[holden]

To be honest, though it's not many people's favorite UW album around here, nor is it mine, AHDO was the first new record released once i got into Underworld around 2001. So, i was eagerly awaiting it, and i did love it on first listen. As soon as the beat dropped in on "MoMove" i thought, "dang, the boys are back!"

But in the context of the whole catalog, there are a number of weaker tracks on AHDO. "Luetin" is special by this album's standards, but the similarities to AirTowel (discussed before around here) makes it less than original-sounding. Heck, the basslines of DA3D and MoMove are just a few notes changed from King of Snake. Good tracks, but sort of what we expected from UW. The RiverRun project, on the other hand, is something entirely new and different, as Karl and Rick said they were intending.