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Reverse the Trend

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I just thought I would add my voice to the din of outraged RDJ fans who were tricked into believing, if only for a second, that a new AFX album had been released under the radar...

Instead this is simple christian flatus, destined for anonymity within the year. Richard David James's music, on the other hand, will continue to be enjoyed by serious music people far into the future. That is the reason I'm not as pissed off at these tools as I could be.

this is not an aphex twin album, dont get tricked into buying

This is really bad stuff, even for Christian rock music. Don't be fooled, this is not the REAL AFX. For that, please refer to Aphex Twin, or any of the other alias of Richard D. James, for proper guidance.

Richard's got like 12 aliases. It is possible by music industry laws or something that Alter FX (shivers) was able to put AFX on the album because its simply an abbreviation. Paperwork probably lists it as Alter FX (shivers again) but abbreviations aren't punishable by law. Is that a possibility?

I was pretty upset seeing afx on it, but its probably a grammatical inconsistency in rules and regulations or something. I'm more upset at the people who bashed right away and feel sorry for those who bought a cd from a christian rock group named Alter FX (throws up a little) thinking it was our boy richard.

it is an outrage though.

If you liked "Come To Daddy" or the song "Milkman" from from Richard D. James Album... you probably aren't going to like this. I had to find this out the hard way (i.e. I purchased this album before any reviews were posted, and there was no image).

I think it is kind of funny you can buy this as a set with Hangable Auto Bulb. Maybe it would go better with windowlicker?

Someone obviousley doesn't understand what the problem is, here.
It's not the fact that it's a christian band, which is, sorry to say, bad enough...
It's the fact that it's a christian band posing(even unintentionally) as Richard D. James, Who is in MY eye, the most talented musician on the planet...the UNIVERSE... So when i'm trying to search for an AFX album to sooth my RDJ obsession, I'm extremley dissapointed to find some weak god worship group on the page. Nothing against god worshippers.... They're just a bunch of PUSSIES.

On a related note...
Everyone's entitled to thier opinion. However, this tends to make everyone an as-hole.
However, taking cheap shots at something is commonplace to human nature, Especially something as widely regarding as lunacy, as the Christian religion. When I say widely regarded, I mean Many people, not all people. I recognize that most americans are christians, which is what I think is part of a lot of the world's problems today... blah blah blah

~L'st'fr

For those of you who don't read, this is not the AFX who has been around since the mid-eighties, aka The Aphex Twin.
It is nothing more than a feeble "christian rock" band, who didn't take the time to do the research to see if the alias was taken or not.
Horrible, idiotic, immature, rubbish by American Christians.

The only people I can see who would appreciate this sort of thing, are the ones who voted for Bush.

Just like so many of my fellow hapless Amazonians, I stumbled upon this dreck whilst scouring this site for AFX (as in the alternate alias Richard D. James of Aphex Twin) used cd's. Fortunately for me, there was plenty of information on this item to alert me that it has nothing to do with Richard's astounding, more arcane ventures. But apparently, others weren't so fortunate, and those poor souls found themselves bamboozled by the kind of surreptitious fundraising we've all come to expect from the Good Shepherd's wolves-in-sheep's-clothing. Now, I am not typically so intolerant of Godly behavior; from a distance, Christians are kinda cute what with all their idyllic simpering. But when they release an album (especially one that's basically just a soporific recording of any wishy-washy Sunday-morning-adult-service pedestrian "rawk" worship band you could hear in any church in any state) taking the nom de plume of Richard D. James in vain, unrighteous indignation churns inside of me. Now, this wouldn't be such blasphemy if "Altar FX" hadn't obviously written their own Artist Description. And even that Description would not be such an unpardonable transgression, if it weren't for the fact that #1. they condescendingly explain the God-awful meaning behind their name like a cheesy uncle who explains his horrid puns as if everyone is oblivious, when that uncle himself is oblivious to the fact that everyone got the joke but they're not chortling because it wasn't at all clever & #2. Well... just that the review is as horrid as the album. See... I didn't purchase this (thank GAWD), but I heard the clip of the 1st & last tracks, and I get the gist of it. There's really nothing at all to get. I've been to "progressive" churches before (I was raised in a Christian home, unfortunately.), and EVERY SINGLE ONE of their worship bands played this stale new zombified attempt at compelling arena rock. Think Radiohead, if Radiohead made a career of getting progressively more hackneyed after Pablo Honey, instead of redefining music with every new release. Or think Coldplay, if their brilliant guitarist quit and Chris Martin's earnest dweebiness ceased to be endearing & charismatic. Or simply take everything that makes a great plaintive, melodic rock band distinguished and discard it so's they won't step on anyone's toes. And that would leave you with "Altar FX".
There are so many little subtleties in the "About the Artist" section that irk me, but the one that really gets my goat is the impression that they think they're hip & happenin'. The very first sentence makes some HUGE statements, like their lyrics are creative, their melodies are memorable, and the vocals are strong. The lyrics are only creative in that they've obviously been plagiarized from anything being sung in churches these days, yet they're not directly lifted from the projector sheets so nobody's the wiser. The melodies are about as memorable as anything by any one of the zillion anonymous boring-fratguy tribute bar-bands that will only ever play free concerts. And the vocals... are done by a Lead Worshipper named "Joey", and he sounds exactly like you think he would sound, with the image his nickname conjures. But anyways... read on further, and you'll find that A.FX doesn't even bother with humility, purporting that their songs "are quickly becoming powerful tools to share the Gospel" and Joey's "passionate worship style has challenged generations to search harder after the heart of God", even though this is their debut album, so they apparently haven't been around for GENERATIONS. Furthermore, nothing this mediocre could challenge even the greenest neophytes.
Really, I could blather on for volumes about how pitiful this album is, but I should hit the sack. Before I digress, though, I must say one last thing: A.FX belives THEIR music will change the lives of people for Gawd, and it seems that they think they'll be the first to ever do this successfully, as if they can truly "Reverse The Trend". But frankly, why would a divine being EVER chose to convey himself through this band in particular? What makes A.FX such a prime candidate for being a vessel? That they have the nerve to assert their own pertinence perturbs me. This is the very first review I've ever written on Amazon, because I find this so hilarious! The paradox of feigned humility! The inexplicable coincidence!
I pray that Richard hath smote this band, so all will proclaim that HE IS AFX.
I apologize for my circumlocution. Oh wait, no I don't...
At any rate, peace & pizza to all, especially poor "Joey".
Luv,
Derivative Contrivance
who really has no right to say anything about anyone else, actually

Richard D. James is perhaps the best electronic musician out there, but that's no reason to hate something else because it has the same name. Minimal research would show you that this isn't RDJ. From a fan of RDJ under all his monikers, here's 5 stars. Have I heard the album? No, but I'm guessing many who gave it 1 star haven't heard it either.

...Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out this WAS Richard D. James.

Hello, my name is Rick of the "Anti-Christian/Terrorist Organisation Of The Intellectually Capable."

And, when I came upon this piece of reaking elephant-waste, I noticed that only four copies were left in stock!!!

Since then I have decided to renounce my citizenship as a human.

What in god's name are you people thinking?!
For every dollar spent on this cd, a child is sexually abused by a priest!!
For every half dollar spent on this cd, (as a previous reviewer stated) a terrorist is funded!!

But wait! There is hope!!
For every twenty-five cents spent on an actual AFX album (Richard D. James), your child will stay rape free for the next year, and for every ten cents spent on an actual AFX album, your nation will stay terrorist free, and bush will be kicked out of office!

Help us win this war, and you will be honoured!