Reverence - Faithless > Reviews

Advantages: Great music
Disadvantages: Some duds

Faithless are one of my favourite artists. In case you don’t know Faithless are made up of Maxi Jazz, Jamie Catto, Sister Bliss and Rollo. This foursome have had a huge amount of success, and still seem to have their feet on the ground. I am a huge fan so forgive me if I seem biased. Anyway this album starts brilliantly with the title track, and it is the deadpan tones of Maxi Jazz which make it work so well. My favourite lyrics have to be: ‘The ... Read review

Advantages: Maxi Jazz's vocals, intelligent lyrics, the "electric piano on speed"
Disadvantages: Jamie Catto's vocals

"Reverence" is the album that brought Faithless to full public attention - or rather, the album that contains the tracks that brought Faithless to full public attention. The trouble is, there's not much more to it than that. If you plotted the height that each track reaches, you would end up with the profile of a mountain range so forbidding it would make Chris Bonington hang up his ice-pick for good. The album starts so well too. The title track ... Read review

Advantages: great diversity and variety
Disadvantages: maybe tries to cover too may styles

Rollo had been known as Felix (Don't you Want Me?), and Sister Bliss had worked as a DJ and musician throughout the acid house days, Maxi Jazz had been involved in sound systems around London, and Jamie Catto had been growing his hair and developing some great song writing skills. There paths had most likely overlapped on numerous occasions, but during the mid 90's the four joined together to form Faithless. One of the UK's premier dance acts, and ... Read review

Advantages: GOD
Disadvantages: The devil

I cant get no sleep! Goes their hit insomnia. I think faithless are one of those bands what you don’t think you know but you know all their songs. Faithless have had tons of hits but no one realises it, from the club successes insomnia and god is a dj to the more chartier I want my family back andopen your mind. Faithless are quality but their success as a band hasn’t been recognised and therefore they don’t get mentioned or played as much as I or ... Read review