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* [[Electropop]]<ref>{{cite webmagazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6546158/roisin-murphy-interview-hairless-toys |title=Roisin Murphy Returns After Eight-Year Album Break: 'I Appreciate It More Than I Ever Did' |workmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=27 April 2015 |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301173330/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6546158/roisin-murphy-interview-hairless-toys |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''''Overpowered''''' is the second solo studio album by Irish singer and songwriter [[Róisín Murphy]]. It was released on 1115 October 2007 by [[EMI Records]]. Receiving widespread critical acclaim, the album was more commercially successful than its predecessor, ''[[Ruby Blue (album)|Ruby Blue]]'' (2005), debuting at number 20 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] with 9,656 copies sold in its first week.<ref name="musicweek">{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-mumford-sons-wilder-mind-tops-album-chart-with-29-922-sales/061812 |title=Official Charts Analysis: OMI's Cheerleader spends third week at No.1 |work=[[Music Week]] |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6YkKMyYLo?url=web/20150525014320/http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-mumford-sons-wilder-mind-tops-album-chart-with-29-922-sales/061812 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2325 May 2015}}</ref> ''Overpowered'' was shortlisted for the 2007 [[Choice Music Prize]] in Murphy's native Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.choicemusicprize.com/past_prizes_2007.html |title=Past prizes – 2007 |publisher=[[Choice Music Prize]] |access-date=10 May 2014 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512083758/http://www.choicemusicprize.com/past_prizes_2007.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of May 2015, the album had sold 65,532 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name="musicweek"/>

In 2006, while promoting her band [[Moloko]]'s greatest hits album, ''[[Catalogue (Moloko album)|Catalogue]]'', Murphy announced that she was recording a new solo album to be released in 2007. After signing to [[EMI]] in May 2006, Murphy set out to produce a [[pop music|pop]] album with a heavy [[disco]] influence. With a bigger budget behind her than with her last record company, the independent [[Echo Records]], Murphy recorded around 30 songs for the album with various [[Record producer|producers]] and writers in [[Miami]], [[London]] and [[Barcelona]], commenting that each of the producers aided the pop influence of the album, as they all wanted to write "the single". She later noted, "It's the first time I've worked with multiple writers. I needed to keep in mind a clear idea what kind of record I wanted to make. There was no [[Experimental music|experiment]] about it".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Tim |date=March 2009 |title=Murphy's Law |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=360 |page=13 |issn=0261-250X}}</ref>

Murphy collaborated with Scottish [[Electronic music|electronic]] musician [[Calvin Harris]] on the songs "[[Off & On]]" and "Don't Let It Go to Your Head Boy", which did not make the cut for ''Overpowered''. During an interview with [[Popjustice]], Harris called Murphy "a bit mental" for not including the songs on the album, while accusing her of "cost[ing] me all sorts of money" during recording.<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Robinson (journalist) |url=https://www.popjustice.com/articles/calvin-harris-interview/49821/ |title=Calvin Harris Interview |publisher=[[Popjustice]] |date=18 May 2007 |access-date=22 August 2017 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822040137/https://www.popjustice.com/articles/calvin-harris-interview/49821/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Murphy and Harris have since resolved their differences, and the song "Off & On" was ultimately recorded by English pop singer [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] for her 2011 album ''[[Make a Scene]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramaswamy |first=Chitra |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/rock-ness-artist-roisin-murphy-1-1435740 |title=Rock Ness artist: Roisin Murphy |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822094721/http://www.scotsman.com/news/rock-ness-artist-roisin-murphy-1-1435740 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Jon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-a-scene-mw0002143557 |title=Make a Scene – Sophie Ellis-Bextor |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201120729/http://www.allmusic.com/album/make-a-scene-mw0002143557 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The artwork for ''Overpowered'' and its accompanying single releases was conceptualised by [[Scott King (artist)|Scott King]] (who also directed the music videos for "[[Overpowered (song)|Overpowered]]" and "[[Let Me Know (Róisín Murphy song)|Let Me Know]]"), and the cover images were photographed by Jonathan de Villiers. The artwork places Murphy wearing extraordinary outfits in everyday surroundings, presenting her as a "street [[diva]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roisinmurphy.blogspot.com/2007/09/roisin-official-biography.html |title=Roisin – the official biography |website=roisinmurphy.blogspot.com |date=28 September 2007 |access-date=15 December 2008 |archive-date=8 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108041006/http://roisinmurphy.blogspot.com/2007/09/roisin-official-biography.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and a constant performer. Murphy wears outfits by [[Gareth Pugh]], [[Givenchy]] and [[Viktor & Rolf]] in the artwork.<ref name="Sleevage">{{cite web |author=Louis |url=http://sleevage.com/roisin-murphy-overpowered/ |title=Roisin Murphy: Overpowered |publisher=Sleevage |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319074438/http://sleevage.com/roisin-murphy-overpowered |archive-date=19 March 2009}}</ref>

