Dive Deep - Morcheeba

Advantages: Short film on special edition, positive sound
Disadvantages: Very different from previous albums

...Morcheeba... New album, new look, new sound. If you really liked Who can you trust, and didn't like Big Calm as much, then you won't like this. Moving away from their trip-hop roots and towards hip-hop. From the unashamedly disco shallow end (a song proclaiming that if you write shallow songs or "dive into the shallow end you'll only bash your head" says Skye philosophically) to the poppy rome wasn't bulit in a day. One thing's for sure. If you're a big Morcheeba fan, get the special edition version because it comes with a short film which is very imformative. When it comes down to it though, buy this album. It will enrich your record collection.... Read review

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...After listening to to morcheeba's "who can you trust" and "Big calm" this new album released early July was a must buy for me. Although generally different to earliar albums these great funky electronic sounds mixed with a bit of hip hop for the ultimate in listening pleasure must go to the top of your to buy list. Look out for great new songs like "Love sweet love" featuring Mr Complex and "Love is rare". To sum the album up in one word its fantastic you must buy it, if you don't you need your head checked.... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent tunes
Disadvantages: Difficult to follow up the fantastic 'Big Calm'

...Now it took me a while to ease into Morcheeba, songs such as Tape Loop and Trigger Hippie were good but they did little to distinguish themselves from the dross flooding the market in the name of ‘Britpop’ when they first arrived on the scene. Of course then they produced the fantastic second album which for me is a unique album showing the dark side of trip hop and soul, featuring seductive rhythms and was in every way a ‘Big Calm’. With this in mind I looked forward to their new album with abated breath and I have say upon listening to it I was severely disappointed. No don’t get me wrong, its good, its very good compared to the uninspired music pumped out by the likes of Oasis these days, but for Morcheeba this is a let down. This album is happy; cheerful almost bouncy in places - gone are the days of trip hop they have now gone... Read review

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