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Factory Blue

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When I saw Gooding in concert, during the Factory Tour at the Continental in New York City, I was blown away. Not only was it one of the best shows I have seen all year it was an experience. Once I bought the CD, I was even more amazed. For anyone who wants to listen to something different and new, this is definately the one to get. It IS the best CD of 99.

Factory Blue is the soundtrack to an unrealized film script. The tried-and-true premise of music for nonexistent films is one that can be really pretentious in the wrong hands, but brilliant in the correct ones. Suffice it to say that Gooding doesn't fall onto the pretentious side. This all-instrumental album has a little bit of a lot of different types of music, but manages to transcend and defy genres, as opposed to just merely mix them. This is one of the best all-instrumental albums of all time, right up there with Phylr's Contra La Puerta, Peter Gabriel's Passion, Barry Adamson's Moss Side Story, Lab Report's Terminal and Delerium's Syrophenikan. Get it.

I found this cd under 'Misc. G' at a record store in my area. I was looking for something else but this caught my eye. Seemed like interesting stuff. After listening, I can say that my intuition was right this time. This is a fine piece of work. I hoped to find other selections by this artist but no such luck. These elegant, dark instrumentals will have to do for now. The occasional use of voice adds to the music well and clarifies the messages here. And, I love the use of percussive effects. The subtitle to this is "songs from the unrealized film script" -- makes me wonder what that film would have been like to watch.

it sure did. save some cash and buy some razor blades. this one's a downer.