by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Of course, &Pop Muzik& was the only song on M's debut album, New York-London-Paris-Munich, to become a big hit (&Moonlight and Muzak& and &That's the Way the Money Goes& were minor chart entries in the U.K.), but there's actually quite a bit of entertaining music on the record. Granted, the sound of the record is more entertaining than the songwriting, but with its synthesized, danceable beats, big, catchy hooks, and glossy &futuristic& production, it's a terrific new wave artifact.