Antidote [Import]

Morcheeba | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 24, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Echo UK Import
• ASIN: B0008065HY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,990 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wonders Never Cease

2. Ten Men

3. Everybody Loves A Loser

4. Like A Military Coup

5. Living Hell

6. People Carrier

7. Lighten Up

8. Daylight Robbery

9. Antidote

10. God Bless And Goodbye

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Since delivering their 1993 mini-opus Big Calm, second-generation trip-hop outfit Morcheeba have taken their hybrid blues/country/hip-hop/soul sound to an increasingly wider audience. Their music has suffered as a consequence, the sass and strut of the early days gradually suffocated by tired production clichés and vapid, big-name collabs (see Charango). The Antidote has none of that. It's a stonking return to form, as the band trade in their sultry singer Skye Edwards for the feistier, grittier Daisy Martey (ex-Noonday Underground), enlist experimental musician Rob Mullinder and create a massive, orotund and ear-catching psychedelic sound by recording everything live. The songs here are by far the best they've made in a decade, with catchy hooks and thoughtful lyricism matching the bright, eager production sound. The awe-inspiring confidence and thinly disguised joie de vivre that kickstarts the album lasts most of the way through too, marking the long-awaited final stage in the band's transmogrification from introspective dance act to kick-ass stadium rock band. --Paul Sullivan

Product Description

Ross and Paul Godfrey aka Morcheeba, return with their fifth album, The Antidote. The record marks a number of significant changes for the band, most notably their first album without singer Skye Edwards. She has been replaced by Daisy Martey, formerly vocalist for the band Noonday Underground. 'a stonking return to form, as the band trade in their sultry singer Skye Edwards for the feistier, grittier Daisy Martey (ex-Noonday Underground), enlist experimental musician Rob Mullinder and create a massive, orotund and ear-catching psychedelic sound by recording everything live. The songs here are by far the best they've made in a decade, with catchy hooks and thoughtful lyricism matching the bright, eager production sound. The awe-inspiring confidence and thinly disguised joie de vivre that kickstarts the album lasts most of the way through too, marking the long-awaited final stage in the band's transmogrification from introspective dance act to kick-ass stadium rock band'. Echo. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skye is gone, and so is the talent..., May 15, 2005

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Ryan Kelley "Professional Shark Tamer" (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antidote (Audio CD)

I had such an odd mix of feelings when I found out Morcheeba had a new cd. I was joyous, exhuberant, high on life and just plain happy...but, that soon ended when I got this cd and realized something was VERY wrong. SKYE is gone!!!! There is a new vocalist who just DOESN'T do the music justice. She sounds like she should be singing the opening song to a BOND flick, NOT vocalizing for one of the best trip hop bands ever! Skye was the soul of Morcheeba, and her airy, seductive vocals were a HUGE part of what made this band so incredible. The new lead singer's vocals are far too pitchy and annoying for me to fully enjoy. There is just something very grating about her voice to me! I am very upset about Skye leaving the band and I just can not find this album enjoyable. It's lacking more than Skye...It's lacking the old emotion and beauty that Morcheeba's previous albums had. The grittier, crunchier, 1960's influenced sounds are boring and have been done time and time again. For fans of Morcheeba who had high expectations this may just well turn out to be a let-down as it was for myself, but for newer listeners (who have no previous knowledge of the band) they MAY find something in this album that they enjoy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miss Skye but Like Daisy, August 31, 2006

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R. Griffin (dumfries, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antidote (Audio CD)

I don't mind that Skye went solo as long as Morcheeba still sounded good. We got two fine cds out of this deal. Skye's cd continues her own musical adventure while Morcheeba go for a retro feel with Daisy sounding a lot like Grace Slick; one of the best singers ever! Lighten up was the first song to hit me then Everybody Loves A Loser was next and the whole cd grows on you as a whole. Both cds are still better than most of what's out there now!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing..., October 6, 2005

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mondo (LA, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antidote (Audio CD)

When Morcheeba released their singles "Trigger Hippie" and "Tape Loop" I really dug them. Enough to purchase "Who Can You Trust" and i liked that album as well. I even purchased "Big Calm". Overall I liked them but didn't love them. I found their sound to be repetetive. They were kind of like Thievery Corporation. (where each album was maybe once removed from the last. where you could hear an altered version of particular song formulas being used for the next album or the same drum machine being used.) Their songwriting was great but by this time there were already other bands that I thought did what they attempted to do but better. It didn't help that they were lumped in with the second generation of the much maligned "trip-hop" label. So I never purchased the subsequent releases. I don't know how I ended hearing "Wonders Never Cease" but the sound was refreshing and the Daisy Martey's vocals and the arrangements were classic and yet modern at the same time.
"The Antidote" follows through with this approach not every track has the same tempo. A couple of songs have a more "pop" feel than anything they've ever done but this comes across as more refreshing than a mere copying of styles. Daisey Marty's vocal style has much to do with the arrangements as evidenced with the work I've heard her do with her former collaborator on Noonday Underground. The Morcheeba sound is still mellow and the record scratches are far and few in between but it's still Morcheeba...evolved. The entire album is a mesh of more live sounding arrangements with hints of FX that conjure, Shirley Bassey("Wonders Never Cease"), Jefferson Airplane("People Carrier"), and even the Mamas and the Papas("Like a military Coup"). It all makes for a great package of songs. This, sad to say, will be the only Morcheeba album that will have Daisy on it as it appears that so many fans blasted the band for replacing Skye. Sad, because Morcheeba's new direction was promising. Well... maybe they'll bring both back. For all it's worth Daisey your voice was wonderful. Good luck with your future projects. Morcheeba R.I.P....again.

"The Antidote" and "Who Can You Trust?" are highly recommended.