Dirty Words [Import]

Departure | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 15, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
• ASIN: B0009E2S2A
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese pressing includes the bonus tracks 'The City Blurs Your Eyes' & 'This New Craze'. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More 80's revival. ..But again, very good stuff indeed., July 13, 2005

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Takis Tz. (InYourHead) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Words (Audio CD)

Sure. If you're over 30 you've heard it all before, and even better you might claim. Yet, this album is worth listening to as well as owning. Why? Well, for starters, if you think that the 70-80s rock/punk sound was one of the most intriguing pages of rock history, why not give it a shot, as more modernised, fresher take by a band that seem to have all their elements aligned right?

Departure do carry such assets and this becomes apparent by the the very first spin of the album on your stereo. They've got their charismatic signer who seems to be perfectly at home when he shouts out those alternative vocals of the past. Which in turn is a paradox because those vocals never became the mainstream actually.
Then there's Departure's music. Again, a sizey array of bands will spring spontaneously to mind once you hear the opening riffs and the accompanying drums. But, and that's what important here instead of being turned away, you'll be inclined to listen on. And you wont regret it either.
The band seem to take themselves seriously (yes, i know that can also be a bad thing) and have delivered a formidable album with almost no filler tracks, and which has all kindsa cool atmospheres that emerge the more you get into it.
This alternative 80s idea is looking increasingly better and better. Even if it all seemed dodgy at first.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Record Stands on it's own., January 13, 2006

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Jim Benny "silentsighs" (drifter, somewhere in US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Words (Audio CD)

Why does everyone feel the need to give a brochure like description of The Departure. Oh, they sound like this group, or OOh i hear elements of this or that. Just about every modern band you come across is going to be almost re-hashing a style or arrangement. Everything has been done, so yeah "it sounds similar" to stuff you've heard. Anyway, on to the review.
The album is a fun, energetic, danceable listen. Dirty words is loaded with knifing guitar riffs dueling one another, silk-like thick base lines, catchy beats, and peppered symbols. The lyrics most certainly come across trite and lame. However, the lead singer has a tremendously thick british accent, and a good tone to his voice which in turn makes it a pleasure to hear. Just don't take them too seriously, although as mentioned before, they seem too. Like a lot of brit acts to the american ear, it takes maybe 2 or 3 spins. However, I'm almost certain the music will make you move from the get go.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is cool, August 6, 2005

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alexander laurence (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Words (Audio CD)

The Departure is another of the new British bands who are yet to crash upon American shores. In fact this is an import and not released here yet. They have a little techno sound. They have a hard rock sound too. They vocals are really British sounding. In other words, they are probably more like The Fall. In songs like "Only Human" there are heavy guitar riffs. It's a little like The Bravery. The song that most people have heard is "All Mapped Out" which could be a song by The Bravery too. They are maybe like The Bravery if they could play their instruments. "Lump In My Throat" reminds me of Echo and the Bunnymen. In many of their songs, The Departure have good dynamics. They have good surf guitar riffs. It's a cool sound overall. It doesn't really sound like anyone else out there right now. They might be a good band to see live.