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Violator
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject: Playing the Angel review |
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I found this rewiew in the EW3 Forum and just want to share it with the rest of the world.
01 A pain that I'm used to
The synth in the beginning reminds a little to Dead of night. It's a very dark song, quite uptempo and with a little NIN feel. It will be a single. Actually, is the kind of song we'd normally expect as a DM comeback single. I bet it will be the first song on the tour. Great one!
02 John the Revelator
Strange song. Ět starts with an Ultra feel loop, but much faster than any other song in that album. Lots of heavy synths and Dave singing is strong and agressive. The strange thing is the american-rockabilly touch of the vocal melody, but it works contrasting with the darkness of the production. Possibly a single too.
03 Suffer Well
Nice guitars and very dark and quite fast again. The chorus is specially nice.
04 The sinner in me
Great song. Once again, very very dark, but this time is a slow one. Dave voice is deep and low, really emotive, fitting perfectly with the analog synths and the electronic drums. The chorus is awsome, and, in the middle of the song everything stops and then an amazing long instrumental part starts, finishing with a final chorus once again.
05 Precious
The same version as the leaked one. Don't expect anything different. Though the video clip one was a rough mix, there are no noticeable changes on levels or additional parts. Of course, it grows as this is the final mastered version and sounds 1000 times better than the mp3. The most accessible song by far, maybe the only one. Nothing to do with the rest of the album.
06 Macro
Mid-tempo track. Back to the dark sounds, specially the drums. Martin sings really good, sounds powerful and clear. The melody is rather strange, though the chorus is brilliant. Nice nice one.
07 I want it all
Slow drums, somehow similar to the Exciter sound or to Bjork's All is full of love. Lots of synth arrangement. One of the weakest in this first listening, but will possibly grow.
08 Nothing's impossible
Mid-tempo dark (very very dark) song. Dave voice is really moving, once again in his classical low tone. In some parts the voice has some kind of vocoder (or other similar fx) which sounds cool. The synth parts are really great. One of my favourites (by now).
09 Introspectre
Wayne's possible favourite. A 1:30 long instrumental interlude! Very Happy Simple but nice. I think it works. Sounds like a mix between Ultra and pre-86 period. The future intro of the tour?
10 Damaged people
The other song with Martin on vocals. This is really beautiful, with a very classical-retro vocal melody (don't really know how to describe it) over a strange harmony and synth arrangements. GREAT song.
11 Lillian
Very different from the rest. Uptempo song, Dave's voice has been filtered and sounds exactly like The Bravery singer in Honest Mistake. Don't know if I liked it or not, but I see it as a potential single.
12 The darkest star
I may be wrong, but I'd say this is the song that Martin told Fletch it was the best he'd ever written. It's very soon to make such a judgement, but after 2 listenings this is the one I liked more by far. It starts like an Exciter song, but then a piano appears, everything turns incredibly dark, Dave sings brilliantly and really moves you. The backing vocals by Martin are simply unbelievable!!! I'm very shocked at this time with darkest star. It has the "Playing the angel" words in the lyrics. |
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Dave
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting the review.
Sounds interesting... |
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Indigo
Joined: 11 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoyed reading it.
Can't wait until October...
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DevotionalMex
Joined: 17 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| The album is going to be great!!! |
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isomaxphoebe
Joined: 27 May 2005
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Location: Italy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Oh Dear ... I think I'm going crazy ... I just can't wait any longer ... Oh my God, I think I heard David's voice in my mind ... Wow!!! 
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depeche swan
Joined: 26 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| what an excellent review, can't wait until the angel lands! |
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feville
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Location: Athens
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| Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I've heard nothing's impossible and i must say that this song is just perfect! this album is really nice... |
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stjarna
Joined: 28 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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good album...but it could be better,wonderful...
also i'm still trying to find a reason why "free" is not been inserted...really strange.. |
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dialecto
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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I think this is the ebst DM album as a whole.
As individual songs no...
But as a whole...this is the best 11 songs put into one CD...
I can't stop listening the album from start to finish |
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