Saturnzreturn [Original recording reissued]

Goldie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00004T4B0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #780,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mother

2. Truth

Disc: 2

1. Temper, Temper

2. Digitial

3. I'll Be There for You

4. Believe

5. Dragonfly

6. Chico - Death of a Rockstar

7. Letter of Fate

8. Fury - The Origin

9. Crystal Clear

10. Demonz

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Much Better Album Than 'Timeless', September 1, 2000

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MaddKhameleon (Singapore: The City of Sin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saturnzreturn (Audio CD)

It came as a shock, only one person has reviewed this. What are the rest of the people doing? Maybe everybody is shocked by the length of his 'Mother'? Mmmm, attention span. Interesting! Talking about Goldie, he is an important figure in the music scene, he brought Drum and Bass music to mainstream, and together with Roni Size, they are the only 2 recognizable faces in the drum and bass world. Yeah, everybody might argue that they are not the best in terms of making drum and bass music. True, Amon Tobin and Photek have much fresher ideas than both Goldie and Roni Size. However, when this album came out, I realized the difference between Goldie and the rest of the Metalheadz. Yeah, I have to talk about 'Mother', an extremely long track, 60 minutes. Who is going to spend an hour to listen to a track that is full of ambient noise with little singing and drum 'n bass beats on it. The conventional music buyer will not even bother, neither will the drum 'n bass heads, there aren't much drum 'n bass here. So this track is bound to be accused of being pretentious and overly ambitious... It is a problem with attention span, who has the time and energy to consume such lengthy and hard-to-digest stuff in a time when everybody is busy making money? So without much digestion, the critics decided that this wasn't a great album because they were sure that this one would not sell as well as 'Timeless'. However, I have to say, after 2 year's repeated listening to this album, I realized why the track lasts 60 minutes, it is in fact totally essential. You may call it an amalgamate of ambient, classical, breatbeats, soundtrack music... if I categorize this track as soul, everybody is going to disagree. Yeah, apparently this sounds like neither Marvin Gaye nor Otis Redding, but you cannot deny the soulfulness in it, you parochial bunch! You really dunno how much emotion Goldie injected into it, it can be heard from his singing, yeah, HIS vocal, and the music itself, including the ambient noise which resembles the early collaboration between Brian Eno and David Bowie(who appeared here on the second track). This track is certainly the centrepiece of this album, and it alone deserves your time, patience and dedication. Put in some effort, try to communicate with the music, try to become part of it, the reward is grand. The second track 'Truth' is chilly, largely ambient, with the gorgeous vocal provided by David Bowie,makes this one of the best tracks on the album. 'Letter of Fate' on the second disc is in the same vein as 'Truth', it's just that the vocal is again done by Goldie, impresssive I gotta say. The second disc is much easier to get into and it is more diversified:'Digital' is some healthy dose of hip-hop, while 'Temper Temper' is the drum 'n bass answer to heavy metal,'Believe' is a track for you to chill-out track, 'Dragonfly' sounds even more flytronic than Air, 'Crystal Clear' mixes R&B and D&B, and it is certainly the most accessible track on this album. Just spend more time on the album, and you will find yourself in love with it soon

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David Bowie makes the difference!, May 19, 2003

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Carl Johnson "budbear_5000" (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saturnzreturn (Audio CD)

I have followed Goldie for quite some time. Drangonfly and Mother MAKE this 2 disc set worth your while. It is the last of this particular phase of Goldie. More rythmically complex than his first one, Goldie put his heart into this. David Bowie lends his voice to Mother and Drangonfly is a trip hop wonder. Excellent spin!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll either love it, or hate it............I LOVE IT, September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Saturnzreturn (Audio CD)

This is an album which has everything - Mellow, floaty tunes, such as dragonfly/believe, aggressive up-tempo beats such as Temper Temper/Chico, and emotional, powerful pieces such as Mother/Letter of fate. Fans of any musical genre should find at least one track to suit them. Personnaly, I prefer this album than the hugely hiped 'Timeless', which is also an excellent album, but lacks some of the emense variety that 'Saturn' has to offer. The album may have floped in the sales charts, but I praise the day it became a part of my music collection! Goldie - you rule!!!!!