Broken Ear Record [Import]

Black Dice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI/Dfa Records
• ASIN: B000A79NKG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,804,591 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Damn thing's crazy., September 19, 2006

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Parkansky "MERP" (Morehead, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broken Ear Record (Audio CD)

This was my first Black Dice album, and I, like most people when they first hear Black Dice, had this reaction: "What the f**k is this s**t?"

I was a little shocked by just how far this band was from making anything remotly close to "music," yet...you can snap your fingers and dance to this album! As weird and arty and crazy as it sounds, there are some discernable melodies and hooks in with the madness.

Standout tracks would have to be the creaking groovy "Snarly Yow" and "Smiling Off", which has some really messsed-up guitar and a great drum groove. This is also one of the most psychedelic albums I've heard in a while. It's music that makes you feel stoned without getting stoned. That's a great feat, in my opinion.

So, if you enjoy electronic music without all that Chemical-brothers "one more time" [..], this is for you.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Album of the year so far, September 7, 2005

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The Virus "pee pee" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broken Ear Record (Audio CD)

Wow.
Black Dice is back after the disappointing (yet still decent) Creature Comforts. Back are the beats, not played by drums but created mostly from the result of tons of effects piling on top of each other. Black Dice continue to reinvent themselves with every release, from dissecting hardcore to it's basic elements on early albums, to the pentultimate masterpiece that is Beaches and Canyons, to Broken Ear Record. This is Dance Music for noise heads.
Easily the best record of the year so far.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nintendogs?, January 24, 2006

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J. Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broken Ear Record (Audio CD)

Does anyone else think that the synthasizer in the Nintendo DS game Nintendogs was used in makng the final song, Motorcycle? some of the sounds seem very similar.

By the way, this album requires more thought than i can muster at 5AM in the evening to accurately review, but i think it is outstanding.