Why put chemicals in your food? I can understand if you can't cook real goulash, but honestly, what is so difficult about onions, salt, and paprika? By the way, this product contains NO paprika. I tried it once when I was in a hurry and was extremely disappointed. The above reviewer who uses it for her goulash and paprikas... shudder.

I was a huge fan of the sneaker pimps first album "Becoming X", and was looking foward to listening to this album. But I was noticing that the female vocals were missing (Kelli). It also sounded diiferent from "Becoming X". Therefore I thought it was another group. Now only until now, after reading the reviews I know what happened. The british guy's voice is very annoying and misplaced. They have swayed away from trip hop. There are only a couple of songs that are good, a couple that are ok, the rest not good. Don't waste your money on this album if you really enjoyed Kelli's vocals. They are in no shape or form in the same league as Massive Attack or Portishead or Radiohead.

The guy singer sucks and Kelli is way too talented for them anyways; she belongs solo. You can't replace a girl singer w/ a guy and keep fans!

I first heard of the Sneaker Pimps when "Loretta Young Silks" was played on a TV show and instantly loved the song... it starts out pretty slow and calm and then erupts into a loud, more intense chorus with amazing lyrics to boot. And it's not even the best song on the album. It's very easy to get stuck on "Kiro TV", "Sick", and the aforementioned track (all very catchy and amazing songs) and subsequently ignore the rest of the album; I'd strongly advise against it, because the other tracks are where the band's genius really shines. "Fuel", "Bloodsport", and "Think Harder" are more electronic-y sounding songs, whereas "Blue Movie" and "Small Town Witch" are more haunting, slower tracks with amazing beats. The music is impeccable, and the lyrics are mindblowing... my most favorite lyric of the whole album definitely comes off of "Think Harder": "You asked me how to kill your headache: use a gun." Pretty clever. Guaranteed to please.

Major let down! I was thinking this album would be more like becomming X and it nothing like it. What's with the guy singing, he sounds awful. This album is a waste of money and is heading for the TRASH!

It gets a "4/5" because I don't think the lyrics are as profound in their off-kilter view of gender politics as those on their freshman issue, "Becoming X."But then again, The Sneaker Pimps have become an all-boy band, never so obvious as in the realization that it's a GUY singing on the song "Bloodsport." He tries to sound as much like a girl as possible, but it just points up how sorely the songs miss female phrasing!HAVING SAID THAT, the guys have forged ahead to create a couple of trip-pop beauties: the titular marvel, "Sick," "Kiro TV" and "Small Town Witch." They are similar in feel to Nine Inch Nails on "The Fuel" which seamlessly incorporates symphonic samples from the 1990 "Gorky Park" film soundtrack written by James Horner ("Enemy At The Gates," "Sneakers," "Aliens," and "Once Around"). On ""Becoming X" their composer of choice was the brilliant John "Born Free" Barry.It takes a few listens, but this album's groove eventually sinks in and takes hold!