Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

Hi,
Anyway to purchase this separately? ..Looked on ITUNES today and did not see it. I am in the US..already ordered the deluxe DVD/CD :p:p...would be another 85USD to get just CD 2..which after the youtube preview sounds sick. Bird1 sounds fantastic.

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

CD2 is exclusive to the Limited Edition Box Set. You can find links to order it here:

https://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16960

If you order from Om Records in the US, you can get it for $52 shipped.

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

After all my moaning about the collaborations, it turns out I'd probably agree with this actually. I like Grace on both CDs, but the Telematic Peal mix is just more... Underworld. Scribble I love the vocals, but the High Contrast stuff still pisses me off.
Oh, I think I'd probably take Hamburg Hotel Essex too, it's a bit weirder and I like that.

On the whole, the disc does sound a bit like work in progress versions, remixes, demos and such as opposed to finished tracks for a lot of it. I can imagine the versions of ALAF, Bird 1 and such being on EPs if anything. Sooooooooooo yeah. Not the Underworld version of the album some of us were expecting/hoping for, but it's still an enjoyable and interesting disc.

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

I was hoping and assuming it'd have a more complete feel to it. But I do like what I heard in that youtube link. I'll enjoy listening to disc 2, but I'm suspecting it'll be inferior to the album.

My problem with Barking isn't the collaborations (although I dislike the synth plop on Bird 1 which I'm sure was totally not added in by Rick or Karl). Everybody has some Underworld songs that they just don't care for. For me, I don't enjoy listening to three of the nine tracks all that much. I don't find much appeal in Between Stars (even when I first heard the live version), Grace, and Scribble, although I like Between Stars and Grace a little more then when I first got the album. The rest of the album is pretty solid for me, but that is three out of nine tracks I'm not really impressed with. Scribble is okay, I guess, but it just sounds so mainstream, which is not what I want from Underworld. Other songs on the album are poppy, but none sound so commercialized like Scribble.

I was thinking about combining tracks from Barking and CD2. I might still do that. I'll have Barking and CD2 on my iPod, and then...a custom track listing, and I think I might just keep all the Barking tracks except Scribble and replace that with YDS.

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

Don't forget to add Downpipe!

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

Actually, I'm stupid. I, uh, don't have Downpipe yet. I heard part of it and liked what I heard, though. But it is on iTunes. Might as well get it.

I may add Are You Rockstar? to CD2 in my library/on my iPod. It would fit in. Maybe I'll add Toobee, too. :)

Now that I think about it, I should also put Simple Peal on CD2. It would fit in better there than on Barking.

Edit: I went to buy Downpipe...which version do I buy? The Club mix that is over eight minutes long?

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

I try, I really do, but I never keep up. What are Are You Rockstar? and Toobee?

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

They are from a 2008 broadcast. I really like them. Soft UW music. Ambient and atmospheric and such.

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

yes. the instrumental is pointless.

Re: Barking - The Alternative Versions (AKA CD2)
 

Here and here:

http://www.underworldlive.com/tracklisting.asp?sn=901
http://www.underworldlive.com/tracklisting.asp?sn=903