OWB....best yet?

[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

[negative1]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

BF has a lot of great individual tunes, but never felt very cohesive as an album. OWB succeeds in conveying some sort of over-arching mood and vibe that harks back to the STITI and Dubno days.

I'm really really enjoying OWB, and I think the only thing that's kinda holding it back is the fact that it's so short (meaning, some of the tracks are too short and could have been worked into even better things, and I think it would have benefited from at least one more "big" track (like Darc )

i agree mostly with what you say..however, 'beaucoup fish' feels more
cohesive now, than when i first listened to it.

yeah, we all got spoiled to longer tracks from earlier albums,
however even on the 'riverrun' series, there were short
snippets between songs, and i guess they're just continuing
that here..

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[potatobroth]

I'm leaning towards Rog here. Although I can't help but feel the album is missing one more track. Other than that, I feel its right on par with their best.

[Flywaver]

I think STITI would of been the absolute Mother if Cherry Pie was used instead of Rowla. Still my top album though. When was Cherry Pie played live?

[Cadevil]

Originally Posted by Flywaver

I think STITI would of been the absolute Mother if Cherry Pie was used instead of Rowla. Still my top album though. When was Cherry Pie played live?

European Club Gig

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by Flywaver

I think STITI would of been the absolute Mother if Cherry Pie was used instead of Rowla. Still my top album though. When was Cherry Pie played live?

http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forum...ead.php?t=6834

[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.

[RandomViolence]

Originally Posted by the real stuff

Boy, Boy, Boy sounds awful in the way Trim did the first dozen times I heard it. I like Trim now, so who knows.

The only version of Trim I can stand is the epic version that was played at Maida Vale. I had to carve that one out of the recording for the MP3 player. So much better than the studio version.

[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