Personalized Drift Album

[purlieu]

Mine's come out somewhat close to the Sampler Edition, possibly unsurprisingly.

1. Appleshine
2. Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds
3. Border Country
4. Listen to Their No
5. Dune
6. Brilliant Yes That Would Be
7. S T A R
8. Schiphol Test
9. Custard Speedtalk


Appleshine is very much the typical Underworld slightly-understated-moody-techno opener, follows on from Dirty Epic, Mo Move, Crocodile, Bird 1 and just sets things off well for me. The extended Another Silent Way suite is a nice '90s throwback, structurally, and follows the moody opener with a more energetic track, as Push Upstairs, Two Months Off, Beautiful Burnout and Always Loved a Film did. The two obvious singles round out the more energetic first half. Border Country's quick opening makes it flow better from ASW for me, with Listen to Their No following on nicely.
Then we have a break for a couple of slower tracks to break things up, Beaucoup Fish-style. S T A R takes the position of the late-album-banger to keep things from getting too sedate - thinking Dinosaur Adventure 3D, Bruce Lee, Cowgirl - before winding down with Schiphol Test - a kind of Something Like a Mama / Air Towel moodier number - and ending with Custard Speedtalk, which is the logical album closer of everything here for me. Nine tracks, 75 minutes, meaning it feels more in line with the '90s albums.

If this has actually been the album, I'd have had no problem putting it in my top 3 UW records on first listen.

[Cadevil]

Yes! I had debated starting one of these threads several times over the past couple of weeks. I have been playing A&R man with this collection a lot, and just found it way too hard to boil it down to the length of one disc. For me this is Underworld's Physical Graffiti. Here's my album:


Disc 1: Drift - Dusk

Listen to Their No
Another Silent Way/Drift Poem/Better Than Diamonds
Brussels
Appleshine
Mile Bush Pride
Border Country
Soniamode (Aditya Game)
Toluca Stars


Disc 2: Drift - Dark

Brilliant Yes That Would Be
Low Between Zebras/This Must Be Drum Street (Sampler Version)
STAR
Doscientos
Seven Drone Music
Universe of Can When Back
Give Me The Room
Schiphol Test
Japanese Bonus Track: Dune

Single 1: Another Silent Way
B-Side: Two Arrows


Single 2: Border Country
B-Side: Dexter's Chalk

[khouri]

Originally Posted by purlieu

Mine's come out somewhat close to the Sampler Edition, possibly unsurprisingly.

1. Appleshine
2. Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds
3. Border Country
4. Listen to Their No
5. Dune
6. Brilliant Yes That Would Be
7. S T A R
8. Schiphol Test
9. Custard Speedtalk
.

I've not given much thought to mine yet, but this feels VERY much like a proper Underworld album. Very easy to hear this in my head. Well done.

[domsgotsideburns]

took a try at making my own 'definitive album', to which i tried to put most of my favourite DRIFT tracks in a cohesive order. i found that limiting the tracklist to only a certain number of tracks would challenge how the list turns out. with 20 tracks total, it can be split into a double album. both would be able to fit on separate discs, but still, it runs well as a great playlist

(all taken from the Series 1 release)
DISC 1
1. Universe of Can When Back
2. Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds
3. Appleshine
4. This Must Be Drum Street
5. Listen To Their No
6. Low Between Zebras
7. Hundred Weight Hammer
8. Soniamode (Aditya Game)
9. Doscientos
10. Poet Cat

DISC 2
1. Molehill
2. Appleshine (All the Lights)
3. Brussels
4. Border Country
5. Mile Bush Pride
6. Imagine A Box
7. S T A R
8. Doris
9. Tree and Two Chairs
10. Custard Speedtalk

[dubman]

Originally Posted by purlieu

Mine's come out somewhat close to the Sampler Edition, possibly unsurprisingly.

1. Appleshine
2. Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds
3. Border Country
4. Listen to Their No
5. Dune
6. Brilliant Yes That Would Be
7. S T A R
8. Schiphol Test
9. Custard Speedtalk


Appleshine is very much the typical Underworld slightly-understated-moody-techno opener, follows on from Dirty Epic, Mo Move, Crocodile, Bird 1 and just sets things off well for me. The extended Another Silent Way suite is a nice '90s throwback, structurally, and follows the moody opener with a more energetic track, as Push Upstairs, Two Months Off, Beautiful Burnout and Always Loved a Film did. The two obvious singles round out the more energetic first half. Border Country's quick opening makes it flow better from ASW for me, with Listen to Their No following on nicely.
Then we have a break for a couple of slower tracks to break things up, Beaucoup Fish-style. S T A R takes the position of the late-album-banger to keep things from getting too sedate - thinking Dinosaur Adventure 3D, Bruce Lee, Cowgirl - before winding down with Schiphol Test - a kind of Something Like a Mama / Air Towel moodier number - and ending with Custard Speedtalk, which is the logical album closer of everything here for me. Nine tracks, 75 minutes, meaning it feels more in line with the '90s albums.

If this has actually been the album, I'd have had no problem putting it in my top 3 UW records on first listen.

got half through this doing the dishes and found it interesting. the transitions made me itchy (i have not found an upbeat companion to appleshine aside from drum street) but i went with it and it was different than anything i'd put together. enjoyed it! almost convinced me to switch listen to their no (which is the closest to push upstairs as the short punchy one imo) with border country on my own list buuuuut i'm sticking to it so far.


got the rest of these on their own playlist so i'll see how those go soon