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3.0 out of 5 stars
This is my review, baby, I'll write it for you..., March 31, 2001
This review is from: Love Song Pt.1 (Audio CD)
One might expect a love song to be passionate and pretty, but the Utah Saints have instead delivered a cut that is cold and dispassionate. Tweaked and filtered throughout this mid-tempo trance-ish track is a raspy male vocal sample, repeating, "this is my love song, baby, I'll sing it for you." The first couple of listens left me unimpressed, but the song's detached minimalism has since grown on me enough to consider it "alright".
The One Rascal New Vision Mix is excellent. Albert Cabrera has taken this unremarkable song and transformed it into a work of beauty, even while retaining the original vocal refrain. A hard, smooth, conventional beat drives the entire remix. In the first half, a lonely, descending string sound sings its melancholy melody amidst various disco-esque elements. The mood dramatically rebounds in the second half, as you are rushed to paradise, flying atop shimmering pads of evocative sound.
The Maverick Olsen Mix is not bad per se, but there is nothing especially worthwhile about it either. It is done in a style of trance that really does nothing for me, although your mileage may vary. The "love song" vocal, ugly as ever, is tweaked to differing pitches, altering its quasi-melody. At one point, it is lowered deep into bass territory. Indistinct female vocals are also added in the background.
"Love Song", from the album _Two_, was released on two CD singles in the UK. I gave this CD only three stars is because it contains only three tracks: a radio edit and two remixes, only one of which I enjoy. The other CD single sports the full-length version of the song and two more remixes: the Monetshot Mix, and Rascal Dub -- an extended revisitation of the paradise portion of the One Rascal New Vision Mix.
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