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The black dog, spanners, track 1,2,3

Black Dog, The - Spanners

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Catalog#:
PUP 1 LP
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP
Country:
UK
Released:
16 Jan 1995
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield, Techno, IDM

Tracklist

A1   Raxmus 3:03 X
A2   Bolt 1 0:27 X
A3   Barbola Work 6:42 X
A4   Bolt 2 0:27 X
A5   Psil-cosyin 10:32 X
B1   Chase The Manhattan 5:42 X
B2   Bolt 3 1:36 X
B3   Tahr 3:08 X
B4   Bolt 4 1:06 X
B5   Further Harm 6:18 X
C1   Nommo 6:53 X
C2   Bolt 5 0:22 X
C3   Pot Noddle 7:13 X
C4   Bolt 6 0:42 X
C5   End Of Time 3:44 X
D1   Utopian Dream 6:00 X
D2   Bolt 7 0:17 X
D3   Frisbee Skip 5:25 X
D4   Chesh 6:03 X

Credits

Engineer - Black Dog, The
Written-By - Turner* , Handley* , Downie*

Notes

Recorded at Black Dog Towers

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Review by -deef- Aug 20, 2008
One of the most important electronic albums ever made. Way ahead of it's time. You can listen to this album time, after time, after time and it stay's interesting, it even get's more interesting every time you listen to it, and every time you do it will be something else that grabs you. As with many Black Dog material it really is a journey. Try to get your hands on this one and listen to it as much as you can!
Rated 5/5
Review by baj Nov 11, 2004 (edited over 5 years ago)
Of late I've been listening to this again, more intensely than I have in a while. Parallel and Bytes are fantastic, but they are compilations- this is a stand-alone record, and as such, this is not only their best, but one of Warp's as well.

There was and will never be another Black Dog. Their music remains perfect, other-worldly, yet completely natural and complementing simple and genuine emotional experiences in ways less powerful and sophistacted forms of techno cannot. The images Spanners evokes are strong and memorable: Chesh makes me think of fast-moving clouds after a storm...Raxmus a hazy stoned sunrise from the past...the End of Time with the most intense experience of my life...Most are these tracks are danceable, too (try not moving to Psil-Cosyin). When I hear this stuff, I see how far behind the times we are these days.
Rated 5/5
Review by Andy-ed Feb 23, 2004
Difficult to fault this album on any level.. Anyone wanting to listen to real emotive and soulfull electronic music needs to track this down.. On first listen I was bored and thought I'd wasted my money. On taking time to let it play all the way through I realised how wrong I was... Seminal :)
Review by kelp7 Jan 23, 2003
Surely this must be the Black Dog's greatest work. A masterpiece from start finish, it's very hard to categorize the music, but there is a definite Egyptian feel to some of the tracks. A must have album.