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Kings Of Convenience - Versus

Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Leftfield, Downtempo, Indie Rock, Neofolk
Year:
2001

Tracklist

I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp Remix) 4:12 X
The Weight Of My Words (Four Tet Remix) 4:56 X
The Girl From Back Then (Riton Remix) 3:03 X
Gold For The Price Of Silver (Erot Collaboration) 4:53 X
Winning A Battle, Losing The War (Andy Votel Remix) 4:23 X
Leaning Against The Wall (Evil Tordivel Remake) 3:43 X
Toxic Girl (David Whitaker String Arrangement) 3:06 X
Failure (Alfie Remake) 3:35 X
Little Kids (Ladytron Remix) 4:47 X
Failure (Kings Of Convenience Arrangement) 3:34 X
Leaning Against The Wall (Bamboo Soul Remix) 3:29 X
The Weight Of My Words (Four Tet Remix Instrumental) 5:29 X

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Versus (CD, Comp, Album) Source UK CDSOUR040 UK & Europe 2001
Versus (CD) Astralwerks ASW 11235-2 US 2001
Versus (CD, Promo) Source UK SOURCDJ 040 UK 2001
Versus (LP) Source UK SOURLP 040 UK 2001
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Rated 4/5
Review by scoundrel Aug 02, 2004 (edited over 5 years ago)

referencing Versus, CD, ASW 11235-2

The Kings of Convenience's QUIET IS THE NEW LOUD a worked over on VERSUS, with decidedly mixed resuilts. Royksopp gets the album off to a good start with their mid-tempo mix of "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From," while Four Tet does their abstract thing on "The Weight of My Words" (with both the vocal and the instrumental versions). "The Girl from Back Then" receives a lounge-y remix courtesy of Riton, but the standout on the album is their collaboration with Erot, "Gold for the Price of Silver," a downtempo track that glimmers with all the precious metals you can think of. Evil Tordivel transforms "Leaning Against the Wall" into a tropical Copacabana-band arrangement. A few of the remixers aren't able to really improve on the originals, so they simply add instruments, like the strings on "Toxic Girl" or the percussion and feedback guitar that drown out everything on Alfie's take on "Failure." That isn't true, however, of Ladytron's mix of "Little Kids," which opts for dark and shimmery new wave. Overall, VERSUS is great companion piece to the album.