Last Exit For The Lost - Code Of Perfection

Advantages: Good solid Tangerine Dream music
Disadvantages: Quite quite their best

...from hearing this over and over – It’s absolutely brilliant! Track number 5 is ‘Network 23’ - a fierce synth-pop sound with an aggressive beat after 90 seconds. The production is perfect, and ends with the coolest, almost stadium rocking chord progression, the band has done to this date. The final track, “Remote Viewing”, has a familiar X-Files theme to it, though I feel it a little empty and quite anonymous track. * Conclusion * There have been so many releases of this album, the last being in 1995 (Virgin re-released the album on CD in the so-called "Definitive Edition" series, using the Super Bit Mapping technology), but all contains some errors, mostly spelling mistakes, but the quality of the music make up for the small ‘technical’ issues. Note. All the photos and covers were designed by Monika Froese. This is probably one... Read review

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Advantages: Rawer, harder dance sound than recent work.
Disadvantages: At least three or four quite weak tracks.

.... Regardless, Dig Your Own Hole is quite feasibly one of the top three or four dance albums of the last ten years. At its time of release, I would say it was at the pinnacle of its genre, although most would agree it has since been surpassed by its follow-up, Surrender. The closest comparison of recent years is between the Chemicals of this album, and the Prodigy style of 1996. Surrender is not as hard edged as this album, which at times is very much a techno-dominated piece. This change is probably more to do with their growing experience in post-production and sampling. Exit Planet Dust, their first album, was much harder to get into and quite roughly produced by comparison to this second offering. By the time they had made Surrender, the production was obviously far more professional and the sound smoother. The result is a curious blend... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful vocals and ballads
Disadvantages: Too long

...Back in the late 70s Blondie were gods. Striking the perfect balace between the punk attitude of the Sex Pistols and the killer melodies of those Swedish supremos Abba, they were fourboys with skinny ties and one peroxide iconic frontwoman. Now, some 16 years on, most of the original members (Deborah Harry, guitarist Chris Stein, keyboardist Jimmy Destri and drummer Clem Burke) have returned with No Exit, a far better record than we had any right to expect. Maria and the swoonsome Under The Gun do justice to the group's illustrious past, while Double Take and Night Wind Sent are superior ballads like they just don't make anymore. The 50-something Debbie Harry doesn't sound a day over 25 are her vocals are a joy throughout. Granted, No Exit is about three songs to long and has its share of duff moments, but its still great to have them... Read review

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