Stylus Magazine Reviews OWB - Page 3

Flywaver · #21 10-14-2007, 11:51 AM

I guess every track that will have the sound that is similar to U2s 'Where The Streets Have No Name' Intro..... “To Heal”’s wide-open plains of Joshua Tree space are nonetheless beautiful to behold.
But then thats Brian Eno's influence. U2s Unforgettable Fire has Eno's influence on the whole. As far as i am concerned he is a creative chap isn't he!?

Cadevil · #22 10-14-2007, 11:57 AM

I agree with the commets about the average reviewer...UW are now basically on the indie route and consequently have the "cult" following they have now...found here

but...I think that is what precisely makes their music interesting...it's different than 96% of everything else out there...

I found the review pretty strange...He spent most of the time bagging Underworld, but it seems like he liked most of the tracks...then called it boring.

Cadevil · #23 10-14-2007, 12:37 PM

Another confused reviewer...

http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/593/25/

Seems the press doesn't know what to make of these Hyde and Smith guys. These reviews sound like they want to like say they like the album...but are afraid to because it's not a true "techno" album and Underworld are a "techno" band..

Cadevil · #24 10-14-2007, 12:49 PM

I found this review interesting:

http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?...1206&Itemid=31

taoyoyo · #25 10-14-2007, 01:33 PM

judas on a moped... i'd hate to see the carnage if someone dared to give UW a really bad review.

(fair play though... i thought 'to heal' sounded like the intro to 'where the streets...' too... that's no slight, just an observation).

this is UW's 'song-album' as far as i'm concerned and so far i'm enjoying it.
(don't give is another Born-Slippy lads!)

dubman · #26 10-14-2007, 02:03 PM

holy damn
now i cant wait for when pitchfork casually tosses this album in the 6.0-7.0 area and continues to assert that underworld is, in so many words, irrelevant (although why people steadfastly ignore them while expecting the chemical brothers to have better longevity and growth completely eludes me, but whatever).
there will be paragraphs. literally, paragraphs, explaining why everybody is wrong in not taking a fanboy-ish amount of time (hint hint) to "get" an album from a band who doesnt do a bad job in alienating those who aren't totally understanding about their style (which is, as we love to say, completely unique).
basically most reviews come from critics who dont envelop themselves past a certain amount because they're writing for a broad swath of the music-listening demographic this album falls under. people not totally enamoured with underworld, who are just casually interested in this among a host of other things, are not going to be bowled over by this album. i'm not saying my friends are slave to critical opinion, but it's safe to say that the critical concensus of the album will probably echo the less than passionate sentiments of the more resonable. for them it'll be good, not great, and much better than a hundred days off, and they'll be content to let me have my fun with it.

besides, you guys dont know what a good review by pitchfork does anyway. people who, at best, only dabble in the genre will cluster all over it and start talking about why this particular 'electronica' record triumphs over it's inherently flawed contemporaries. lots of threads asking for albums similar to this as an attempt to get into a limited radius of the band's influence, JUST to get points for variation and "understanding". Then the avalanche of backlash, whereas you otherwise would have been left alone to enjoy it, the fact that it'd be getting so much buzz would piss people off so much, and they'd just have to say what a goddamned awful record it is, and etc.

i know none of that may matter in the big picture but it is such a headache because it'd all come from the reception and not much to do with the record itself. BLD would blow a gasket calling everyone names, each more offensive than the last, and die of high blood pressure, making his girlfriend very sad and selling his biro shirt on ebay. and i'd venture to guess that it'd throw some unecessary complications in R+K's decision to just do what they will.

but since none of that will happen it seems like it'll make good sales (there's a decent amount of hype anyway) and things will continue unabated by senseless noise.

ChemicaL · #27 10-14-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadevil

Another confused reviewer...

http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/593/25/

Seems the press doesn't know what to make of these Hyde and Smith guys. These reviews sound like they want to like say they like the album...but are afraid to because it's not a true "techno" album and Underworld are a "techno" band..

Seems like they're affraid to categorize it because it doesnt fit in with todays current & most popular genres. Its on a path of its own, thats what I like about it. Of course, your average listener or reviewer, for that matter, will not see it in the same light.

thee carp dreamer · #28 10-14-2007, 05:19 PM

point #1) i think this reviewer isn't a million miles off. the new album, apart from the first 4 tracks, is a bit shit. ring road is extremely shit. however, beautiful burnout and crocofdile are amazing. so c+ is probably right, considering this year, i would have given animal collective a- and battles b+.
point #2) pitchfork won't give this higher than 4.5. they just won't. and no one cares.
point #3) you just want everyone to love underworld. we are on an underworld forum after all. fact is, they will have to push harder to beat stiti, and i don't think they want to, cos they have nothing to prove.

underworld, lads, if you're reading, just do what you love. fuck reviews. whatever. xxx

luminary · #29 10-14-2007, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taoyoyo

(fair play though... i thought 'to heal' sounded like the intro to 'where the streets...' too... that's no slight, just an observation).

the work really well together

http://www.sendspace.com/file/34pbbv

Ufotofu · #30 10-14-2007, 06:45 PM

A bit off topic, but I don't understand all the hate on Ring Road. It's got a really uplifting chorus, and good musical flow overall. "Securrrrrity" is a bit rough, especially for the two times it shows up, but the rest of the track is gold. It's no "Beautiful Burnout", "Holding the Moth", or "Best Mamgu Ever", but there's something really refreshing about it.

Also, I was really surprised by how much UW improved "Holding the Moth", compared to the earlier versions of "Globe", a track I always found kind of sparse and boring. "Moth" has a much denser, more relaxing sound to it. If they'd including that bit of autotrader at the beginning, with the echoing "Citroen," it would have been perfect.