The design inside the booklet for ''Overpowered'' features a cryptic [[Assemblage (art)|assemblage]] (resembling a [[flowchart]] but lacking directional indications found in such) made up of boxes containing statements and quotes, as well as apparent excerpts from the written treatment for the "Let Me Know" music video and assorted photographs. Among the known quotations are: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" ([[Laurie Anderson]]) and "I got signed to EMI because I reminded them of [[Robbie Williams]]" (Murphy).<ref name="Sleevage"/> According to Murphy, the photography for the album and single sleeves cost £125,000.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sweeny |first=Eamon |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/roisin-murphy-im-no-rnr-cliche-26496576.html |title=Roisin Murphy: I'm no R'N'R cliche... |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=28 November 2008 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100513/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/roisin-murphy-im-no-rnr-cliche-26496576.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The album was preceded by the title track "[[Overpowered (song)|Overpowered]]", released as its lead single on 9 July 2007. As the single was ineligible to chart, it failed to enter the top 100 of the [[UK Singles Chart]], instead reaching number 149.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zywietz |first=Tobias |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: M – My Vitriol |website=Zobbel.de |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-date=19 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219104855/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[Let Me Know (Róisín Murphy song)|Let Me Know]]" was released as the second single from the album on 8 October 2007, reaching number 28 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3353/roisin-murphy/ |title=Róisín Murphy |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525213234/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3353/ROISIN-MURPHY/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[You Know Me Better]]" was released as the album's third single on 31 March 2008, peaking at number 47 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UKchart"/> The album's fourth and final single, "[[Movie Star (song)|Movie Star]]", was released digitally in the United States on 14 October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/movie-star-ep/id292236873 |title=Movie Star – EP by Róisín Murphy |website=[[iTunes Store]] (US) |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831115937/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/movie-star-ep/id292236873 |archive-date=31 August 2010}}</ref>

In support of the album, Murphy embarked on an extensive tour across Europe. During the tour, she also performed in Australia and a one-night show in [[New York City]]. On 27 October 2007, Murphy sustained an [[eye injury]] during a concert in a [[Moscow]] club and had to cancel several subsequent shows.<ref>{{cite web |last=MacInnes |first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/29/1 |title=Roisin Murphy recovering after eye-socket injury |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 October 2007 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916091635/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/29/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> In total, Murphy performed 94 shows in 29 countries from 17 November 2007 to 2 November 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mommasplace.wix.com/site#!__gigography/overpowered-tour |title=Overpowered Tour |website=The Momma's Place |access-date=11 August 2012 |archive-date=31 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231204136/http://mommasplace.wix.com/site#!__gigography/overpowered-tour |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{AlbumMusic ratings

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| rev2Scorerev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/>

| rev3Scorerev3score = 6/10<ref name="DiS"/>

| rev4Scorerev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="musicOMH"/>

| rev5Scorerev5score = 6/10<ref name="nme"/>

| rev6Scorerev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="observer"/>

| rev7Scorerev7score = 8.0/10<ref name="pitchfork"/>

| rev8Scorerev8score = B+<ref name="stylus"/>

| rev9Scorerev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="sundaytimes"/>

| rev10Scorerev10score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref name="yahoo"/>

''Overpowered'' received widespread acclaim from music critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 82, based on 12 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/overpowered/roisin-murphy |title=Overpowered by Roisin Murphy Reviews and Tracks |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |archive-date=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429061945/https://www.metacritic.com/music/overpowered/roisin-murphy |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]''{{'}}s Garry Mulholland lauded the album as "a sumptuous 11-track, all-killer-no-[[Filler (media)|filler]], [[electro-disco]] gem", adding that its "bubbling, sensual, and soulful glitterball gems effortlessly tap into the perennial glory of feeling lost and lonely at the disco at the end of the world."<ref name="observer">{{cite web |last=Mulholland |first=Garry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/14/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Roisin Murphy, Overpowered |work=[[The Observer]] |date=14 October 2007 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203155024/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/14/popandrock.shopping1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Heather Phares of [[AllMusic]] calledwrote that it "[a]ptlywas enoughfitting "for such a pop-focused album" and wrote that "nearly every song on ''Overpowered'' sounds like a potential smash hit. Even if this album is a bid for the big time, it's done with such flair that it just underscores what a confident and unique artist Murphy really is."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/overpowered-mw0001156438 |title=Overpowered – Róisín Murphy |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=22 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122231206/http://www.allmusic.com/album/overpowered-mw0001156438 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ben Urdang of ''[[musicOMH]]'' praised ''Overpowered'' as Murphy's "most coherent album yet", noting that her songwriting "appears to be stronger than ever with a consistent style and sound emerging throughout."<ref name="musicOMH">{{cite web |last=Urdang |first=Ben |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/risn-murphy-overpowered |title=Róisín Murphy – Overpowered (EMI) |work=[[musicOMH]] |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519021753/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/risn-murphy-overpowered |url-status=live }}</ref> Emily Mackay of [[Yahoo! Music]] expressed that on ''Overpowered'', Murphy "melded the two sides of her history much more seamlessly; [[Four- on- the- floor (music)|four-to-the-floor]] pop belters mix with touches of electronic and lyrical darkness to make one of the pop albums of the year."<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |last=Mackay |first=Emily |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/071018/33/21ncd.html |title=Róisín Murphy – Overpowered |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=18 October 2007 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021132321/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/071018/33/21ncd.html |archive-date=21 October 2007}}</ref>

