Klosure Disposable Klassix

Khanoda | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00000IKSE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,843,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Completion, February 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Klosure Disposable Klassix (Audio CD)

This album is pertinent to the completion of anyone's music collection. It is so unfortunate that this artist is so overlooked by the mainstream industry. You can hear his many influences from david bowie to the smiths, even his hypnotic dance tracks really get you moving. I recommend this album to anyone who has taste.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Misery never sounded so good..., April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Klosure Disposable Klassix (Audio CD)

Dark, atmospheric, funky, raw, pop-like, blistering, compelling, emotionally draining, ironic, sexy, silly, inspiring, brutally honest, captivating. Perfect.

Klosure, Disposable Klassix and Other Potential Failures (1988-1998), by Khanoda, is an unconventional retrospect by an artist who--in ten years--was never sought out for pop stardom, but sure had the talent to be big (or at least a cult figure on the alternative music scene). An incredible lyricist, especially on songs like "Frigid", "Twister", "If You Kiss Me" and the techno driven "Slowly". The latter track putting electronic novice like U2 and Madonna to shame.

I never heard of Khanoda until last year, when a friend played me his album. I've been hooked ever since. This is what the 90's should've sounded like.

This guy should have been given his props.

4.0 out of 5 stars The UK version is better..., April 11, 2002

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Vari8tion (Cambridge, England UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Klosure Disposable Klassix (Audio CD)

Missing from this collection are "That's What I Call Love '94" (which samples Johnny Vicious' "Queen's Anthem", and is structured into verse-chorus-verse formulae to appropriate Khanoda's original 1989 vocal...giving Vicious' terribly redundant 1994 club hit a more constant flow) and the eerily sensual "Shame", from Khanoda's 1997 "covers" EP, "603 muv".

Also, a number of songs on the US release are considerably longer, whereas on the UK edition, "Say A Prayer" and "That's My Desire" run under the 5 minute mark.

On the plus side, the US release features a pulsating house remix of the otherwise dull "Could I Be Your Girl?" as well as two new tracks "Hush, Whisper, Shut" and "Twister/Farley Pinapple"--which aren't available on the UK disc, but should have been.

It has been long since this album was released. Over three and a half years to be exact. Although this CD serves as an "introduction" to his "failed accomplishments" between 1988 - 1998, and has been one of the more surprising and enjoyable albums that I have purchased in say, 5 years(?); I think it's about time Mr. Squillace stop dwelling in the past and move on to make a new album. And I say that as a fan!