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Music CD - U.N.K.L.E.: Psyence Fiction
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Music CD: Psyence Fiction
Artist: U.N.K.L.E.
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $9.99
Your Save: $ 3.99 ( 29% )
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Manufacturer: Fontana London
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Tracks:
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1. Guns Blazing (Drums Of Death Pt. 1)
2. Unkle Main Title Theme
3. Bloodstain
4. Unreal
5. Lonely Soul
6. Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field Of Artist Management
7. Nursery Rhyme/Breather
8. Celestial Annihilation
9. The Knock (Drums Of Death Pt. 2)
10. Chaos
11. Rabbit In Your Headlights
12. Untitled
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731454097024
Label: Fontana London
Manufacturer: Fontana London
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Fontana London
Release Date: 1998-09-29
Studio: Fontana London
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent ... almost perfect
Comment: I have had this album for a number of years now and it continues to get better as time goes by. At first it comes off as a jumbeled mess. A mixture of music that has no business being on the same album. Then you ask yourself, "Why not?". Once you've cleared that thought process it all comes together.
The tracks are all bring something to the table (with the exception of Chaos). DJ Shadow and Jame Lavelle are genuises. They have an uncanny ability to bring out the best in artists. Unfortunately, UNKLE as we know it has never come together for a follow up album. And thats a shame because the potential of these two gentlemen working together is limitless. UNKLE has moved on to a more techno / rock sound under James Lavelle. Although good in their respect, it doesn't come near the quality of this album.
A must own.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buen disco
Comment: U.N.K.L.E. a mi parecer es un buen proyecto con excelentes musicos que hacen una musica increible, lo recomiendo.
Customer Rating:
Summary: i can't stop owning this
Comment: i'm giving this album three stars only because of the fact i've actually purchased it three different times now. the only reason i bought this album the first time was for "Rabbit In Your Headlights" the song masterfully done with the chilling voice of Thom Yorke. the album then went on to impress me in other songs, but to be completely honest, i only listened to like 4 of the songs with any regularity and i have only purchased the album 3 times now because i keep losing my copy of "Rabbit In Your Headlights". i really thought the album was overhyped but was worth buying three times for the only real treasure on the album.. "Rabbit In Your Headlights"... i dont download songs i am a collector thats why i keep buying it..lol
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Summary: Trip-Hop's Top Album
Comment: In my opinion, Psyence Fiction is one Trip-Hop's finest hours. You get the gritty Shadow production, the infectious Lavelle beats and a bucketload of New York shtick courtesy of Mr Mike D. The album has an edgy, atmospheric sound that enthralls the listener with varying degrees of light and shade. One minute you're exploring the desperate depths of isolation in "Lonely Soul," the next you're being blasted by a butane torch of agression in "Drums of Death." This musical mood-shifting is what gives Psyence Fiction the edge over the relatively monotomous themes found in albums like Mezzanine and Dummy. Featuring guest appearances by Thom Yorke and Richard Ascroft, Psyence Fiction is a must for any true trip-hop fan.
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Summary: An U.N.K.L.E. For All Seasons
Comment: DJ Shadow and James Lavelle come together in this trippy, mood-laced CD, an ambitious attempt to blend together not just genres, but also a variety of musicians and their trademark styles. DJ Shadow's skills at mixing and melding are pushed to the hilt, strained to the breaking point, and -- in a few cases -- completely absent.
Where his work is, it shines. "Bloodstain" is a slick, acrylic gloom pop number featuring Alice Temple. Thom Yorke's unmistakeable voice paddles peacefully through the waters of "Rabbit In Your Headlights," a tune that sounds like a UFO's torch-song. The symphonic strings and slithers of "Lonely Soul" are wound up tightly with Richard Ashcroft's fervent vocals. These and others bear the watermark of artists creating something whole and substantial.
Others don't fare so well. The two hard rap numbers (Kool G Rap's "Guns Blazing" and Mike D's "The Knock") do contain patches of DJ Shadow's music-mosaics, but the lyrics are uninspired and sound rote. The main title theme is fully DJ Shadow's, every wickedly, ambiently funky moment of it, but it also lacks a foundation, something to give it closure.
The rest of this star-studded album could be said to suffer from a similar problem (although it doesn't suffer much): there's not much that grounds these songs together. For that reason, it's likely you'll find one or two songs that don't fit your style, but it's equally likely that you'll find some that do. In the mood for rushing digi-rock? Badly Drawn Boy's got you covered with "Nursery Rhyme/Breather." Want synthetic box pop? Check out "Celestial Annihilation." How about gloomy junk dub, throaty ballads, or spoken-sample mixes?
It's all here. If you grab this album, I doubt you'll like everything you get, but you'll definitely find something that's up your alley, whether that alley is lined with strobe lights or fog lamps, with dark curtains or neon tinsel.
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Editorial Reviews:
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This ambitious effort shows Mo' Wax label guru James Lavelle taking on the role of director, orchestrating a grand design, and translating it musically with the talents of studio muse DJ Shadow. Most accustomed to working solo, Shadow demonstrates here his adaptable talents in collaborating with others, whether it's on the powerful "Rabbit in Your Headlights," a track recorded in 1996 in which Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke eerily foreshadows his later success, or in "Guns Blazing (Drums of Death Pt. 1)," the album's only traditional hip-hop track, which pairs annihilating beats to Kool G Rap's equally lethal vocal delivery. Psyence Fiction, which also features contributions from Beastie Boy Mike D and the Verve's Richard Ashcroft, is certainly one of the most epic and eclectic records to emerge from the electronic world this year, one that should not only further the efforts to bridge the musical segregation that exists among the hip-hop, alternative, and electronic camps but also introduce these cultures to a few new surprises of its own. --Tamara Palmer
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