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It's super easy to hate "1234" to bits in favour of the immortal "A Secret Wish". But despite shying away 180 degrees from the earlier concept, there's a whole lot more to admire on this album. The music sounds overproduced at times, yes - but "1234"...
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Not necessarily chronological - "This Is Our Religion", "Time In Minutes" and "Playing For Time" most definitely sound like something from their transitional period (1981-82). Both "Time In Minutes" and "Playing For Time" sound like they may have...
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Context/s aside, the whole premise remains one big boring lounge-y affair, with good ol' Bono and The Edge sounding like guesting on another clichéd cover LP by Nouvelle Vague. Painful to listen to, realising what the immortal (early) originals still...
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In fact, it's a sly adaption cover of DAF's "Als wär's das letzte Mal". Many never notice that detail.
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20 years later, "Counterfeit 2" still sounds more "Depeche" than Depeche themselves do these days... Revisiting the collection, one so wishes these were Martin's originals, with a gem or two that could have been omitted from the final cut ("Loverman"...
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In mere few places it sounds as if being slightly remixed, maybe for the curiosity of the free flexidisc, but stays pretty loyal to the album version. The fade out is not that good though, too abrupt (the album version segues into the track...
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Yes, they are. This single was released sometime prior to the release of the album, but both songs are identical to those on the album.
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While the original album is this beautiful mixture of upbeat melancholy, chance and error, the additional songs on this disc are mostly fillers documenting some of the creative process but for the most part remain a downright boring listen. "Dirty...
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At the time of her previous release "Utopia", a user wrote on Metacritic - "Listen to Bjork crawl into a cave and rub herself with crystals and moss.” This statement perfectly summerises the predictably unpredictable Björk back with "Fossora" and...
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Masami Tsuchiya was not officially a member of the group. He was a friend of the band and in that their guest (session) player, mostly at the time prior to the group's split. Tsuchiya played on their live shows (and this is evident only on "Oil On...
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Incredibly self-indulgent but just as rewarding a listen, not on the first one though. It takes time. "1+2" and "3+4" compilations on The Grey Area/Mute plus "8 Time" compilation on 4AD are essential. Get them.
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I dare say, he peaked with each and every (next) one - his entire discography is so well worth checking, not a weak album - yet his later albums (the Frank Tovey ones included) sadly and so unfairly suffer as most people just don't seem to overcome...
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Not "worse" but definitely inferior. It was added a touch of reverb, and re-released in 1982 after the group's breakthrough success with "Dare". The original version features a dry mix and is in mono, although that dry mix appeared in simulated stereo...
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"Distinctive" sure is the word to describe The Designers Republic's work. Their packaging designs are ripe with classics, however, elsewhere in their catalogue there's just as much overrated, self-indulgent graphic tripe.
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Like many, I love their experimentally driven material to death. But apart from their early (meaning 1981/82) live period (the examples off of the OGWT, session recordings leaking on YouTube these days, and yes, the energetic 4-live set off of "This...
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Just as their 2005 "Ultimate Collection" wasn't "ultimate", neither was this entirely "boxed". "1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother)" remained conspicuously missing from this lot - and that's only the tip of the iceberg of missing and missed...
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Personally, I never fell for "Tainted Love" of the year 1981. Yes, it is meta-legendary and Soft Cell were in their right mind to save the song from obscurity but the sheer hell of overplay broke loose ever since. The "beep-beep" agony of a hit that...
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One of the voices in today's independent music field, that possesses strong character - at times a little tiring for relying on her fragile singing riffs, but LoneLady grabs you regardless, her albums each a rewarding listen. "Former Things",...
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On "Navigation - The OMD B-sides", the titular b-side runs in full although due to time constraints on that CD, another b-side's been edited short ("66 & Fading").
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The demos steal the show here and it's amazing to hear how the final studio versions of "Sealand", "She's Leaving", "Georgia" and "Maid Of Orleans" initially came about. The never before heard "Submarines" is especially rewarding - by title maybe a...
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Think about it as a much lighter (as in "better") version of "Lulu".
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The title really and truly says it all... and talk about irony. A compilation of covers as shallow as this heads more for the dustbin than not. Damien Hirst to go with it and Andy Gill to roll in his grave... But if you insist, go on - play "The...
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Tyrannic, I the hell care. And it's got nothing to do with one's "beliefs" - it's got more to do with one's stupidity and indoctrination... even more so, it's got everything to do with one's refusal to check the facts, the refusal to understand how...
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Monumental at the time, yes, now of mere documentary value. And kudos of course, to Martin Rushent for all the manual, editing hard work.
Personally, I find a large portion of 80s hits' extended mixes super tedious - a doodle in the studio,... See full review |
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Maybe they all agreed to the idea for commercial reasons, but probably regretted it ever after - because the German version of "Oh L'Amour" sounds beyond appalling. What immediately comes to mind in the context of this, is the total overdubbing of...
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It probably was Laibach's sole intention to mock The Beatles by effectively decapitating them with "Let It Be" (the same way they did it two years earlier, decapitating Opus and Queen, on the far more sinister "Opus Dei"), teasing the listener with...
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Judging from online previews, looks like some songs on the 2018 remaster appear slightly different in (re)mix from what is evident on the original 1983 release...
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Each Telex album brings a smile to the face but if you need a proper introduction, this compilation is "it" by all means. On first listen the whole thing sounds a bit too corny but very quickly you won't ignore the charm and the fun of it - adding a...
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Not sure these are "full" versions - judging from the YT posts here in reference to the newly released 10" single (which all sound superb btw), the three out of four pieces seem to be slightly edited - as in shortened?
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It sure is exciting for the Musikexpress folks to get a feature as special as Kraftwerk in their mag but apart from that, this "special" 2021 mash-up could have been done (is being done, and countless times, in fact) by anyone out there, for the sheer...
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Elsewhere, people continue with their blind praise but deep in the very heart of it, Richard Kirk himself probably couldn't care less and it sadly shows in the very "music" side of things here... His solo version of "Cabaret Voltaire" suddenly...
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This is where she slips into total self-indulgence. The next two albums ("Vulnicura" and especially "Utopia") continued in the same vein, tediously so. Every Björk's (new) album may still provoke curiosity, and kudos to her for pushing her own...
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Stripped off of Rev's synth and hiss, leaving very little for Vega to growl along to, "Why Be Blue?" sadly discloses the meta-legendary Suicide in their full frontal mediocrity. The ideas might be there somewhere (the only remotely good song here is...
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