The Mating Game (album)

The Mating Game is the 2006 debut album by trip-hop duo Bitter:Sweet.

The Mating Game
Studio album by
Bitter:Sweet
ReleasedApril 4, 2006
GenreTrip hop
Length37:14
LabelQuango
ProducerKiran Shahani,
Shana Halligan
Bitter:Sweet chronology
The Mating Game
(2006)		 The Remix Game
(2007)

Track listing

All songs by Shana Halligan and Kiran Shahani.

  1. "Don't Forget to Breathe" - 3:14
  2. "The Mating Game" - 3:24
  3. "Overdue" - 3:34
  4. "Heaven" - 3:48
  5. "Bittersweet Faith" - 4:19
  6. "Moving Forward" - 3:36
  7. "Moody" - 2:39
  8. "Dirty Laundry" - 3:20
  9. "Our Remains" - 3:34
  10. "Salty Air" - 3:02
  11. "Take 2 Blue" - 2:40
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reception

The album was met with generally positive reviews. About.com gave it a 4 out of 5 star stating that, "vocalist Shana Halligan and producer/composer Kiran Shahani, the Los Angeles duo known as Bitter:Sweet, have produced a perfectly pleasant bossa nova/electro-pop record," but criticizing the album's similarity with Morcheeba, Portishead, Zero 7, and Goldfrapp. Blogcritics also gave it a good review and asked "what else would you name something that makes beautiful music tinged with a slow seductive shade of melancholy?" Reception from Allmusic was a bit negative, but highlighting Our Remains and Salty Air and stating that the album "features really nice strings and a fun rhythmic changeup in the chorus."

In Media

The songs "Bittersweet Faith" and "Our Remains" were featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada. The song "Dirty Laundry" has been featured in commercials for Victoria's Secret and Heineken.

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2006 Top Electronic Albums 18
  1. Rick Anderson. "The Mating Game review by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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