On Fri, 7 Jul 1995, matt23 wrote:
quoted 8 lines From: lazlo@Rt66.com (Lazlo Nibble)> > From: lazlo@Rt66.com (Lazlo Nibble)
> >
> > I expect Mark agrees with you about this; he was referring to the two
> > late-80s Underworld albums on Sire as "sell-outs", not Dubnobasswithmyheadman
> > (which is not the band's debut, just their first album with Emerson).
>
> i have never heard or heard about these
> two underworld albums.
You haven't missed much. Variously resembles Thompson Twins or INXS,
though admittedly far more listenable to my ears than either. The albums
demonstrate the artists' talent, but they sure seem to have been made to
be "chart-worthy"...though they apparently did not sell well and are
deleted. I am glad they finally came to their senses and started doing
what I suspect they would have really wanted to do all along!
quoted 1 line are these underworld albums or freur albums?> are these underworld albums or freur albums?
Underworld.
quoted 3 lines i have never heard freur.> i have never heard freur.
>
> lucky me?
The first Freur album, _Doot Doot_, was reissued recently on CD, at least
in the US. It includes two extra tracks that were originally B-sides.
The title track is stunningly good. Although nothing else on the album is
quite up to that standard, a few tracks come close, and it is an overall
strong release. If nothing else the album does establish a coherence
between their artistic goals c. 1982 and the mid-'90s. (Surely you can
recognize a bit of early-'80s sound in _dubnobasswithmyheadman_...)
Freur also released a 2nd album (German only??), but I've never seen it.
Apparently it sank without a trace. Too bad.