Stereotype A

CMJ (1/10/00, pp.6-7) - Ranked #27 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [for 1999]."
Rolling Stone (6/24/99, p.68) - 3 1/2 out of 5 - "...this busy, funky, self-assured second full-length album is nobody's exotic joke....many of the songs [are] built on shimmering, suspended chords and off-kilter space beats..."
Vibe (6,7/99, p.184) - "...a punchy, danceable collection of original instrumentation and sampling with flashes of '80s electro pop....The cute, quirky pair...[tackle] issues close to home: love affairs, friendships, public image and-get this-kitchen utensils....Pleasant."
Wire (8/99, p.49) - "...a smoothly blended musical stew....[Yuka] Honda's constantly inventive sampler structures and arrangements...really dazzle. It's an almost perfect pop record...proving that globalisation needn't mean empty platitudes and overly glossed beats..."
CMJ (6/7/99, p.5) - "...a wildly diverse collection that clubhops all over New York's musical landscape....this eclectic album [is] one B-girl bouillabaisse impossible to pass up."
Entertainment Weekly (6/11/99, p.69) - "The cheeky gals of Cibo Matto achieve charm by being out of their time and culture....It's now, it's then, it's here, it's there. It's good." - Rating: B+