quoted 2 lines Well, I picked up the aforementioned double album last night and must sadly>Well, I picked up the aforementioned double album last night and must sadly
>confess I was not swept away (as I immediately was with "Every Man & Woman is
Just to give a different view - I love it.
quoted 2 lines a Star" - except 'Weird Gear' *blech*). There are two straight-out vocal>a Star" - except 'Weird Gear' *blech*). There are two straight-out vocal
>tracks which are better than 'Weird Gear' but still of no interest to me, and
Both sung by Robert Wyatt. Great tracks.
quoted 2 lines There was one saving grace, however, and that was the track "English Heritage">There was one saving grace, however, and that was the track "English Heritage"
>- tragic title, but an excellent groove.
Yep. Brilliant.
quoted 3 lines Whereas I would describe "Every Man & Woman..." as a boomy full groove, I>Whereas I would describe "Every Man & Woman..." as a boomy full groove, I
>would have to describe "United Kingdoms" as mostly progressive house beats and
>on the corny side.
What I especially like about them is that they're doing something different.
I can't think of any other band that sounds like they do (or look like they
do for that matter). MTV Europe has been playing the video for "Kingdom"
quite a lot and it's wonderful.
quoted 2 lines This change may partly be due to the fact that it seems>This change may partly be due to the fact that it seems
>they tried to reduce the amount of samples used.
Yeah, they wanted the album to be much more 'organic' than the last one. Hence
all the 'real' instruments.
- chris@minsk.docs.uu.se