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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Faith in the Faithless, July 15, 2001
I'm new to Faithless, and Outrospective is my first album. After hearing it, I decided to go on and collect all the Faithless albums. Yes, Outrospective is that effective.The album as a whole is flawless. It's a work of art. The album contains 12 rich, dreamy, and some trance tracks, and even my least favorite is very hearable, just not my taste. The album starts with the track "Donny X". All kinda of things are going on the background, and very ambient. It's upbeat and a bit dark. The sound is almost 3-dimensional actually, which is very interesting and pleasing to the ears. Towards the end of the track, Maxi Jazz does his little rap. PLEASE - don't be shunned by the "rap", it's quite different than any other rap you have heard. The second track is "Not Enuff Love", which is great for me. It's a good, sad song that may actually make you think a bit, sang by Dido's (which sings on a later track) brother, Rollo. The third track is one of the hits, "We Come 1." It has the enigma, it has the instruments, and even the ambience. Trance and dance in one. Maxi Jazz does his rap (which is very cool), and the song actually has a deep, deep meaning(s). Try to figure it (or them) out. The song than takes momentum into a very danceable tune that will leave you tired; surely you'll starts busting a move to it. This track is 8: 14 minutes long - and every second is worth it! The track mixes into the next song... ..."Crazy English Summer", which is no more or less than beautiful. The song is actually sad, and it really touched me. A song most of us can relate to. Zoe, the vocalist, sounds like an angel in here. Her voice is deep and thick, yet retains a very attractive, sexy, and an angelic nature. Track five is "Muhammad Ali." Just by the name, you might think it's not a very good song, but actually, it is. It sounds like a retro-70s/80s song. Unless you're an all around music lover, you might not like this song. Track six, "Machines R Us", reminds me of Delerium's earlier, darker works. This track actually annoyed me a bit, with a bit of redundancy, but nothing that's too revolting. This track, luckily, mixes into the next wonder track... ..."One Step Too Far", which is sang by the angelic Dido, whom you might know from her song "Thank You" and her album "No Angel". The song is heavenly, and Dido sounds like an angel. Her voice is very romantic. The song, like all other songs, has a meaning and a common theme with all the other songs. All around good and rich, and it even mixes into the next energy-filled super move-buster... ..."Tarantula". Maxi does a his magic rap, which gives the song something to connect with, with the other songs and the album's main theme. The song than becomes one of the most energized songs I have ever heard in a long time. Close to perfection. This track is one of my favorites. The track even mixes into the next song... ..."Giving Myself Away", which isn't much for me. It's good, nonetheless. I haven't figured out how to connects to the theme of the album, but I will...meanwhile, the songs connects to the beginning of something that is amazing... "Code" is the next track, which is nothing more than a cool, special opening for the next track... ..."Evergreen." Zoe sings once again, and her voice sounds haunting this time, yet retaining it's deep and angelic qualities. This song gives Enigma fans something to look for in Faithless, and although the whole album is amazingly satisfying, Evergreen hits just the exact buttons...so exact, that this song alone would inspire me to buy this album. The final song is "Liontamer", which is not only very ambient and danceable - it's trance, haunting, dark, has a great message, and also will build up even more so in amazingness as you listen. Zoe and Maxi both sing in this amazing piece of artwork, and it's very impressive how rap and beauty both could entwine to create an atmosphere so rich, and so pleasing. The album is great. It's like a book. There's a common theme that develops, and the songs will soon start making better sense. The more you hear, the more you find out, the more you think, and the better the songs will become. Give out some of your faith to Faithless; to Outrospective. Regression is far away.
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