Far from being the self-indulgent clutter of oddsamples from ancient vinyl, bizarre conversations, and the occasional cool beat, this 1997 album is a break from the more serious side of Paul Huston (if you could consider Te Gravediggaz, or, really, anything else he’s done to be overtly somber). I think “Psychoanalysis“ was intended more as a release-valve of sorts for him, a way to entertain some of his funkier fantasies. There’s a very light-hearted feel throughout the seventeen tracks here, not too far removed from his album with The Automator as “Handsome Boy Modeling School“.
“Psychoanalysis“ is noteworthy, in some circles, for the deranged straightforwardness and bedlam justified by the narrator of “Beautiful Night“ (which gets a remix from The Automator). It’s only meant to be held up against his other work if you’re a No Fun type or impossible to please-in which case, you were probably taking notes anyway when you listened to De La, and not feeling a thing–just jotting down what you would change if you were so worthy.