Contempt

Contempt Artist: Assemblage 23
Label: Metropolis Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 782388023122
EAN: 0782388023122
ASIN: B00005QKEQ


Release Date: 2001-11-13

Contempt


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Tracks:

  1. Anthem
  2. Surface
  3. Coward
  4. Bi-Polar
  5. Pages
  6. Purgatory
  7. Sun
  8. Skyquake
  9. Never Forgive
  10. 7 Days
  11. Coward (Melting Mix By Pain Station)
  12. Skyquake (Voice Of God Mix By Manhole Vortex / Protocol X)
  13. The Drowning Season (DSK02k Mix By Ed Vargo Of THD)

Similar Items:

  1. Failure
  2. Storm
  3. Defiance
  4. Empires
  5. Futureperfect

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Successor to FLA is here.......2005-06-27

As a long time fan of Delerium and a listener of the associated 'Front Line Assembley' and a fan of electronica and industrial sounds I purchased this debut album from the mind of Tom Shear. 'Assemblage 23' is a sole artist opinion and Tom has created a vast plethora of ambient and hight industrialised electronica. I had to listen to this album twice to fully appreciate the workings of this artist and found I enjoyed the varied sounds and tempo of the music. I loved the way the lyrics were played out robotic by Tom Shear. It is the debut album for this artist and I see a bright future for Tom Shear in the industrial music scene. He has much skill as Leeb & Fulber. The best song is 'Purgatory' and the last 3 tracks are remixes that will make it on the dance club list sooner or later.

4 out of 5 stars good cd.......2004-05-09

while this cd is good.. it feels very repetetive. after i listen to anthem (track 1) i find it hard to listen to anymore.. while each song is good.. it just feels like its the same song over and over again just with different lyrics. Tom has improved this slightly on Failure.. in which there was a couple stand out tracks. While he has incredible music making abilities... he needs to make his vocals lifting a little.. he sounds like a robot and i'm not even sure if you could call his vocals singing.. more like talking. anyways, a good EBM never-the-less

5 out of 5 stars If you are found lacking Contempt..........2003-01-21

I heard Failure before Contempt, but this album keeps haunting my headphones. Each track builds a mosaic of electronic bliss. Sometimes dark and sometimes fleeting. I return to this cd often when I am at a loss for what to listen to, it's that wonderful. Tom Shear is a music fan and it shows intensely through his work. Each release up to and including Defiance show growth and an ongoing faith in his craft. His influences shine through (see his messageboard on the main web page for a list in many a post) and he is quite possibly one of the friendliest guys in the biz. He loves to share his thoughts and ideas fluidly with his fans and that is heroic in this music genre. I will maintain a love for A23 and Tom no doubt will continue to be a prominent force to be reckoned with in the ever changing sea of electronic music.

5 out of 5 stars If you don't have this one yet...get it!.......2003-01-04

I bought this CD back in '99 and loved it! What a great first release! Lush soundscapes, pounding beats, smart lyrics, great samples (but not over-burdened with too many) and every song sounds unique.

Failure was also an outstanding release. Heartbreaking lyrics, but also full of hope. Addendum is good remix cd, great extra track "Let me be your armor". Defiance was a bit disappointed in comparison to these previous releases. But when your expectations are set so high, what can you expect.

As the years have gone by, I keep going back to this CD! Anthem, Surface, Coward, Bi-polar, Pages, Purgatory and Never Forgive are outstanding!

Don't overlook this CD as an older release! You may like it just as much (or more than) Failure.

5 out of 5 stars The Journey Through a Painted Mindset.......2002-12-06

After buying this 13-track release I found myself quite enthralled, initially unable to peel myself away from it for any amount of time. Its was a strange thing, too, finding an album whose boundaries stretched beyond the confines of what I had expected, its content an intercourse of rich thoughts and a skill that defied the weak comparisons it oftentimes wears. Still, after following up with Tom Shear's other Assemblage 23 albums, I can see why that would be. With a keen grasp of sound engineering (not to be confused with EBM originality) and the lyrical understanding that typifies-and oftentimes surpasses-what is viewed as greatness, he's actually made three worthwhile releases in a row, earning both my respect and my money as he perfects his abilities to craft a sonically emotional landscape. On this album he's sometimes thoughtful and brooding, sometimes seethes with ambitions wrought by anger and dismay, and sometimes he's simply the provider of a montage of thoughts and ideals rarely conveyed in five-minute intervals. These all come together to spark something wonderful, a seed that only gets better as it grows.

Still, taking my word for it is only that. So, provided below is a sample of the lyrical content on the song "Anthem," torn asunder from the sounds that carry it:
We are bore of stone
and etched by wind
Cast aside to live or die
We are the pawns in our own game
Like Refugees
of silent wars
We step on ever-shifting ground
Promoting what we undermine
For countless days
We walked alone
Directionless and Vulnerable
Sitting targets wearing smiles
The flags we wave
are set adrift
to warm the bones of infant dreams
even as our present is set ablaze
The tinderbox
we sit upon
Decays in churning mists of fog

Music Album:

  1. Cosmic Grooves: Aries ~ Various Artists
  2. Retro Rocket Back to Earth/The Legendary Stardust Cowboy Rides Again ~ Legendary Stardust Cowboy
  3. Non-Fiction ~ The Kingdom Flying Club
  4. Wait 'Till the Morning ~ Winter Hours
  5. The Turning Point Soundtrack ~ John Mayall
  6. If They Knew This Was the End ~ Mendoza Line
  7. The Fabulous Wailers at the Castle/The Wailers and Co. ~ The Fabulous Wailers
  8. Red River ~ Knife in the Water
  9. The Few ~ The Few
  10. Trickboxes on the Pony Line ~ Sin Ropas

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Boogie Woogie Man ~ Albert Ammons

In the Beginning: 1936 ~ Artie Shaw

Blues Sur Seine ~ Richard Galliano, Jean-Charles Capon

Blues Ahead ~ Joe Van Enkhuizen

1938-1939 Broadcasts ~ Jan Savitt

Brasil: Classic Songs & Future Sounds ~ Various Artists

Revolución ~ Universal Language, Radio Active

Arabia Chilled ~ Various Artists

Songs of Old Russia ~ Various Artists

Inner Demenstion ~ Speed-Id