The Fake Sound of Progress [Import]

Lostprophets | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Visible Noise
• ASIN: B00005R0FF
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #879,021 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shinobi Vs. Dragon Ninja

2. The Fake Sound of Progress

3. Five Is a Four Letter Word

4. ...And She Told Me to Leave

5. Kobrakai

6. The Handsome Life of Swing

7. A Thousand Apologies

8. Still Laughing

9. For Sure

10. Awkward

11. Ode to Summer

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Lostprophets CD booklet proclaims: "6 bored kids = melody-aggression-emotion-energy-intelligence." What it doesn't say, but should: "If you like Incubus, you'll like Lostprophets." The British outfit mines much of the same territory as their more thoughtful nu metal, new millennium brethren, mixing an earnest Incubus hippie vibe with Creed-like sincerity and dash a of Faith No More oddity and syncopation for a commercial, if not groundbreaking, sound. Vocalist Ian Watkins has personality and passion and the band's playing is crisp and dynamic. Turntables, loops, and keyboards lend depth and hip-hop flavor to the melodic, tightly wound rock. The 11 songs here are all uniformly strong and intense, if not always deep and unique. --Katherine Turman

Product Description

Hailing from Britain, Lost Prophets are currently blitzing the US on the annual Ozzfest tour. The first single from their debut album is 'Shinobi Vs. Dragon Ninja', --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great debut album, February 24, 2006

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Joe Schmo (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fake Sound of Progress (Audio CD)

I was introduced to this band a couple years ago by a friend and I really liked thier heavy sound with Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja. So I bought this CD and was very impressed. The singer has a very distinct voice that switches from melodic to powerful screaming that keeps me interested. Plus they have real heavy guitar riffs that punch you in the face. I also own Start Something and this is much better I think.
Fav songs: Shinobi, Five is a four letter word, Kobrakai.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Debut, January 19, 2006

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S. Winslade "English Prophet Fan" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fake Sound of Progress (Audio CD)

This album kicks ass, especially for a first album. Every song on the album is excellent quality, and each song showcase's everything that the prophets are about. Brilliant music, excellently sung. (and its not just in the studio, ian can pull out all the stops live as well). Buy this album before you buy their second record, Start Something!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than "Start Something", December 11, 2004

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TheGhostofFreedom - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fake Sound of Progress (Audio CD)

at least in my opinion it is. I, like most peaple who just heard of them, bought "Start Something" first and i liked that originally, so i decided to get their first cd. Most of the songs on "The Fake Sound of Progress" are harder than "Start Something" and it seems less radio friendly(which is a good thing in this case.) I first heard of this band a couple years ago when i saw the video for "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" but forgot about them until "Last Train Home," and even then it took me a while to make the connection between the two songs because the two cd's are so different(actually I made the connection when i went to download a song or two from "Start Something" to check it out before i bought it.) If you liked "Start Something" for songs like "Last Train Home" than you probably won't like "The Fake Sound of Progress." I like every song on this cd and whenever i get bored of listening to the radio(which is quite often) this is one of the cds i regularly put in the stereo.

As for similarities to other bands, I don't own any Incubus albums so i can't say they sound alike, and as for the Linkin Park similarity? A little bit in the music but not that much, really.