I am a student in the first year at Jesus College, Oxford studying Philosophy, Politics and Economic...
I am a student in the first year at Jesus College, Oxford studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). I have a pretty unhealthy fascination with the internet, which keeps my life on track.
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I bought this album purely on the strength of 'phat planet' and 'afrika shox', two astoundingly brilliant songs that are still by far my favourites on the album. Initially I have to admit that I found the album a little disappointing. I think this was just because it wasn't anything like what I was expecting. Normally into groups like the Prodigy, I was expecting an album full of tracks in the standard format. Yet what 'Rhythm and Stealth' presents isn't that at all. 'Rhythm and Stealth' is a CD of Leftfield's music, rather than Leftfield's songs. '4/6 War', 'Rino's Prayer' and 'Dub Gusset' are more collections of sound ambiences, odd electronic beats and sound stabs than a song in the traditional sense.
My problem was that I tried to listen to all the tracks as songs within themselves. This is not where 'Rhythm and Stealth' excels. If you want to enjoy this album, you need to put it on in the background, while you are playing on your computer (whilst playing Age of Empires is my favourite) or even while you are working at home. In the car. Put 'Rhythm and Stealth' any place where you aren't listening to it directly and you will see its brilliance, a brilliance that isn't completely apparent. Because apart from the punctuating songs (Dusted, Swords, Phat Planet and Afrika Shox) 'Rhythm and Stealth' is a musical soundscape: best enjoyed passively and reflectively. Put it on 'shuffle' play!
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Advantages: An astonishingly diverse album, expanding their genre in fascinating new ways. Disadvantages: Releasing "One More Time" as the first single has made their audience a little cynical.
SkyscraperFanClub 23.03.2001 ·
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