OWB....best yet?

[kid cue]

i hate "Ring Road." OWB is a charming record--i wish the whole thing were variations on "Faxed Invitation."

BF is still my favorite, and their best IMO. it still sounds so edgy today. everything else sans AHDO is matched at a very close second.

[ouch_spitmeout]

I have to admit i been out of touch with Underworld for the longest time. Today.a monday morning on my way to work in the rain i put on OWB for the first time and i finally found what i been missing the past 5 years. This album is beyond me to review! I cant find words to do it justice. It made me think of the past and future, and im falling in love over and over again i cant thank karl and rick enough for having made this. Definitely sounds like an album that could have been made 10 years ago and very timeless. OWB is enormous. Best yet it may be. And im only at Track 07! boy boy boy

[galama]

In my opinion, the problem with OWB are the fill-in gaps between full tracks. They disrupt the already unsteady continuum of the tracks on the album...which themselves vary strongly in concept, rhytm and style. The dirtyness of faxed invitation redeems OWB from its weakest link: boy boy boy.

[koisk]

Trim > Boy Boy Boy > Rest of OWB > Rest of AHDO

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by koisk

Trim > Boy Boy Boy > Rest of OWB > Rest of AHDO

I dont even want to touch this one

[RandomViolence]

I, too, love this album and I rank it above every prior one but STITI.

Anyway, what I don't understand is how so many critics can seem to just pan it and call it a waste of time. I understand I'm a fanboy, but I can admit Underworld's mis-steps (at least what I consider to be them) and I have trouble understanding how OWB is one of them.

[negative1]

i'm not sure about ranking the songs,
but if album plays mean anything:

rough guesses, for the last 10 years

-------------------------------------
second toughest in the infants over  600
dubnobasswithmyheadman         over 400
beaucoup fish                  over 100
everything everything          <50
a hundred days off             <50
riverrun                       <10
tokyo live                     <10
oblivion with bells            <10

singles
--
pearls girl singles <200
born slippy singles <100
king of snake       <100
dirty epic          <50
dark and long       <50
cowgirl             <50
push upstairs       <50
riverun mixes       <50
crocodile           <20
cowgirl 00          <20
born slippy 03      <20
jumbo               <20
bruce lee           <10
two months off      <10
dinosaur adventure 3d<10

later
-1

[negative1]

Originally Posted by negative1

i'm not sure about ranking the songs,
but if album plays mean anything:

rough guesses, for the last 10 years

-------------------------------------
riverrun                       <10

later
-1

by the way, that count is going way up every
day now, as i've listened to each one a lot more,
i'm sure it will reach the low hundreds eventually..

later
-1

[potatobroth]

i tried a different scoring method, but have no idea how to interpret it. but whatever. i was bored too.

1= Fantastic
2= Great
3= Good
4= S'okay
S= Skip (I'll skip unless I'm listening to the entire album in order. 5 points)

Oblivion With Bells
[1] Crocodile
[2] Beautiful Burnout
[3] Holding the Moth
[2] To Heal
[1] Ring Road
[2] Glam Bucket
[S] Boy, Boy, Boy
[S] Cuddle Bunny
[1] Faxed Invitation
[S] Good Morning Cockerel
[2] Best Mamgu Ever
--------------------
[14]/8 tracks = 1.75
[29]/11 tracks = 2.6


A Hundred Days Off
[3] Mo Move
[1] Two Months off
[2] Twist
[2] Sola Sistem
[S] Little Speaker
[2] Trim
[S] Ess Gee
[3] Dinosaur Adventure 3D
[3] Ballet Lane
[1] Luetin
--------------------
[17]/8 tracks = 2.125
[27]/10 tracks = 2.7


Beaucoup Fish
[2] Cups
[2] Push Upstairs
[1] Jumbo
[1] Shudder/King of Snake
[3] Winjer
[S] Skym
[3] Bruce Lee
[1] Kittens
[4] Something Like a Mama
[S] Push Downstairs
[2] Moaner
--------------------
[19]/9 tracks = 2.1
[29]/11 tracks = 2.6

Second Toughest in the Infants
[1] Juanita
[2] Banstyle
[3] Confusion the Waitress
[1] Rowla
[1] Pearl's Girl
[3] Air Towel
[S] Blueski
[S] Stagger
--------------------
[11]/6 tracks = 1.8
[20]/8 tracks = 2.5

Dubnobasswithmyheadman
[3] Dark and Long
[2] Mmm Skyscraper
[S] Surfboy
[1] Spoonman
[3] Tongue
[1] Dirty Epic
[1] Cowgirl
[4] River of Bass
[S] M.E.
--------------------
[15]/8 tracks = 1.9
[25]/9 tracks = 2.8


The Completely Arbitrary and Unscientific Results:
Lowest (Best) Average of Listened-To Tracks:
1.75 Oblivion With Bells
1.8 Second Toughest in the Infants
1.9 Dubnobasswithmyheadman
2.11 Beaucoup Fish
2.125 A Hundred Days Off

Lowest (Best) Average of All Album Tracks:
2.5 Second Toughest in the Infants
2.6 Oblivion With Bells
2.6 Beacoup Fish
2.8 Dubnobasswithmyheadman
2.7 A Hundred Days Off

What does this prove? Probably nothing.

[holden]

Originally Posted by potatobroth

What does this prove? Probably nothing.

It proves that we are all bored and kinda totally obsessed with Underworld.