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4.0 out of 5 stars
mojo in motion, April 4, 2007
This review is from: The Living Eye (Audio CD)
The best yet by the Men from S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Definitely an improvement over previous albums 'Sugartown' and 'With the Finger on the Trigger' as they were groovy but also tended to get one dimensional. By the time the album was over you'd be sick of the hammond sound. However, since working on the Wilson Chance movie soundtrack, The men have turned a corner and stepped up their game a couple notches. Rather than trying to recreate the 60's mod sound, the men are now incorporating a more modern vision while staying true to the roots of the movement they further. Their songs are layered with multiple levels of sound, impeccible timing with sound effects that work with the music and don't stand out as cheap sonics, and the rhythms are both groovy and psychedelic at the same time. Plenty of mojo to go around. This album has good flow while each song is very polished and fluid in it's own right. No dead spots. Focus rotates around the band on most tracks and any of them could step into the soundtrack of a movie as there's lots of motion implied by the sound.
My only criticism is perhaps the combination of hammond and sound FX tips the balance too much towards one part of the listener's ear wearing it out. The men need to balance the sound out a bit more and not rely so much on the Hammond to lead all the songs. I tend to want to listen to accoustic music following a spectre album as a means of pushing the reset button on my hearing. That being said, I still give this album two thumbs up as it really does groove.
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