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New Order - Waiting For The Sirens' Call - 28-Jul-05 09:16 PM
I like this album better than their last. It's still much more rock-focused than their older work, but I feel that the songwriting here is stronger than it was on Get Ready. It's still not quite at the level of some of their classics like Brotherhood or Power, Corruption and Lies in my book, but it still has that intangible quality unique to New Order's albums that keeps bringing me back for more listens.

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition - 11-Mar-05 06:33 AM
"Stop Making Sense" is one of my favorite films, and this special edition of the album is one of my all-time favorite records. Every time I listen to it I am amazed. Definitely worth getting for several songs that are not included in the original release of the album, most notably "Heaven" and "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)". Also, the encore "Crosseyed and Painless" is great. Some of the songs on this release are different versions than the ones that appeared on the original release as well; the songs here are for the most part the same ones as in the film.

Safri Duo - 3.0 - 03-Jul-04 12:50 AM
In my opinion, this album isn't as good as Episode II, though it still has some good stuff on it. The production is slicker, but I enjoyed the more raw sound of the first album. Episode II seemed to have a bigger emphasis on the percussion, wheras 3.0 adds a lot of other instruments and synths to the mix; I liked having the drumming take a more central role. Also, I'm not a fan of the vocals on this album... Clark Anderson is certainly a talented singer but his singing style sounds to me like poppy R, which is not usually a genre I like.

Having said that, some of the instrumental tracks on this album are really awesome. For me, "Rise" is the standout; it has a good blend of rhythm and melody that keeps evolving as the track progresses. Unfortunately, it's now being released as a single with some added vocals by Clark Anderson... I think the instrumental version here is far better. Other instrumentals like "Amazonas" and "Prelude" (a reinterpretation of a classical piece) are also great.

Don't get me wrong, I still like this album. Just don't take it too seriously... some stuff can sound a little cheesy, but it's just Morten and Uffe having fun. And if they weren't having fun, it woulnd't be Safri Duo, would it?

Various - Techno Explosion - 11-Nov-03 05:29 PM
I got this because I needed the early Earthbeat stuff (Future Sound of London, Yage, AST, Mental Cube, etc.) for a radio show I was doing. It's got some pretty good stuff on it, as well as some that's not so great. I'm glad I have a lot of these tracks, but I don't imagine I would listen to any of the discs straight through very often.

New Order - Get Ready - 03-Jul-03 07:45 PM
When I first heard this, I was a little disappointed. Mostly with the lyrics, which don't even approach the strange, ambiguous deepness of their earlier albums but are rather simplistic and sometimes even silly. And "Rock the Shack" is just terrible. Having said that, I think the album is musically very interesting, and I still like all the songs beisdes "Rock the Shack". Every time I listen to it it seems better than I remembered. I disagree with TIM in that I don't think it sounds anything like Republic, on which there were essentially no guitars and hardly any of Peter Hook's bass, whereas here guitars are everywhere, as is the bass. More guitars than New Order usually uses, actually, which is what's intersting about the album. Overall I think it's a good record, different than other stuff they've done (although one can hear some similarities to their earlier stuff which is maybe why so many reviewers claimed this album is a return to form... I don't think it sounds the same at all), but the lyrics are a weak point. Wooo... sorry to blabber so much, but I really like New Order so I wanted to post my long synopsis. Thanks for reading.

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