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Advantages: Some good tracks Disadvantages: You don't get the feel of being there
...the time is Duran Duran. Arena is a selection of live recordings from the groups concerts and consist of tracks from 3 of the bands album releases "Duran Duran" "Rio" and "Seven & the ragged tiger" the only albums the group had released before Arena was put together. It also features the new track, or at least it was new at the time of release back in '84, "wild boys" The track listing is as follows-
1-Is there something I should know
2-Hungry ... ...6-The seventh stranger
7-The chauffer
8-Union of the snake
9-Planet earth
10-Careless memories
Unfortunately despite the album being recorded live it is not compiled in the order of a live concert and tracks appear as separate recordings, this somewhat breaks up the flow of the album and prevents you getting the feeling of having "been there" which I think is essential in a live album. The songs styles are a little jumpy, in that similar styles ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Perfect songwriting and performances. Disadvantages: Not enough of it.
When Japan released "Tin Drum" in 1981 they finally broke into the mainstream, gaining critical and commercial applause for their breathtaking originality.
Sadly, one tour later, they broke, bitterly and with the exception of the semi-reunion ""Rain tree crow" sessions, have not performed together since.
It is hard to believe that a work like this was produced by four men in their very early twenties but they were always old souls. As David Sylvian ... ...young, once I was smart, now I'm living on the edge of my nerves." The music is uptempo and almost uplifting yet the vocals seem to drift over the music, almost without a sense of rhythm.
"Talking drum" follows in a similar vein: Steve Jansen's extraordinarily tight and original drumming punctuated by Mick Karn's snaking bass lines and some very Chinese sounding keyboard treatments from Richard Baribieri.
The tempo drops here. "Ghosts" was the ...
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Advantages: Classic electro album, remastering adds a real boost Disadvantages: None
Metamatic was the first solo outing from John Foxx after he split with Ultravox! Ultravox! went on to rather greater fame with the replacement lead singer, some Midge Ure guy but for Ultravox! fans, John Foxx was the real deal.
Metamatic deals with many themes and obsessions such as car crashes, Europe, relationships and too much J G Ballard and Philip K Dick which were bounc
