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- Poetica
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iiO
Released 2006

Kiss You
04:20
8,821 plays

Is It Love
04:32
7,884 plays

Smooth
04:33
7,657 plays

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- 1
- Rapture
- 04:15
- 25,852 plays

- 2
- At The End
- 03:39
- 11,582 plays

- 3
- Smooth
- 04:33
- 7,657 plays

- 4
- Runaway
- 03:39
- 6,817 plays

- 5
- Kiss You
- 04:20
- 8,821 plays

- 6
- Chastity
- 09:29
- 5,003 plays

- 7
- Tantric
- 03:34
- 5,588 plays

- 8
- Rebel
- 05:14
- 4,016 plays

- 9
- Is It Love
- 04:32
- 7,884 plays

- 10
- Be It
- 06:16
- 4,386 plays

- 11
- Give It Up
- 06:51
- 3,299 plays

- 12
- Hanging On
- 03:25
- 3,170 plays

- 13
- The One
- 04:38
- 3,216 plays

- 14
- What A Way
- 04:05
- 2,954 plays

- 15
- Poetica
- 01:52
- 2,341 plays

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album review

Following a nearly four-year string of club hits, iio's debut album was released concurrent with the announcement of the duo's dissolution. It's a pity, because Poetica is an intriguing blend of club-oriented dance beats and a surprising amount of pure pop songwriting smarts. Producer and songwriter Markus Moser knows his way around a sequencer, but rather than letting a bunch of electronic pulses run for six or seven minutes apiece, Moser has taken an approach similar to early Saint Etienne: these are conventionally structured pop songs first and dance tracks second. The gathered single sides, "Kiss You," "Rapture," "Smooth," and "At the End," are here in new and more pop-oriented mixes that show off not only Moser's knack for melody, but also the duo's key asset: singer Nadia Ali's alluring purr of a voice. Not one for diva-style showiness, Ali favors the Dusty Springfield model of seemingly effortless soul, and the best songs here -- the outstanding "Is It Love" foremost among those not already released as singles -- are dance-pop of the highest caliber. On the hypnotic, trancey epic "Chastity," Moser throws a bone to club/dance purists, but for the most part Poetica is a pop record, and a fine one. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide