Customer Reviews

Natural Selection

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Can you wear out a CD??? I have been playing this non-stop!!

I loved Kin and Terra Firma ( wore those out too)..but this one feels more polished. It's spare in a really lush way, and more trippy than the others. More female vocals then the last, some remind me of Porteshead, some sorta Cocteau Twins, I even felt a little Madonna in there in a soft Massive Attack kind of way (track # 3).

Even with all these resemblances...the music is still fresh and original. I like every track...how many Cd's can you say that about?

The lyrics are actually meaningful, even uplifting, with out being sappy in the slightest. This music makes you feel good!

Very cool. It's great!

This CD is progressive, modern, trance, triphop, chill, groove and happening in a BIG WAY!

BUY IT!

If you're a fan of Sounds from the Ground, take note that this sounds pretty much nothing like what they've done before. The biggest difference is the addition of the lazy-pop style vocals. At first listen, this sounds uninteresting and commonplace. Keep listening..... Yeah, that's it.

SFTG are awesome UK performers and you have to give them credit for always stretching, in terms of what they are doing musically, but to me this album is too vocal/pop oriented. It's probably partly because they wanted to reach a bigger audience but my taste lies with their more musically panoramic first two earlier releases, "Kin" and "Terra Firma." Both are brilliant and deserve to be added to your music collection!

I'm a huge sounds from the ground fan. I own most of their stuff, including natural selection. I'm NOT a huge fan of this album! For me, sounds from the ground is about downtempo electronic chill. The occasional and rare vocal track is a nice change of pace for these guys. But that's just it, occasional and rare is the key to my enjoyment. Most of natural selection is vocal based, not my cup of tea. Those that enjoy vocal chillout, this might be the album for you. But if you think that the words get in the way of blissful relaxation, stick with the other albums by SFTG.

After making myself listen to this CD a few times, some of the tracks have definitely grown on me. I am still overall disappointed in this release. My suggestion: Consider listening to Natural Selection before buying it. I loved the other two SFTG CD's and immediately purchased Natural Selection the day it was released. Upon listening to it, all I could think of was that maybe the SFTG label was printed on someone else's CD. The female vocals on most of the tracks were a complete surprise to the legion of SFTG fans. It would be a fine CD if I thought it was another group's release. As it stands, I still find it sad to feel like I have lost a group who's music I loved.