Reeled & Skinned [Import]

Red Snapper | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warp
• ASIN: B000007394
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,229 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get to the roots of Red Snapper, October 26, 2000

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Robby Raeford (Greensboro, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reeled & Skinned (Audio CD)

I got this album, after getting Making Bones and Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper. I love the acid jazz style of Red Snapper, and the fact that they use live bass and drums. But I was expecting bland techno from this, their first album, but I still had to give it a try. I was very pleasently surprised.

One thing that Making Bones was noted for was its acid jazz roots. Many people argued this saying that "Just because they blow a couple of trombones doesn't make them acid jazz". While this is true, they obviosuly haven't heard Reeled And Skinned. This album shows off the time when Red Snapper was a jazz band, not a techno band. All of the songs have DEEP double bass, excellent drumming, and usually some type of brass. This will definatly satisfy many fans who liked the minor jazz elements in Making Bones.

Most of the songs are instrumental, and MC Det had not yet joined the crew. Beth Orton privides vocals on two tracks. The song "In Deep" displays her talent as a singer/songwriter, showing off her strong and deep voice; it almost sounds like a song off of a James Bond movie. I would have loved some raps from MC Det to help fight off the usual repetitiveness of some instrumentals, but those instances are very rare. The songs remain fresh, throwing in new rhythms and instruments at every turn.

Fans of Making Bones will immeadiatly recongnize the tune from The Sleepless as "Snapper" - but the song has been majorly changed. MC Det obviously does not appear, but Beth Orton does show up with some background vocals. There is some excellent layed back horn playing on this track.

Every single track is excellent, and it would take too long to go into detail about each one. Lobster is a great way to finish the album, which is a long and beautiful track featuring flutes, horns, and wonderful bass. It is a great way to finish the album.

This first cut by Red Snapper demonstrates their ability as a true acid jazz group. This was before they really discovered what electronic music was, and just about everything is a live instrument. If you need to convince someone that Red Snapper is truly acid jazz, play this album for them. Making Bones is merely a transfusion of electronic music and this style of music.

I can't reccommend this one enough.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Groove, June 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Reeled & Skinned (Audio CD)

This has to be one of the best records in my collection. I bought it by chance in the dance section of the local record store and never expected it to be this good. Beth Ortons' voice works really well in "In Deep". The last track is lovely too. Their other releases have not disappointed either. If you love acid jazz, do yourself a favour and rush down to the nearest record shop and buy this disc.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare, indeed..., August 13, 2003

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Madbreaks "Madbreaks" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reeled & Skinned (Audio CD)

This album doesn't really have any peers, in my opinion. Totally sexy, heavy stand-up bass with minimal drum breaks and some trippy horns make for a great chill out record. Some fleeting "lyrics" here and there add a touch of mysterious humanity but never get in the way of the music. These guys (especially on Reeled and Skinned) fit well in the trip hop genre, but artists with this kind of creativity and originality are few and far between. This album is thick with what makes cool, cool ~ almost as if it's been dipped in mollases. I've not talked to a single person who knows this album who doesn't also love it. As far as another reviewer's comments about this album not being their most balanced; this makes sense, as this is actually a compilation of three previous EP's (as noted on the album cover). I was very sad to learn that RS won't be making any new material together, but it makes me cling just that much more tightly to my second copy of this heavily-played (but never played-out) trip-hop masterpiece. Red Snapper rules.