The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2009)

GOLDEN BOY Mika

Rollerblader-
disco album 
 of the year! 
 London's Grammy-nominated divo has described his second disc, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, as a rock opera about his adolescence, and yep, there's enough transcendent drama-queeniness here to make Lady Gaga sound like Woody Guthrie. With Rock of Ages-style bombast (''Touches You''), classic-Disney-score playfulness (''Toy Boy''), tap-dance-routine cabaret (''Dr. John''), and stomp-your-Louboutins stadium rockers (''We Are Golden''), it's a Technicolor pop explosion designed for throwing your jazz hands into the air. A

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