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SynthPoP For The Masses
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2001 (1/6,
2/6,
3/6,
4/6,
5/6,
6/6)
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KAJ - In Your Mind
'In your Mind' sounds dark and melancholic and exits of
awkward melodies. When listening to the songs I sometimes had the
feeling that KAJ lost the thread during their songs.
Some of the songs (f.e. 'Regret') have an oriental
touch which does not fit with melodies Europeans are
used to hear. What I miss most is a kick that keeps
the songs on the trot and make it more danceable and
catchy. On the whole the album sounds to boring.
There exist some interesting ideas but the execution
failed.
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THE NINE - Dreamland
Power was the motto of the second album of 'The Nine'.
'Dreamland' sounds powerful, aggressive and in
comparison with the debut 'Native Anger' they made a
huge step forward. What I like most are the catchy
and memorable refrains which are in contrast
to the heavy synths, guitar-samples and drums. I was
a little bit surprised as I found a DancePoP track -
yes, it is 'Breeze' - on this album.
I have to say that this album surpasses my expectations
on the whole, but it might be a little heavy for
some fans of classic SynthPoP.
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BLUE OCTOBER - Preaching Lies To The Righteous
This second album of 'Blue October' with the new vocalist
continues where the last album ended. A new vocalist
but the style of the singing is the same. The album
consists of classic SynthPoP, Erasure-style, with
melancholic singing. I sometimes had problems to
understand the lyrics, as the singing got overloaded
by the music. The sound engineer did not make a god
job as the music sounds too 'compressed', voices are
too much in the background.
On the whole I like this album but the bad engineering
reduces the fun of listening to a sufficient
minimum.
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INFORMATION SOCIETY - Greatest Hits
This album is a collection of Information Society's best
songs. Some of the songs were remixed (f.e. What's
On Your Mind - pure energy 2001 mix). It also
includes a cover-version of ABBA's Lay All Your Love
On Me (metal mix). On the whole this album
represents original eighties SynthPoP that is
absolute suited for dancing and party feeling. Also
the remixes do not alienate the originals, so the
original 'eighties feeling' got maintained. One of
my favorites are 'What's On Your Mind' and 'How
Long'.
I have no doubts to recommend this album to all people
who like original Eighties SynthPoP.
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