Elektrodelica

Anything Box | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jarrett Records/Ka
• ASIN: B00000I3UP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A bitter disappointment, December 20, 1999

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Bill Cooper (SE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elektrodelica (Audio CD)

As a stark-raving-mad Anything Box fan who wore out his copies of "Hope" and especially the "lost album" "Worth," obviously I had huge expectations for this CD. But even if I hadn't been expecting much, it's pretty safe to say that I still would have found this album less than stellar.

Fans of the bands previous albums expecting the light, danceable synth-pop of "Peace," the complex songcraft of "Worth" or the melodic techno/trance of "Hope" will find none of those sounds on "Elecktrodelika." Claude S. and company offer a harsher, darker sound here...but that isn't the problem. The CD seems to be filled with unfinished songs...there are a lot of promising ideas and rich textures here, but the quickie tunes end before they even seem to begin. The tracks here can hardly be considered "songs," actually, and only the Beatle-esque "Conscious" recalls the Anything Box of old. Dania Morales, who always provided exquisite backing vocals on the previous releases, left before the making of this album, and her presence is also sorely missed here.

I admire Claude's determination and unwillingness to compromise the Anything Box "vision" (which prompted the band to leave Sony Music after the release of their debut album), but this album is not a step in the right direction. What Anything Box offered in the past...beautiful melodies, heartfelt lyrics, flawless harmonies, catchy SONGS...isn't anywhere to be found on "Elektrodelica." I must say that the album is an interesting experiment into new territory, but the material leaves much to be desired. So this is my personal plea to Claude S.....PLEASE go back to doing what you do best, and PLEASE finish writing a song before you record it!

This CD does have one thing going for it...it made me appreciate the previous albums even more. I sincerely hope the next album gets better than this...AND BRING BACK DANIA!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Space Can Be Good, April 13, 2006

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Eric Jensen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elektrodelica (Audio CD)

I picked up this album after having only heard the Peace release, and there is quite a bit of difference in styles. I think the vocals have become more polished as the band matures. The bouncy pop sound has been transmuted into a more trancy - space feel, and yet it still works well. My favorite tracks on this album are "Automatons & Emitter" (Two tracks that are blended into one), the instrumental "V C F" which is exceptionally simple and deep at the same time, and "Conscious" which seems like a tribute to the Beetles.

Many of the tracks are short, at around 2 minutes in length. In a way it reminds me of a buffet meal where you take small portions of lots of great food. In this case its small songs that each have a different flavor. I don't think it's necessary to draw out a song to get the feel, and I respect an artist able to put so much variety on one disc. This is one of the few albums where every track makes it onto my portable music player.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Anything Box with their worst album to date............, April 3, 2002

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shervin nooshin (Helotes, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elektrodelica (Audio CD)

Since Diana left the band, Claude S. seems to be strugling to make great music like the old days. Claude S. experimented with new sounds that sounds terible. The addition of guitars and spacy pop noises just didn't do it for me (a long time fan). The music is not good at all like the old synth-pop sounds we all came to love from Anything Box. I also dont care much for the lyrics in this album (very cheezy). Their later release "universe is expanding" is much better than "Electrodelica" as they improved the new sound that the group was aiming for with this album but it is still nothing like the old days. This is the bands worst album to date and although I am a big fan, I do not recomend this album unless you are a die hard fan and just want to have all their stuff to keep in your collection and not ever listen to it like myself.