Fog

Artist: Fog
Label: Ninja Tune
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 625978106228
EAN: 0625978106228
ASIN: B000060OO8

Release Date: 2002-02-19

Fog

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Tracks:

A Word Of Advice
The Smell Of Failure
Pneumonia
Fuckedupfuckfuckup
Check Fraud
Hitting A Wall
Fool
Truth And Laughing Gas
We're A Mess
Staring At The Dashboard
Glory
Ghoul Expert
And Stay Out

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Customer Reviews:

A truely horrible album........2004-08-10

I bought the original independent version of this cd, which has 2 more tracks. The ninja tune version also has a track not on the indie version. I live in Minneapolis and heard all the hype so I decided to get the CD. This cd is horrible. I love all kinds of music, including most avant-garde fare like kid koala, Dose One, cLOUDDEAD, etc. The music on FOG is largely abrasive, annoying, and simple. The lyrics are trite, and usually replace content with unintelligible abstract metaphor. Broder's singing is poor at best. The sole place that this music succeeds is in concept- hey lets make a turntable part of an atmospheric rock band- good concept, horrible execution. This band gets a lot of hype, mostly from people that don't recognize that DIFFERENT doesn't necessarily mean GOOD. I would give this cd zero stars, but Amazon wont take that as a review, and I guess you could use it as a coaster or for skeet shooting or something.

The Fog live on stage is much better. Worth seeing if you have a chance, but not something to go out of your way for.

it's gettin' foggy..........2002-07-19

just saw these guy's in boston last monday and what i want to know is, where the hell was everybody else! i know it was a monday but what else did you have to do that was so freakin' important...well the small crowd added to the intimaticy of this wonderful group...they played as though hundreds of people showed up instead of the ten plus...you could easily tell how wholeheartedly devoted they were to their unique sound (which any discription would fall far short from what was being produced, so i won't try)...please check this fantastic group out, you won't be disappointed...Greenn#3

A warm and murky trip through the Fog........2002-04-28

Take a little trip through the mind of Andrew Broder aka Fog. Apparently someone forgot to clue Mr. Broder in on the fact that music has genres, walls that should be left up, and bridges not to be crossed. Maybe he knows exactly what he's doing. Maybe he's watching Beck's genre-blending antics rocket him towads success and stardom and Fog has decided to follow. But for some reason I don't think so. Fog is a million times more sincere. He wears his heart on his sleave and it looks good there. The album has a beautifully cohesive feel from beginning to end, it makes you feel as though you are walking through the Fog.

Some highlights of the album:

"A Word of Advice" opens the album with MF Doom guest MCing and giving you some words of wisdom on how to live your life.

The albums first single "Pneumonia" is a tale of Fog's brush with the disease itself. Beautiful lyrics telling of silverfish, casserole quality, and revelations of life. This track would be a top 10 single in a perfect world.

"Check Fraud" is the albums next single, Broder explains this track as being about "the guilt of being wealthy". Japanese flute scratches abound.

A burst of guitar and scratched drums open "Truth & Laughing Gas" and get the second half of the album of to a flying start. This is one of the most perfect meldings of guitar and turntables accomplished to date.

The albums closing tracks of "Ghoul Expert" and "And Stay Out" showcase Broder's penchant for writing anthemic rock ballads on par with Radiohead. Fog harmonizes lovley melodies with himself and lets you slowly emerge from this murky world and back into you own.

Another amazing release from Ninja Tune and definitely a contender for album of the year. My only complaint is why did Ninja Tune remove two tracks from Fog's original independant release of the album? These tracks, "Heartcrusher" and "Just A Boy Growing Up", are beautiful pieces of the album and deserve to be heard. Let's hope Ninja releases them in the future.

not for those expecting more ninja tune fanfare.......2002-03-12

It's hard to accept what we don't understand. if exprimental music is what you are interested or you enjoy all means of music, this is for you. Andrew's Fog is very dope, featuring mf doom???? and dose one!!!! If you are a Cloudead fan, an anticon fan, or a fan of out there music than listen. but it's definitely not recycled bossa nova trip hop, which ninja tune has been known to release. It's beyond definition.

KOKOPELECTRONIC IS A WHITE HEAD!.......2002-03-11

Sometimes, mainstream heads, just need to be POPped. Kokopelectronic, reviewer before or after this, has a large white head, that talks of mainstream performers and tries to compare them to artists that are more embedded in the head. This artist cannot be POPped. He lurks deep inside your mind, with a copious amount of puss. The texture of this puss is solid, with critical IDM beats and beautiful atmospheric scratching.

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