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Album Review
by SashaS
14-2-2002
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Air : '(plus 2 discs)'
(Various)
Air, N*E*R*D, TCTC: two remodellings and one pastiche
Emo, shemo! File under – sh*tEMOlogy! Herewith are some discs that do not deal with the deep personal scars and moan about not-belonging…
Air
‘Everybody Hertz’
(Source)
Air’s ‘Everybody Hearts’ is a revisit to the songs that appeared on ’10,000 Hz Legend’ that caused some outcry of being a tad too mainstream. Thus, a host of producer/mixers has taken the Frenchmen’s songs and remoulded them. We get three versions of ‘Don’t Be Light’, Adrian Sherwood turns ‘How Does It Make You Fell’ into an excellent cyber-dub and there is another, unnecessary, version as well. Modjo and Jack Lahana tackle the same cut, ‘People In The City’, and Mr Oizo is among other studionistas.
Not a major release but certainly enjoyable 47 minutes with a brand new track, ‘The Way You Look Tonight’, plus bonus of a live video of ‘People In The City’ from Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles show on 12 July 2001.
7/10
N*E*R*D
‘In Search Of…’
(Virgin)
One of the remixers on the Air album are The Neptunes who are otherwise known as the N*E*R*D that stands for ‘No one Ever Really Dies’. Their ‘In Search Of…’ album is a reworking of the album that came out last summer in a limited edition. These producers-cum-artists weren’t satisfied with the original version of the album, it was not enough organic, and they went back to re-do it. The result is some improvement but nothing really drastic.
Amidst better cuts is ‘Truth Or Dare’ featuring Kelis and Pusha T, ‘Rock Star’ is funkily kicking, ‘Provider’ is sensual… The sad fact, for the publishers of the revised edition, is that N*E*R*D have moved on to J Records in search of… whatever but promotion of this album.
7.6/10
The Cooper Temple Clause
‘See This Through And Leave’
(Morning)
The Cooper Temple Clause’s claim that “We don’t slag other bands, we just make better music” is a sham because music can never match boasting, or its arrogance be appreciated. ‘See This Through And Leave’ is a retro affair without shame, thought and style, just recycling of some old solutions. Even if you look deeper, this band is actually no more that Winona of pop-rock. ‘Not guilty’ but caught red-handed.
TCTC have one thing in common with Muse and that is cramming in too many sounds and too many influences; this lot has in everything from Pink Floyd to Pixies, techno, metal, space pop… Homage upon homage, just piles of plain regurgitation… ‘Reading has never produced a good rock band’, a headline claimed recently, and still hasn’t.
5/10
SashaS
21-11-2001
Air’s album ‘Everybody Hertz’ is released 18 February 2002 on Source
N*E*R*D’s album ‘In Search Of…’ is released 11 February 2002 on Virgin
The Cooper Temple Clause’s album ‘See This Through And Leave’ is released 11 February 2002 on Morning
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