Angels Only

Angels Only Artist: Evil's Toy
Label: Metropolis Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 782388011723
EAN: 0782388011723
ASIN: B00000FEPC


Release Date: 1998-11-17

Angels Only


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Tracks:

  1. The Concrete Garden
  2. Angels Only!-beyond
  3. Transparent Frequencies
  4. Forever?!
  5. Back On Earth
  6. From Above Comes Asleep
  7. A Girl Called Bitch
  8. Angels Only!-above
  9. Contact
  10. Colours Out Of Space

Similar Items:

  1. Illusion
  2. XTC Implant
  3. White Lights
  4. Matter + Form
  5. Futureperfect

Amazon.com

Occupying the poppier side of industrial dance music--or the aggressive side of synth-pop, depending on your musical orientation--are Evils Toy, a German outfit that does this sort of thing better than most other German outfits who do this sort of thing. Not that it's a bad thing, either. The "Depeche Mode with teeth" genre has a long and proud tradition in Germany, and its enduring popularity in Central Europe is a good deal easier for Ausländers to understand than the German obsession with, say, David Hasselhoff. Angels Only! is Evils Toy's fifth full-length, and it's full of bouncy, danceable rhythms and dark, melancholic vocals. Gone (somewhat) is the harsh sonic edginess of the group's first two albums in favor of a greater emphasis on melody--it's a fine tradeoff. Tracks like "Transparent Frequencies" and "From Above Comes Sleep," with their anthemic electro properties, would be equally at home on the dance floor and in the headphones. "Forever?!" cleverly uses a vocal sample as a rhythmic device in what's otherwise a piano-led ballad. All in all, nicht schlecht, nicht schlecht at all. --Steve Landau

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars silly but lovely.......2001-08-08

Ignore the silly lyrics and just enjoy the beautiful melodies. A melodic, beat-conscious disk of what some might call EBM or synthpop. The themes, like Apop, are often about aliens. Sometimes I think we'd enjoy the music more if the lyrics were in german; Other times, it is fun to sing along with the silliness. The voice quality is great, and I thoroughly enjoyed this, their most popular work.

3 out of 5 stars All right, but..........2001-05-06

Hasn't this been done before? This is my first experience with Evil's Toy so I can't really comment on how they've changed, but as far as this album goes I thought it was good, but contained nothing to separate it. It wasn't emotional or catchy enough to succeed on the synth-pop side of things, nor was it driving or forceful enough to be really good EBM. Not bad, but perhaps a bit generic.

5 out of 5 stars Angels Only!: The best Evil's Toy album yet!.......2000-10-26

Since people seem to have mixed opinions of this album, I will start off by saying that the sound is definetly different from previous Evil's Toy releases. The vocals are less distorted now, and Oliver Taranczewski's presence as a new third member of the band seems to have had an effect on the sound. The lyrics stay true to the Evil's Toy sound for the most part, while some of the beats to the songs are not as fast as the songs found on the Illusion or XTC Implant albums. However, I loved Angels Only!, and couldn't be more pleased by the results. I don't think Evil's Toy fans will be dissapointed with this album, even if it is a bit different. I also recommend checking out their newest album, Silvertears, currently available through import.

4 out of 5 stars Another collection of speed anthems for Metropolis Records.......2000-07-21

No, "Angels Only" doesn't let you down. It speeds you up. This is what most of us want from our EBM.

I agree with most of the reviewers that this album is simplistic and we can argue for days about whether a band should evolve or stick with their creative roots, but the fact is that they deliver some fresh body-twitching electro.

I don't look to EBM for artistic revelation and I certainly don't look to European bands for profound lyrics in English. EBM is primarily about a body high and this album gives you that.

You can stubbornly listen to Apop's "The Apocalyptic Manifesto" for the 6000th time or you can buy something new. If you decide on "something new" consider "Angels Only".

2 out of 5 stars

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