is being played for 3 years and this one only for 8 months. And partly because the first one was better (IMO)
glances 22 May 2010

I think it's quite weird that this has so few plays compared to his previous album. It's just as good in my opinion, but most likely because this album didn't get as much media coverage as Life In Cartoon Motion did.
Garrett_Jean 10 May 2010

I bought my these days :)
rafuskoo 27 Apr 2010

*__*
simlpe_girl 27 Apr 2010

i like... BEST=)
tanya2good 05 Mar 2010

Best artist ever ... MIK@ rulessss!!! ♥
katzcotimutti 21 Feb 2010

J adore a écouter en boucle le meilleur de l année
morganics722 20 Feb 2010

the BEST of 2009, with no doubts [5]
black_olive 19 Jan 2010

gayet hoş bir albüm :)
oi_quer_tc 18 Jan 2010

<3
xdevotchkax 23 Dec 2009

best album of 2009. hands down.
bander_az 20 Dec 2009

истеричный он какой-то
lylah_moussa 13 Dec 2009

since i bought, i can't stop listening! if somebody knows how to not listen to it anymore, please don't tell me <3
StephaniexxJean 27 Nov 2009

Im going to say........... Best album ever. Hands down. Ive never been absolutely uncontrollably in love with EVERY. SINGLE. SONG. on an album in my life.
whatsuitsbest 25 Nov 2009

guess i expected too much, so i ended up disappointed...
cryingpsycho 11 Nov 2009

the BEST of 2009, with no doubts [4]
luen05 09 Nov 2009

the BEST of 2009, with no doubts [3]
yvonnetb 05 Nov 2009

the BEST of 2009, with no doubts [2]