Muzikizum

{{Album ratings

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/muzikizum/x-press-2|title=Muzikizum by X-Press 2|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=13 May 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/muzikizum-mw0000224556|title=Muzikizum - X-Press 2|publisher=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|accessdate=13 May 2016}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}Alternately pounding and pining, it's "faceless techno" at its very best. [Sep 2002, p.96]

| rev3 = Dotmusic

| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/April2002/reviews24628.asp|title=dotmusic - Album Review|work=Dotmusic|first=|last=|date=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020618024142/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/April2002/reviews24628.asp|archivedate=18 June 2002|accessdate=13 May 2016}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/apr/26/shopping.mercuryprize2002|title=Sweet and sour|work=The Guardian|first=Gary|last=Mulholland|date=26 April 2002|accessdate=24 April 2020}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}This is a raging leviathan of a set, each track a powerful, swaggering anthem. [May 2002, p.97]

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 6/10{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/xpress-2/6280|title=X-PRESS 2 : Muzikizum|work=NME|first=Alex|last=Needham|date=12 September 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925082103/http://www.nme.com/reviews/xpress-2/6280|archivedate=25 September 2015|accessdate=13 May 2016}}

| rev7 = Playlouder

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://playlouder.com/review/517xpress2.html|title=PLAYLOUDER | review - Muzikizum by X-Press 2|work=Playlouder|first=|last=|date=1 May 2002|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020501000459/http://playlouder.com/review/517xpress2.html|archivedate=1 May 2002|accessdate=13 May 2016}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}Mature rather than groundbreaking. [May 2002, p.122]

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=2044502|title=X-Press 2 - Muzikizum|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=|last=|date=2 August 2002|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806151422/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=2044502|archivedate=6 August 2002|url-status=dead|accessdate=9 January 2019}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}This album will appeal equally to hard house and handbag crowds alike. [May 2002, p.113]

}}

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

John Bush of AllMusic wrote, "Muzikizum is informed by a slim, spare aesthetic that sounds more 1992 than 2002, evoking simply produced, imperial-sounding tracks from Spooky and Leftfield; in other words, the glory days of progressive house." Gary Mulholland of The Guardian commented that "Brighton club veterans Rocky, Diesel and Ashley Beedle seamlessly blend slick-but-tough pop with your full-on Ibiza-friendly house instrumental."

{{Track listing

| title1 = Muzikizum

| writer1 = X-Press 2

| length1 = 6:43

| title2 = Supasong

| writer2 = X-Press 2

| length2 = 5:05

| title3 = Lazy

| note3 = featuring David Byrne

| writer3 = {{hlist|X-Press 2|David Byrne}}

| length3 = 6:58

| title4 = Angel

| writer4 = {{hlist|X-Press 2|Ralf Hertwig|Tommi Eckart}}

| length4 = 6:24

| title5 = Palenque

| writer5 = X-Press 2

| length5 = 3:55

| title6 = Smoke Machine

| writer6 = X-Press 2

| length6 = 7:56

| title7 = I Want You Back

| note7 = featuring Dieter Meier

| writer7 = {{hlist|X-Press 2|Dieter Meier}}

| length7 = 6:14

| title8 = Call That Love

| note8 = featuring Steve Edwards

| writer8 = {{hlist|X-Press 2|Steve Edwards|Simon Thornton}}

| length8 = 6:03

| title9 = AC/DC

| writer9 = X-Press 2

| length9 = 6:39

| title10 = The Ending

| writer10 = {{hlist|X-Press 2|Neal Howard}}

| length10 = 5:34

| total_length = 61:33

}}

Credits adapted from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Muzikizum|type=CD liner notes|others=X-Press 2|publisher=Skint Records|year=2002}}

• X-Press 2 – arrangement, production, art direction, design
• David Byrne – vocals (on "Lazy")
• Dieter Meier – vocals (on "I Want You Back")
• Steve Edwards – vocals (on "Call That Love")
• Pete Z – keyboards (on "Lazy", "Call That Love", and "The Ending")
• James Brown – engineering, mixing
• Adam Wren – mixing (except "AC/DC" and "The Ending")
• Simon Thornton – editing (on "Supasong")
• Tom Hingston – art direction, design
• Hamish Brown – photography
• Jason Evans – photography

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Category:2002 debut albums

Category:X-Press 2 albums

Category:Skint Records albums