Number One [Import]

Fischerspooner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ministry of Sound
• ASIN: B00006ALGC
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #893,997 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweetness

2. The 15th

3. Emerge

4. L. A. Song

5. Tone Poem

6. Horizon

7. Invisible

8. Turn On

9. *#@¥¿

10. Natural Disaster

11. Ersatz

Editorial Reviews

FISCHERSPOONER #1 (2002 issue UK 12-track enhanced CD album picture sleeve. Includes the single Emerge plus extra CD-Rom footage FSMOSCD1X)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Truly one of a kind, December 5, 2002

By 

Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Number One (Audio CD)

I had read a lot of good reviews in various music publications about Fischerspooner. I was curious to hear their take on electronic music. All I knew was at the time was their music had an '80s feel to it, with a good blast of modern techno music. So I was willing enough to shell out the few extra bucks to acquire the import copy of "#1" over the summer. It definitely required a few listens for the music to sink in but the more I listened to "#1", the more I enjoyed it. I'm not big on this whole electroclash movement that seems to be the latest craze in dance music but I truly dug Fischerspooner's music. "#1" reminded me of the days of wearing torn sweatshirts and leg warmers, and when MTV actually played music videos and without the pretentiousness of Carson Daly and that TRL drek. I especially dug "The 15th". The song in some strange way reminds me Thomas Dolby, Flock of Seagulls, and Soft Cell. "L.A Song" really sounds like something that Men Without Hats and the Fixx might have done. A bit repetitive to begin with, eventually the song grew on me as soon as I got past the repetitive electro beats. Overall, I sincerely enjoyed "#1" a lot. Listening to the album makes me wish for the good ol' days of new wave and no garbage from Britney Spears and Eminem.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, August 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Number One (Audio CD)

I've been waiting for the re-release of this album (remastered and 3 new tracks). I'm very glad it's here - this is probably the best of the new-wave 80s revivalist movement (electroclash, electrocrash, nü-electro, or whatever you choose to call it this week). There are real songs here... with choruses, and verses and everything! Analogue synths abound, with 21st century studio tricks & vocoder technology thrown into the mix. While they do have a lot in common with a lot of newer bands such as Adult., Miss Kitten & the Hacker (who remixed the "Emerge" single) and Le Car, this album reminded me of my old Yaz albums for its meloncholy lyrics and computer blips. The hidden bonus track "Megacolon" is an absolute scream. Highly, highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, August 7, 2002

By 

R O C K E T (The Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Number One (Audio CD)

I'd been trying to get ahold of this album for soooo long. The other day I was in a music store and happened to see this album sitting out on the shelf. I was way excited and I was not disappointed at all. In fact, I expected to be quite disappointed (as I am with most "electroclash" albums I get my hands on, other than Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Goldenboy, and Felix da Housecat). But this album is a rare, unique gem. There are bits electro, bits of Human League, bits of Underworld, bits of...hmm, I don't even know. It's unique. I thoroughly enjoy the whole thing (especially when playing it on a surround sound speaker system). Favorite tracks are "Invisible," the melancholy "Tone Poem," "Turn On," and "Natural Disaster." Highly recommended for those adventurous music types.