Tracklist

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

Versions

Title Label Cat# Country Year
Versus (CD, Comp) Source CDSOUR040 UK & Europe 2001
Versus (CD, Comp) Astralwerks ASW 11235-2 US 2001
Versus (CD, Comp, Promo) Source SOURCDJ040 UK 2001
Versus (LP, Comp) Source SOURLP040 UK 2001
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Rated 4/5
Review by scoundrel Aug 02, 2004 (edited over 7 years ago)

referencing Versus, CD, Comp, 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.

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