Label: Ltm Records/Darla
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5019148631897
ASIN: B0000666D8
Release Date: 2002-07-30
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Label: Ltm Records/Darla Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 5019148631897 ASIN: B0000666D8 Release Date: 2002-07-30 |
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UK reissue of the cult Manchester band's 1984 Factory album, digitally remastered from the original tapes. Produced by New Order's Peter Hook. Includes full sleevenotes & a reproduction of the original artwork. Includes 9 bonus tracks 'All At Once', 'National Pastime', 'Militia', 'How Corrupt Is Rough Trade?' (7 Inch), 'Kan Kill (7 inch), 'Partyline', 'Stupid', 'Your Uniform' & 'Life's Two Faces'. 2002.Customer Reviews:
Factory Records blues...........2002-05-18
What we have here is something definitely worthy of much more attention than it got back in the 80s. ... To me, the music here sounds like what you'd get if you took OMD, paired them up with the driving rhythm section from Gang of Four circa "Songs of the Free", threw in the guitarist from, oh, I dunno, Psychadelic Furs, and then morphed David Tibet, Peter Gabriel, and Bon Scott into one entity and made him sing. Then, you make sure to have *someone* from New Order producing (in this case, Peter Hook). What you end up with is a record chock full of infectiously catchy, sharp, melodic pop tunes, made up of wiry, treated guitars, pleasant sheets of gossamer synths, and throbbing bass set to a pounding beat. All coated with desperate vocals sung by our mutant Gabriel/Tibet/Scott singer.
The songs are great. Danceable, simple, irresistably melodic, and they stick in your brain like glue. But there's a certain moodiness too, as some songs slow down a bit and languish in more sombre, hazy, lovely atmosphere. The singing, however, takes some getting used to. Part of the problem is that he yells a lot, and lacks a certain subtlety or restraint. And he has an annoying tendency to sing in the same rhythmic timing and meter on several songs, which gets to be repetative and a bit numbing after a while. Plus, that kind of hoarse Peter Gabriel/David Tibet vocal quality is not all that pleasing to my ears. BUT, I more or less got over that hurdle, and I find the music thoroughly enjoyable on many levels.
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