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its worth 10 bucks. Not as good as the first. it is a bit more poppy with less if the "im totally wasted" feel to it.
I miss the lyrics most of all, they were a huge part of this groups sound. I wouldn't say that this new cd is bad though. What happened to the Allstars since "How to Operate With a Blown Mind". I mostly listen to electronic, mostly breaks and drum + bass, and just hate the mellow soft stuff, too boring. I am just disappointed, and compared with How to Operate I think this cd is definetely lacking. What happened to the overwhelming fast, intense, dark, futuristic sound of this band. Why have they gone soft.
The Allstars will always rock out to anything they can get their greedy little fingers spinning. What Lo fi replace it with, however, is something so diverse one can only respect them. and it's still here, folks. Honestly - what made the Allstars allstars.
So wrekked train is gone. The hardcore hip-hop edge is gone from this CD but it is replaced with an eclectic blend of dance, R & B and funky grooving action that will leave you in a stupor. Quality artists will always be quality artists. Their 'morbid' poetry is gone.
Their difinitive style. Wipe that drool off your chin, junior, Lo Fi's still got it. Their mindless rough beatings of musicality in general is gone. Critiquing this album would be simple and worthless - but so would be critiquing the first album.
it has LYRICS." the only song i really dug was 'dark is easy' cos it had plenty of turntable scratching.anyways, i put it away for a few weeks (or months) don't remember.and then i stuck it back into my cd player and was astounded by the sound. but after fatboy slim.
but if you're into lyrical techno, BUY THIS. geez he has neat music.the beats are always great and lo-fi, the vocals always vocoded, and all the songs feel complete.so in conclusion.if you're into JUST techno, you probably shouldn't get this cd, but if you're into ALL genres.doesn't matter.
I bought this CD when i was just into really pure techno stuff.and fatboy slim.anyways.i walked into my local sam goody and saw these guys on a rack, and i had seen the name from the Skint records site, and listened to their loop on there, and i was all.hey, those guys could be pretty good.so i bought the cd, and was all "HEY. even in my BASEMENT).
RIGHT NOW. what is this.
(heh, funny).it was put in the #2 slot in my cd case, ('cos i ALWAYS had my cds with me no matter where i was.
I personally enjoyed the dark yet subtle sci-if/fantasy motif of the lyrics on How to Operate With a Blown Mind, and don't ask me why, but I love snotty British vocals when done well. It's true. Sure it's more danceable, but that's merely because it's more 'generic' than before.Not a bad purchase though, especially if you like the above mentioned artists. Also, the drum/beat work isn't as pronounced on this album. Having lost the most unique aspect of their cadre, the lead singer & lyricist (Wrekked Train), the Allstars now sound like a combination of Fatboy Slim and the Stereo MCs. These are not bad influences by any means, and their comeback is respectable but not impressive.
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