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Machines of Loving Grace

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The styles are all over the palce on their first album...Concentration is better but this is still a good cd.....very strange....mellow, soothing, and dark. It even gets funky at times...worth the price alone for X-Insurrection.

The first effort from industrial blend artists Machines of Loving Grace, genre is dismissed as they combine techno, goth and pop in a wide-ranging album. The focus strays a bit as the band seems to be trying to prove all they can accomplish - but this album is filled with moments of clarity that move the soul emotionally or move the feet rhythmically.

For all you industrial heads who grew up on the music of the early 90s, this album is a must have.
It's, dare I say, more listenable than the likes of NIN, Skinny Puppy or Coil, but still retains a unique industrial rock flavor, that I must admit they lost on their last album Gilt. This album contains some of MOLG's most famous and rockingest tunes like "Rite of Shiva", "Lipstick 66" and "Burn Like Brilliant Trash...", and ends with the funky-ass, bass-heavy "Number 9". The only thing I suggest is that you skip the lame, slow ballad "Ciccolina".

This is a great cd. I first listened to it many years ago in college. The music style varies throughout the album however the album is held together by the way the singer handles the arrangements. Vary hard to categorize this album other than to say, get it, you won't be disappointed as they smoothly transition from industrial to political then drop into funk.