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Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll

Label:
Catalog#:
WALL CD 015
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
26 Jan 1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Big Beat

Tracklist

1   Take California 7:23 X
2   Echo And Bounce 5:29
3   Velvet Pants 5:49 X
4   Better? 2:05 X
5   Oh Yeah? 5:28 X
6   History Repeating 4:05 X
    Featuring - Shirley Bassey
  Guitar - Chris Lawson
7   Winning Style 6:00 X
8   Bang On! 5:57 X
    Guitar - Chris Lawson
9   A Number Of Microphones 0:48 X
10   On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 9:23 X
    Arranged By [Orchestration] - David Arnold
11   Bigger? 2:22 X
    Guitar - Mike Thomas
12   Cominagetcha 7:07 X
    Guitar - Chris Lawson
13   Spybreak! 7:00 X

Credits

Mastered By - Mike Marsh
Producer - Propellerheads

Notes

The UK release has the text "Distributed by Vital Soul Trader. Made In England." on the insert.

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Rated 5/5
Review by pc13 Aug 01, 2003
This is the album that turned me on to breaks. I bought it essentially because of "History Repeating", and when I put the CD on and pressed "play", I fell in love with the rest of the album. While breakbeat is the dominant genre, each track has an identity all its own, and gets sprinkled by influences from other genres as well. Will White and Alex Gifford seem to have a lot of influences and to enjoy lots of different types of music. My only problem was that some of the tracks repeated the loops one too many times, as if I was expecting a new break to come in, but the overall result of the album is so good I don't care about those minor details. Thumbs up and heartily recommended.
Rated 5/5
Review by wim_the_hutt Dec 12, 2001
Like the style says, this album is very bigbeat. The Propellerheads
use odd sounds, turntable scratches, a piano, an organ and energetic
danceable beats to create funky, groovy music.
Not all tracks are in the same style, some are chillin' and some are
swingin'.
The track with Shirley Bassey doesn't fit on the album if you listen
to the other tracks but its a good track, her voice just fits the
music.
The James Bond theme track ("On Her Majesty's Secret Service") is an
excellent Propellerheads translation.