ulrich schnauss - goodbye

[Lx_Nen]

Surprised to see so many people not enjoying this one, it's right up there with OWB for album of the year in my book. 'Stars' is simply amazing, as is 'Medusa'.

The 'promo' that was floating around the net had what Ulrich described as 'mastering issues', (I.E. he hadn't realised that he'd overcooked the reverbs quite so much) the finished product is quite a bit clearer, especially noticeable with 'stars' - maybe Future Proof and others had the rough version?

[taoyoyo]

i haven't heard the new album yet at all... i did hear a track on his myspace page a while back that wasn't that great.

i do have the first two albums though and if the slowdive ripoff comments are derived from those then i can see some influences but not nearly as severe and negative as suggested... i don't remember shoegaze bands being quite so into the electronics? (as in synth-based)

some of the first album reminds me more of early omd to be honest, especially in the use of melody.

[pw32]

really good album, not listened to it as many times as i would have wanted to yet though (need to put it on the old mp3 player pronto).

still not a patch on far away trains passing by though imo, definately my favourite of his 3 albums.