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George Is on

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Over a year after their smash hit Flashdance, Deep Dish finally releases the artist album to put it on!

We start off with 2 Morel sung tracks (and I have to point out right away that I was never a big fan of Morel's voice) that are both very, very good. Deep Dish have come up with the melody and lyrics to make even the annoying Morel sound very agreeing. His voice is very different from anything in any music genre, but they have found a way to mesh it very nicely here.

Track 3 needs no introduction. Track 4, the instrumental house track Swallow Me, is one of the best tracks on the CD. Track 5 is another track by the singer of Flashdance, and it's decent, but nothing as special as Flashdance or the superb new single Say Hello (track 7).

Track 6, suprisingly, is another good Morel track (I think I'm actually starting to like this guy now). Track 8 is very puzzling, as it's basically just an updated remix of Stevie Nicks' Dreams. Not sure why it was made, so I just scratch my head and listen to it, as it's actually pretty decent. Now, track 10 is called Sexy Ill and track 8 is called Dub Shepherd, but I think they names got switched because Dub Shepherd is the sexy track, with the breathy vocals, and Sexy Ill is the first of the 2 tracks on the CD I dislike. It's an old school sounding instrumental which does nothing for me.

Sergio's theme (a nice ambient track), and the Dubfire sung In Love With a Friend are up next, and the CD unfortunately ends on a sour note to me, the Dire Straits/Flashdance mix. I grew up with the original Money for Nothing song, which is a classic rock tune of it's time, and I don't think it has any place being mixed with Flashdance. It sounds very, very odd to me.

As a bonus, you get a 2nd CD with remixes of their two singles and both videos.

An artist album by anyone with 11 out of 13 tracks being above average is exceptional, even more so for a the house music genre. DON'T MISS THIS ONE!

in the back of the mind of every fan of an underground success lies the fear that one day that underground success wil release an album full of commercial-friendly uninspired schlock. i think that day has come for deep dish, and i say this as a very big fan of theirs that understands that they've always been on the "commercial" side. this album is eager-to-please but doesn't really have any depth or cover any new territory that hasn't already been done better by other dj's. deep dish has always been innovative, yet still able to keep a crowd moving, and though these tracks may keep the floor bumping, they are too superficial to have any staying power. i happen to love the new electro turn in progressive house, as the same old anti-climatic dubby darkness was beginning to get old, and the electro movement has revitalized some of my favorite acts including sander kleinenberg, john digweed, and danny howells, all of whom have released better albums this year than this one.

i was disappointed with what i was hearing until the sublime track number 7, "say hello", but i had already heard a better remix of it before. towards the end, it gains a little depth, but unfortunately, the tracks are too anti-climatic to be interesting. and though useful on vinyl, a second disc of remixes is usually useless to the home mp3/cd listener.

overall, i'd say that this would be a disc to be thrown on and listened to every now and then, but this will hardly go down in fame as deep dish's best in the years to come.

I have to disagree with everyone else here. Now just to make things clear, I am no newbie club kid who needs deep dark progressive to make me happy. But this album just straight up bored the hell out of me. It is absolutely nothing like what you would expect from a Deep Dish album. Ive lived through the 80s and have no need of a hyped up CD filled with remixes of our favorites from those days. Everyone is well due their opinions so if you liked the CD all the more power to you, but for those of you out there that are Deep Dish fans please listen to this first for it is not what you are probably expecting.

"George Is On" is the long awaited follow up to Deep Dish's first LP "Junk Science." Unfortunately Sharam's excitement depicted on the album cover doesn't translate to the music. I'm not sure what the problem is, but the music is just sort of uninspired.

The biggest indicator is that the "big tune" and first single of the album, "Flashdance", is not nearly as catchy as they think it is. If the major track on the album isn't just incredibly strong, that doesn't speak well for the rest of the album. The song is not bad and some parts are cool, the endlessly repeating guitar riff is not 'rockin' enough to carry the song. "Say Hello", the other standout, also underperforms. The rest of the tracks are even less memorable. The production is fine and the CD sounds good, but it's so musically uninspiring that nothing really stands out.

To be fair, I'm not a huge fan of progressive house (or whatever you want to call it), but I enjoy it when it's well done. This is the sort of album that die-hard house fans might enjoy, but for those who only buy a few albums per year in this style should avoid it. I would instead recommend checking out Deep Dish's Global Underground DJ sets, or buying "Junk Science" if you don't have it already. It's disappointing to be giving a Deep Dish CD such a negative review, but it's just not worth buying.

