Moog Indigo

"Soul City" composed by Andy Badale and Pat Prilly, is a funky instrumental where Moog synthesizers take the place of horns in a guitar-heavy slice of R&B. "E.V.A." composed by Perrey himself together with Andy Badale and Marie Perreault is a funky synth excursion,[5] and a tribute to the first man to walk on the moon.[6]

"The Rose and The Cross", composed only by Gilbert Sigrist is a much more serious melody than the rest of the album,[7] while "Cat In The Night" has a subtle glow of darkness, rarely heard in Perrey's typically lighthearted recordings.[8] Perrey's version from Flight of the Bumblebee composed by Russian composer Rimsky Korsakov, uses real bee sounds.[9][10][11]

Perrey's version of Moto Perpetuo written by the Italian composer Niccolo Paganini titled "Gossipo Perpetuo",[12] use choppy vocal samples while congas and drums pound a samba beat,[13] and "18th Century Puppet" shows clear nods to the baroque composition.[8] After the synth version of Hello, Dolly!" written by Jerry Herman,[14] "Passport to the Future" is coming, a song that contains too much melodic influence from the hit of Joe Meek, "Telstar".[8]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Exclaim!	9/10 [8]
Paste	[13]

"Passport to the Future" was released on May 23, 1970.[15] On May 30 reached No. 20 on the Adult Contemporary (known at the time as Easy Listening) weekly chart by US magazine Billboard,[16] in June 20 peaked at No. 94 in the Cashbox Singles chart,[17] and in June 27 peaked at No. 106 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by US magazine Billboard.[18][19] The single release of "E.V.A." in February 1997 he peaked at 79 in British charts.[20]

Alan Ranta from Exclaim! magazine rated the album 9,[8] while Robert Ham of Paste magazine gave it a score of 8.3 and stated that "what keeps these records in circulation is the humor that artists like Perrey brought to the mix."[13] The Musoscribe website commented that Moog Indigo "is a collection of incredibly catchy tunes, delivered in the funnest way imaginable."[7] A retrospective review by AllMusic reviewer Donald A. Guarisco gave it a score of three out of five, describing the album as "a solid choice for fans of the room with a sense of humor".[5] The album was included in a list of the best albums of 1970 made by uDiscover Music.[21] The Album of the Year website gave it an average score of 75 based on AllMusic and Exclaim! reviews.[22]

• Jean-Jacques Perrey (main composer)
• Ed Friedner (engineer)
• Andy Badale
• Gilbert Sigrist

The second track of the album "E.V.A." is one of the most sampled in rap and hip hop music,[23] examples include "Just To Get A Rep" by Gang Starr (1990),[24][25][26][27] "Lower da Boom" by Artifacts (1994),[28] "Gameplan" by Lord Finesse (1995),[29] "3000" by Dr.Octagon (1996),[3] "Same Ol'Thing" by A Tribe Called Quest (1997),[30] "Lunch Money" by Pusha T (2014),[31][32][33][34] and "Every Little Thing I Do" by Jamila Woods and Taylor Bennett (2017)[35] In 2004 was used for a Zelnorm commercial,[36] in 2016 it was used in an advertising campaign "Shot on iPhone" by Apple,[3] and in 2018, appeared in the 2018 film, Ocean's 8.[37] Perrey's adaptation of "Turkish March" composed by Beethoven titled "The Elephant Never Forgets",[38][39][40][41] gained popularity in much of Latin America for being used as the main theme of the Mexican program El Chavo del Ocho.[2] "The Elephant Never Forgets" was also used as Canadian program The Buck Shot Show's main theme.[42]

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