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I love it. http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/1329/
If I'm honest, I can 'hear' where the former bassplayers work would slot right in and sound glorious ; but I felt like that on every track I've ever heard Barney sing and all teh Electronic records. "Music Complete" is the best album they've made since 1993. Gawd, I've missed those electronic bleepybloops.
SampledFrog wrote: La Roux ... She is best known for the awesome song Bulletproof from 2009.
I always thought their best known song was In For The Kill. It was certainly her/their breakthrough hit. Anyway, I love the Skream remix, so this is as good an excuse as any to post it here. Love the big beats that come in around 4.09.
Debaser wrote:
SampledFrog wrote: La Roux ... She is best known for the awesome song Bulletproof from 2009.
I always thought their best known song was In For The Kill. It was certainly her/their breakthrough hit. Anyway, I love the Skream remix, so this is as good an excuse as any to post it here. Love the big beats that come in around 4.09.
I loved La Roux's Trouble In Paradise album from last year but one of the best things she ever did was her guesting on Chromeo's fantastically funky Hot Mess .Incredible vocal on this that i have to admit she doesn't quite match on the stuff she sings on Music Complete.
Debaser wrote:
SampledFrog wrote: La Roux ... She is best known for the awesome song Bulletproof from 2009.
I always thought their best known song was In For The Kill. It was certainly her/their breakthrough hit. Anyway, I love the Skream remix, so this is as good an excuse as any to post it here. Love the big beats that come in around 4.09.
Yes, In for the Kill was a big hit in the UK. But Bulletproof was a bigger hit internationally.
I just listened to Dracula's Castle. Then to some other random bits off WFTSC. MC is such an improvement. I do wish Barney would spend more than a day and a half writing his vocals though. Also getting into The Game and even strangely addicted to the quite horrible (on first listen) SuperHeated. Its sounds so familiar, where is that verse nicked from? I do kind of like it though in some strange way.
I only had a chance to get my first listen to the album this evening. It will take a few more listens to get a real feel for the whole album but so far, it sounds quirky, brilliant and slightly imperfect but then it wouldn't be New Order if it was any other way.
Restless is a grower, not the best track by any means but a good intro.
Singularity and Plastic are both good and build things up nicely for what is to come.
Tutti Fruiti is absolutely gorgeous. A brilliant piece of electronic pop. La Roux sounds great on this track. The highlight of the album and it could have been a summer classic if they released this as a single last June!
The next highlight for me is Stray Dog. It is Mr. Disco in wolf's clothing. A strange tune but still amazing. The brilliance of Gillian really shines through, no doubt aided and abetted by Stephen and Barney. The dark, repetitive keyboard notes playing under Iggy's vocals is amazing. A really unexpected gem on the album. The remixes could be amazing if they come.
On first listen, the rest of the album falls off a little after that but maybe with a few more listens, those later songs will sound as good as the first half.
I doubted New Order would be able to make an album of this quality without Hooky but they have pulled it off. Has there been another act regarded as an "80's group" that have produced a more relevant album in the last 10 year's? It's current position in the UK album charts seems to indicate that New Order are a band viewed as current and relevant, not just a bunch of old timers cashing in on nostalgia. Maybe the kids new to New Order will be shocked when they see the faces behind the music.
