Underworld "1992-2012 The Anthology " and "A Collection": Release Dec. 4, 2011

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

Wonder if i'll ever put it in a cd player?

that's the problem with this day and age... most of us have already heard these 2 releases or even already had them (ahem...) my copies arrived 2 days ago and i immediately ripped open the plastic wrapping and looked at the booklet and inserts... then I put them down... and now, like most of my physical CD's - they lay in wait for the day I decide to actually place them in a CD player...

gone are the days when you waited in anticipation (sometimes in line at a midnight release - oh how I miss those days) and when you finally picked up a copy you immediately put the disc in the CD player...

i do prefer the overall artwork on the new anthology as opposed to the old release of basic black or boring grey.

[vacant]

The 1-disc is in a regular jewel case. Smaller photo-book inside, different artwork.

[whatmakesustick]

Originally Posted by vacant

The 1-disc is in a regular jewel case. Smaller photo-book inside, different artwork.

The collection booklet borrows some photo's from the anthology booklet (Brixton academy ball drop).

Loads of live photo's in the anthology booklet, mostly from the Oblivian / Barking era. A few early photo's from Glastonbury but it would have been cool to include some more older photo's. I like the anthology art work and the whole package feels quality to me.

We could debate the track selection for ages (no beautiful burnout, etc), but to me the two different collections make sense. A collection is straight to the point and with recent collaborations included it makes Underworld feel very much current. And the anthology is exactly that with some rare tracks (not to dirties I know!) thrown in.

Also a perfect time to release it with new material unlikely this year.

I love the full 10 minute build up classics underworld, but looking forward to being able to get in the car for a short journey and being able to stick collection in the cd player and get a quick blast!

[Dino3D]

Has anybody photos of the CDs?

[khouri]

The 1992-2012 three-disc collection is only post-Emerson photos, which strikes me as poor form but without knowing the whole story it's an uninformed opinion.

Interesting business in the credits, only the following tracks are said to have been co-written by Emerson:

Bigmouth
Skyscraper
Rez
Cowgirl
Spikee
Dirty Epic
Dark Train
Pearls Girl
Moaner
Minneapolis
Why Why Why
Second Hand

Everything else that's included from the early days is credited only to Hyde and Smith:

Nuxx
Jumbo
8 Ball
The Hump
Big Meat Show
Oich Oich

The "Collection" credits also show Jumbo and Nuxx as not co-written by Emerson. What is credited to Emerson is:

Dark Train
Skyscraper
Pearls Girl
Cowgirl
Rez
King of Snake
Moaner

Maybe this isn't news but I'm quite surprised to see that Emerson apparently didn't have a hand in Nuxx, the band's biggest hit.

[vacant]

A respectable 7.0 for Anthology on Pitchfork

[Champiness]

Originally Posted by vacant

A respectable 7.0 for Anthology on Pitchfork

"You could still do a lot worse".
Freaking Pitchfork. I've yet to see a single album I like get an honestly favorable review on there - do they even make those?

[stimpee]

I was listening to the Big Meat Show today and thought, it should be quite easy to fix it up and make it sound more professional. Theres a section in there tho where you can imagine Karl saying off-mic "im not singing over this anymore" "i'm done, next take". At a certain point the song feels like its two takes bolted together. It is held together by the rhythm though and as I said, could work with some patching... anyone?

[joethelion]

khouri - speaking of Emerson...

I actually think it's odd that he's credited on:

Skyscraper
Rez
Cowgirl
Dirty Epic

...as on the actual release of "Dubnobasswithmyheadman" - he's only credited on "Surfboy" and the rest is just Rick & Karl

but on the flip side - I am surprised that he's not credited for "Jumbo" as... if I remember correctly - on Beacoup Fish, all the tracks are credited to the three of them.

[edit]
quite nice that UW got a 7.0 on Pitchfork... I don't remember *any* band ever getting a score as high as 7 before on that page...

[Troy McClure]

My copy of the 3 CD set arrived today here in Arizona. Really like the packaging and the pictures. Was hoping for some shots from USA shows. Glad to finally legally own the songs off the the 3rd CD and not wimpy 128k MP3 files.

Jason