Nice Deep Dish released an original album with great club material. Keeping with the deep sound and adding tripped out vocals, Deep Dish indeed. Although I prefer a mixed album, this material is classic and will bring a smile to your face. Flashdance is one of the best songs of 05' and will bring you back to the sound many djs are going to like Acosta and Tiesto. Adding guitars to dubbed out vocals is the sound of today and Deep Dish might have started it. They've been on board for a long time, and top some of their best hits with this album. Stevie Nicks song and Flashing For Money are perfect to bring this mix back to earth. If you like housey trance buy this album without a hesitation.

Don't know who the hell George is or why he is on, but I can say that this second album of original material from Deep Dish is stellar. I'm simply blown away by the use of guitars and vocals. One minute, songs like "No Stopping For Nicotine" remind me of the best moments of Love and Rockets, and then the next minute you've got Anousheh providing bluesy, sexy vocals on guitar and live-drum laden house tracks ("Flashdance" and "Awake Enough" are standouts). Then the Fleetwood Mac cover ("Dreams") is just incredible. And for all those people who are going to say it's "pop" or "too vocal" or whatever, they need to understand that Deep Dish could probably very easily have made an album full of only 4/4 dancefloor tracks (and there are some great one's on this album), but that's what their singles and remixes are for. You can hear that they choose to push their sound forward on this album, and they did so by making great songs that do not comprimise their roots or their integrity. The extra Cd with remixes is nice too.

"George Is On" from Deep Dish lands with a wonderful feeling throughout the entire album to give it a sound possibility of a perfect score that it so well deserves in the same landmark tradition of Mobo's "Play" or Fatboy Slim's "You've come a long way baby" but more akin to the groundbreaking "Homework" from Daft Punk. Let it grow on you and then let it grow some more and more and more.... This is Alpha soundworkz that makes the dead wanna dance and angels sing in beat. Wow, wow, wow, wow... SAY HELLO!! SAY HELLO!! TRICK IN TIME!!! My feet are on fire...

When left to their own devices Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi, who form Deep Dish, tend to overlook the punch needed in crafting a compelling dance song--even when the punch is already there. Unlike their cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic "Dreams" (featuring Stevie Nicks) and the brilliant "Say Hello" their minimalist approach in production style is very much an attribute, however becomes a bore for most of "George Is On" (the duos follow up to 1998's "Space Junk"). That case is best supported by the album's third track, "Flashdance," which is really a cover of Shandi's "He's A Dream" from the film and soundtrack of the same name.

If anyone has heard "He's A Dream" would know that the verses sung on the song lead up to a wicked blast of a chorus, but here DD thought it would be better to drop the chorus altogether, thus making the song anti-climatic; which leads me to believe that DD lack not only the production skills to re-produce an effective cover, if not a better one ("Dreams" aside), but do not have the skills of real musicians to know when progession is needed.

"George Is On" is pretty much a spotty and flawed effort that's demonstrative of how ego takes precedence over real talent and the need to strive to out-do yourself and your limitations when your name becomes a brand and is all you need to get by. I'm assuming that's why DD covered Dire Straits 1985 gem "Money for Nothing."

Deep Dish's newest CD is really quite good and very deserving of 4-stars. "George Is On" actually reminded me a lot of BT's superb "Movement in Still Life" CD from a few years ago. I say this because it has a lot of different types of electronica/ techno/ dance styles throughout.

There is a great balance of vocals vs. non-vocals. There's also a good mix between guy-vocals vs. girl-vocals. The album never gets old and repetitive. Each song is new and different enough from the next to make it very worthy of repeat listenings.

"George Is On" also features a very cool remix of a Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams", which you may not know from the title. But it's the song that goes "Thunder only happens when it's raining.... players only love you when they're playing." So I'm sure you've heard it before, but never like this.

There's also a cool mash-up mix of the hugely popular "Flashdance" with the Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing".

Both songs are quite old, but they get a very cool updated treatment by Deep Dish.

The second disc full of remixes was a bit of overkill to me. However, the first one's very good and very solid throughout. Highly recommended!

The duo from Deep Dish, hailing from Washington D.C., has been known for years for their incredible productions and remixes for artists like Madonna, Dido, and Everything But The Girl which have stormed dance clubs around the world. Here's your chance to own a full CD of their work.

You definitely want to shell out a few extra bucks and pick up the double CD version of "George Is On", which contains the remixes of "Flashdance" and "Say Hello". "Say Hello" was a worldwide club hit which topped the U.S. charts in Fall '05. "Flashdance" is easily one of the best works Deep Dish has ever put out.

The other added "treat" on this CD, is Deep Dish's treatment of Stevie Nick's classic tune "Dreams" - the one she took to #1 on the charts with Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nicks actually resung the vocals for this mix and it is amazing, especially when hearing it at a big room club.

Hopefully these guys will keep up the good work and bring us more CDs like this in the near future!