UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Label:
Catalog#:
MW 085 S
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP
Country:
UK
Released:
1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Breakbeat,
Trip Hop,
Downtempo
Tracklist
| A1 | Guns Blazing (Drums Of Death Part 1) | |||
| Featuring - Kool G Rap | ||||
| A2 | UNKLE Main Theme | X | ||
| A3 | Bloodstain | X | ||
| Featuring - Alice Temple | ||||
| B1 | Unreal | X | ||
| B2 | Lonely Soul | X | ||
| Featuring - Richard Ashcroft | ||||
| B3 | Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field Of Artist Management | X | ||
| C1 | Nursery Rhyme | X | ||
| Featuring - Badly Drawn Boy | ||||
| C2 | Breather | |||
| C3 | Celestial Annihilation | X | ||
| C4 | The Knock (Drums Of Death Part 2) | |||
| Featuring - Mike D | ||||
| D1 | Chaos | X | ||
| Featuring - Atlantique (2) | ||||
| D2 | Rabbit In Your Headlights | X | ||
| Featuring - Thom Yorke | ||||
| D3 | Outro (Mandatory) | X | ||
Notes
Limited edition with a hard cover gate-fold sleeve and booklet picture inserts.
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Firstly, and I mean the first track, Guns Blazing. I love the instrumental which featured in the promo video of 'Guns Blazing'. This is an amazing track (despite the seeminly bad production) but without the rap! Sorry Kool G but you aint really cutting it here.
Secondly, being a massive early Verve fan, I kind of expected miracles from Ashcroft but the track does not sit well at all. Its forced and kind of sounds like Richard has tried to make a track that sums him up but couldn't be bothered to write something that went with the beat. The result is a track that attempts to fit all the words of the song into the rhythm with succeeding. Weve heard it before anyway and a million times better on 'A Northern Soul' .
The track with Ian Brown is superb so what did they do to the LP - took the vocals off! Why?
I have to say, the only real saving grace here is Thom Yorke on Rabbit in Your Headlights. Oh, left the vocals on that one. Tom do you a cheap deal did he?
The rest? Well, listen for yourself and see if you can pull out any hidden gems I may have missed. Good luck but I wanna swear!