Originally released in 2011, Lil’ Golden Book is the debut album by cult New Zealand musician Princess Chelsea and features the surprise global hit Cigarette Duet (featuring Jonathan Bree). Lil’ Golden Book is a collection of 11 songs that tell the story of growing up in New Zealand, with Chelsea as the central figure. Musically it is a collection of nostalgic synthesizers and chamber pop instruments intricately weaved together sometimes exploding into psychedelia. Her vocals are childlike with plain speak used to deliver dark and funny lines.
Lil’ Chief records describes the album as "the soundtrack to an old Disney movie meets Kraftwerk fronted by Enya in a 60s production of Les Mis, in space". There have been further comparisons to a weirded-out version of 60s French pop chanteuse France Gall, even to the avant-garde pop deconstructions of the Residents.
Tracklist:
- Machines Of Loving Grace
- Yulia
- Ice Reign
- Monkey Eats Bananas
- Caution Repetitive
- The Cigarette Duet
- Too Fast To Live
- Overseas
- Frack
- Goodnight Little Robot Child
- Ice Reign (Reprise)