Ideal Crash [Import]

Deus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Island UK
• ASIN: B000026O4B
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Put The Freaks Up Front

2. Sister Dew

3. One Advice, Space

4. The Magic Hour

5. The Ideal Crash

6. Instant Street

7. Magdalena

8. Everybody's Weird

9. Let's See Who Goes Down First

10. Dream Sequence #1

Editorial Reviews

Unavailable in the U.S., Ideal Crash is the 1999 release from this Belgian Alterna-Rock band. Produced by David Bottil, this 10 track release has been called their best album overall by critics and fans alike. Includes 'Put The Freaks Up Front', 'Sister Dew', 'Let's See Who Goes Down First' and others. Island.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars disappointed by the fans reviewing this album, July 27, 2005

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rae27 (Beirut, Lebanon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ideal Crash (Audio CD)

I think this album as well as the other dEUS albums are of 5 star-quality album material.. It appalls me to see while reading some of the posted reviews here that "let's see who goes down first" for example, the ninth track on this album, to be considered a failed one.

Personally, I would go far as to say that this is probably one of the best european pop/rock album releases of 1999. Sure, it's different than the other two previous releases, a bit mellower on some tracks perhaps, more elctronic on some others... WCS was left raw, crunchy, distorted and ideal crash is much more dependent on production work.

Nevertheless, this album turned out to be quite the production success.. a triumph in that matter. The album's released singles are by far not the only good ones, or even the better ones. All songs are equally beautiful, each in its own way.

I remind everyone, and all those interested in purchasing this album that dEUS is one of those bands you'll start appreciating only after the 10th time. As i recall a review mentioned during its release, you'll spend and lose weeks in the hands of the Ideal Crash.

And for all you dEUS fans outhere, the new album "pocket revolution" is just over a month away from being released. (sigh) ... Finally :).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a different style of music, April 19, 2002

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nameless entity (somewhere in west-vlaanderen) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ideal Crash (Audio CD)

This is dEUS' most poppy work to date and it's better than their previous album but not as good as WCS. It seems that together with Stef the chaos left dEUS' songs (except for the end of 'instant street') . A lot of fans think they are sell outs but I don't agree. This band has evolved.
the first 6 songs are very close to perfection (it's no coincidence that the 3 released singles are number 2,5 and 6 on the album) The worst song on the album is 'let's see who goes down first' and I think it should have been replaced by 'you can't deny what you liked as a child' (released as a bonus track on the digipack version)
But the other 9 tracks are excellent.
conclusion: This is a great dEUS album.period.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointment..., January 7, 2000

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Noam (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ideal Crash (Audio CD)

I don't know for exact what i don't like about this album... 'The ideal crash' no.1 problem is that you just don't want to hear it again... when you hear it, it sounds good but not like their other albums, which i still hear over and over again. I think they probably lost their charm, this album is way over-produced and just by this simple reason it's not a great album, just another one to the collection. But it's still dEUS... That's why the 4 stars are for...