Subject: Re: [idm] Am I crazy to think that FSOL's best album was "Dead
Cities?"
My 2£ worth -
Lifeforms - superb, best FSOL ever, Dead Cities, hmm - ok, Isness - utter
pap. Too much sitar and not enough electronics - if I had heard it without
knowing who it was, I wouldn'tve bought it.
Rich
PS - the other Amorphous Androgynous album - Tales Of Ephidrina was pretty
good too.
quoted 88 lines I just wish that isness was that good. it's really to bad that after such
> I just wish that isness was that good. it's really to bad that after such
> a good album they'd come out with such crap. I guess a lot of change can
> happen in a few years.
>
> -charlie
>
> --- Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au> wrote:
> > Agreed here too.
> >
> > The album's awesome; I first heard We Have Explosive too, which gave me
> > a
> > completely wrong impression of the album.
> >
> > It's definitely FSOL's best work yet.
> >
> > R
> >
> > > yes.
> > >
> > > >From: Mark <mef@ecst.csuchico.edu>
> > > >To: "'idm@hyperreal.org'" <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > > >Subject: [idm] Am I crazy to think that FSOL's best album was "Dead
> > > >Cities?"
> > > >Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:43:28 -0800
> > > >
> > > >I fucking swear to god... I kind of avoided this album for a while
> > due to
> > > >the initial single We Have Explosive, and all the FSOL fans saying
> > the
> > band
> > > >is dead.
> > > >
> > > >Holy shit, what were those retarded fans smoking (and me, for that
> > matter,
> > > >by listening to them)? My Kingdom, State of Permanent Abyss, the
> > title
> > > >track, Yage, Glass, these are FSOL's best efforts. As rich in
> > texture
> > and
> > > >subtlety as Lifeforms, yet with the beat drive of FSOL, it's like the
> >
> > > >culmination of the band's talents. Even We Have Explosive fits in
> > well
> > > >with the flow of the record, making the sounds and mood more diverse,
> > and
> > > >at the same time, even more thematic.
> > > >
> > > >Is there ANYONE here who feels the same? Or is everyone on IDM here
> > think
> > > >I'm insane? Don't get me wrong, ISDN, and especially Lifeforms, are
> > really
> > > >timeless albums, but I seriously think Dead Cities is their best.
> > > >
> > > >-mark
> > > >
> > > >
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