{"product_id":"woke-up-laughing","title":"Woke Up Laughing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Palmer, Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\n\nSubtitled \"Adventures in Tropical Music: 1977-1997,\"\nWoke Up Laughing is a surprisingly listenable recycling of the smooth hitmaker's more worldly tracks. A lengthy sleeve interview details the diverse musical sources--ranging from Brazilian\nsamba and lilting Nigerian\njuju to hot Cuban\nson and Caribbean\nsoca--that inspired tunes excavated largely from B-sides, film scores, and alternate tracks. There's not a whole lot new here, but this one-time Caribbean resident at least seems to be in touch with his slick facility in a way that pop's other great white international borrowers--Paul Simon and David Byrne--would never cop to. The rhythms and vocal harmonies are so intricately constructed, you could almost imagine Palmer has something of substance to say. He doesn't. But glibness, at least in this case, is its own reward.\n--Richard Gehr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 724349357525\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0724349357525\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e english\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935901913347,"sku":"R7-IMP9-NFMJ","price":100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/51k1a1YB-AL.jpg?v=1655400812","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/woke-up-laughing","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}