My Japanese friend said that he liked this album very much primarily because it sounded like Duran Duran. While the logic of his statement is questionable, the fact is that despite the rave reviews it's been getting, Version 2.0 is one of the most mundane reconstituted bunch of sounds your likely to hear - this year. Imagine eating the eighties and then vomiting it out with a digitally remastered coating courtesy of Butch Vig's late nineties production skills. Forget OK Computer, this is OK Computer you can do it all.
OK, so the sounds are OK, but that's about as far as it goes. The album lacks little direction or purpose. The emotion is confused, it's nonsensical, there's no message or if there is it's too cryptic. The pop soundbites are slapped together in a 'sounds good but means nothing' way. We'll market this bastard if it kills us. For example Special sounds just like the River City People, The Trick is To Keep Breathing just like Depeche Mode. Sleep Together and Wicked Ways… dole, drizzle and drab. But maybe you're the kind of the person who went to watch Jurassic Park because they like special effects. Forget the movie eh? Well for you there's a lot of razor sharp, scowling, hard edged rock, complemented well by Shirley Manson's self-belief and arrogant vocals. But otherwise.
My Japanese friend said that he liked this album very much primarily because it sounded like Duran Duran. While the logic of his statement is questionable, the fact is that despite the rave reviews it's been getting, Version 2.0 is one of the most mundane reconstituted bunch of sounds your likely to hear - this year. Imagine eating the eighties and then vomiting it out with a digitally remastered coating courtesy of Butch Vig's late nineties production skills. Forget OK Computer, this is OK Computer you can do it all.
OK, so the sounds are OK, but that's about as far as it goes. The album lacks little direction or purpose. The emotion is confused, it's nonsensical, there's no message or if there is it's too cryptic. The pop soundbites are slapped together in a 'sounds good but means nothing' way. We'll market this bastard if it kills us. For example Special sounds just like the River City People, The Trick is To Keep Breathing just like Depeche Mode. Sleep Together and Wicked Ways… dole, drizzle and drab. But maybe you're the kind of the person who went to watch Jurassic Park because they like special effects. Forget the movie eh? Well for you there's a lot of razor sharp, scowling, hard edged rock, complemented well by Shirley Manson's self-belief and arrogant vocals. But otherwise.