Stephen Trouss of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' commented, "In a year of low-stakes disappointment for European pop, ''Overpowered'' is a triumph."<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Trouss |first=Stephen |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10794-overpowered/ |title=Róisín Murphy: Overpowered |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=18 October 2007 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-date=30 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130070115/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10794-overpowered/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''{{'}}s Dan MacRae found that "''Overpowered'' knows how to squeech and squelch in the proper places, while touches of [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]], [[Beatboxing|beatboxery]], and the occasional [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] styled [[riff]] all get sprinkled in accordingly."<ref name="stylus">{{cite web |last=MacRae |first=Dan |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/roisin-murphy/overpowered.htm |title=Roisin Murphy – Overpowered |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=24 October 2007 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202065805/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/roisin-murphy/overpowered.htm |archive-date=2 February 2010}}</ref> Jax Spike of [[About.com]] described the album as "pretty overpowering itself, containing solid [[electropop]] music with plenty of funky[[funk]]y flavor and some really wild [[Beat (music)|beats]], with her smooth voice exuding confidence despite any moments of [[Breathy voice|breathiness]]."<ref name="about.com">{{cite web |last=Spike |first=Jax |url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Roisin_Murphy_-_Overpowered.htm |title=Roisin Murphy – 'Overpowered' |website=[[About.com]] |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404103737/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Roisin_Murphy_-_Overpowered.htm |archive-date=4 April 2011}}</ref> ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' critic Mark Edwards opined, "The music on ''Overpowered'' plays down her quirky (all right, difficult) side in favour of a melange of [[disco]]/[[House music|house]] styles from [[1975 in music|1975]] to [[1989 in music|1989]]. It lacks the glam wit of [[Goldfrapp]] or the cheekiness of [[Kylie Minogue|Kylie [Minogue]]], but it's brisk and efficient."<ref name="sundaytimes">{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Mark |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article2638930.ece |title=Roisin Murphy: Overpowered |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=14 October 2007 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615120643/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article2638930.ece |archive-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' viewed ''Overpowered'' as "a thoroughly modern pop album that will best appeal to ageing clubbers."<ref name="nme">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/roisin-murphy/9096 |title=Roisin Murphy: 'Overpowered' |work=[[NME]]|date=12 October 2007 |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804224303/http://www.nme.com/reviews/roisin-murphy/9096 |archive-date=4 August 2011}}</ref> In a mixed review, Cpt H.M. 'Howling Mad' Murdock of ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' concluded, "Not once does ''Overpowered'' really drag its feet, but it never truly impacts with the might one could possibly expect from an artist with such a fine pedigree. It's a solid pop album, one wonderfully in tune with today's stylistic shifts and trends."<ref name="DiS">{{cite web |last=Murdock |first=Cpt H.M. 'Howling Mad' |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/11492/reviews/2525491-roisin-murphy-overpowered |title=Roisin Murphy – Overpowered |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=24 October 2007 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003181947/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/11492/reviews/2525491-roisin-murphy-overpowered |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lauren Murphy of [[entertainment.ie]] felt that the album "sticks rigidly to a tried-and-tested formula, rarely colouring outside the lines or deviating from the disco/house vibe", but noted that "there are some fantastically uplifting [[dance-pop]] tunes here, all launched forth with the effortless vigour that Murphy does so well."<ref name="entertainment.ie">{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Lauren |url=http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Roisin-Murphy---Overpowered/5260.htm |title=Roisin Murphy – Overpowered |website=[[entertainment.ie]] |date=1 November 2007 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103071137/http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Roisin-Murphy---Overpowered/5260.htm |archive-date=3 November 2011}}</ref>

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! scope="row"| Australian Hitseekers Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite journal web|url=httphttps://pandoraimgur.nla.gov.au/pancom/23790a/20071120-0000/issue922.pdf Vu0HzLd|title=ARIARóisín HitseekersMurphy –ARIA WeekAlbums Commencingpeaks 5thto November 20072020|journalpublisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] ARIA|issuevia=922 |page=21 Imgur.com|access-date=526 November 2007July 2024|accessarchive-date=2426 May 2015July 2024|viaarchive-url=[[Pandora Archive]]https://web.archive.org/web/20240726054757/https://imgur.com/a/Vu0HzLd|url-status=live}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>

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! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite webmagazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=European+Top+100+Albums&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Albums |title=European Top 100 Albums |workmagazine=Billboard|date=10 November 2007 |access-date=10 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106051109/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=European%2BTop%2B100%2BAlbums&pageNumber=Top%2B11-50&g=Albums |archive-date=6 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 2007 – Albums |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=10 April 2011 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075408/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Overpowered''}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Róisín Murphy|title=Overpowered|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=20072009|certyear=2009|id=10390-3165-2|date=22 July 2013|access-date=4 September 2013|salesamount=65,532|salesref=<ref name="musicweek"/>}}

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