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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't top Leftism...leaves something to be desired, November 12, 2003
After buying Leftism on a whim and falling in love with it, I was excited to find Rhythm and Stealth and bought it right away when I saw it a few years back. It starts off with moderately catchy "Dusted" with rap vocals, but "Phat Planet," the next song, bored me with it's monotonous beat and lack of variation. "Chant of a Poor Man" has a catchy bassline, with reggae-type vocals, but it doesn't compare to Leftism's "Release the Pressure." "Double Flash" is monotonous and flat like Phat Planet with a thick beat but little else to offer. Track 5, "El Cid," is soft and lullaby-ish enough to put me to sleep, which wouldn't be a bad thing except for it's complete listlessness and lack of sound variety. "Afrika Shox" is one of the few standouts on the album with it's hardhitting beat and club-catchy lyrics. This song shows that Leftfield can still be extremely edgy and creative, even if they haven't chosen this route for other songs on this album. "Dub Gussett" is, once again, monotonous and lacking in variety. "Swords" is a rare gem on this cd. It's soothing and melodic with female vocals, but has enough variation to keep me interested. "6/8 War"......monotonous. The distortion in the beat is rather grating on the ears after awhile. "Rino's Prayer" begins with dark, moody male vocals and eventually jolts you with a dark heavy beat. I enjoy this song.Overall, tracks "Phat Planet," "Double Flash," "El Cid," "Dub Gussett," and "6/8 War" were truly disappointing, dull, and uncreative. Leftfield showed us with Leftism that they have the range to make versatile and edgy music, but these tracks fail to display their talents. Only "Afrika Shox" and "Swords" give you a true glimpse of what the album could be instead. It isn't a bad cd, but I find myself skipping tracks when I listen to the cd just to get to the good songs--something I never did with Leftism...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
boo-ring-ly nice, February 17, 2000
i guess, that faithful fans of leftfield (and surely there were many after the brilliant 1st record: "leftism") hoped for another good dancefloor & ambient-o-melancholic record. naaah... okay, there is break beat, trip hop & a little ambient - nicely mixed and looped. but if you put the rythm out... i don't know what else there is to hear. something is missing. i don't know exactly what but, if i were to choose between "leftism" or "rythm & stealth", i would take the former one. "rythm..." is a nice record in exact meaning of this word. it pleases but not necessarlily teases your ears.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
FACE VALUE, November 22, 1999
You've got to take this recording at face value. What you hear is what you get. If you want the perfect dance record, stick with (or desperately try to find) Baby Ford's Bford 9 (1992) or Jam and Spoon's 1994 release Tripomatic Fairytales (that's 2001 AND 2002, folks), or for the more adventurous, Final Cut's Consumed CD(1992). If Lefitsm was never recorded, everyone would go gaga over Leftield's R+S. It's an extremely impressive follow-up CD, and my only personal gripes are the seemingly commercially-motivated singles, Phat Planet and Afrika Shox, which completely disrupt the ominous tone and overall continutity of the CD. Use your CD-program button to skip these sub-par tunes and you've got a great listen.
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