From oldskratch Sent Tue, Mar 3rd 1998, 23:09
From oldskratch Sent Tue, Mar 3rd 1998, 23:09
Well, okay... I just bought the damn thing. And here's a first listening
quickie review:
Not Bad. Kind of light, actually. A couple of songs have that relentless
thump-thump-thump-thump kind of housey beat that I don't particularly
care for, but Orbit's arrangements manage to keep things fairly
interesting. Some of the quieter songs actually reminded me of Lida Husik
("Green Blue Fire" era, though not as hip-hoppy). Not nearly as good as
Husik (at least in my opinion), still it's a pretty decent listen. I
wouldn't call it "electronica" by any means, even considering the
vagueness of just what the term means. It's about as "electronica" as the
last U2 album, I suppose. In fact, listening to it now, it really has a
similar overall sound to U2's "Pop". It's got the slow "Staring at the
Sun" type ballads, the upbeat dance-club "Discotheque" numbers. Might as
well have hired The Edge as producer, really. Probably won't stay in
heavy rotation on my CD player for too long, but then I said the same
thing about "Pop" and I still seem to be listening to that album
regularly (Bono be damned!).
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