Customer Reviews

Subhuman Deluxe

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This is a real step forward (much better than Liquid). The sound creative of this album is far beyond 'Playing the angel' though i didn't really want to compare with DM but it makes me curious what if DM would sound like if Alan still in the band. Listen to it from start to finish is a real stunning exprerience. One of the best album for year 2007 without a doubt.

Brilliant & inspired. The album is the best in years (from any genre) and it feels like its own film score. Never has blues, electronic elements, samples & various atmospheric textures been blended together so beautifully to make something that is both wonderfully dark & epic.

Alan Wilder is one of the few musicians/producers these days who never disappoints. Like anything that's worthwhile, this album requires a few listens to truly get addicted to. But any fan of music will find something to like about this album. The artwork is a nice touch too.

Favorite tracks include "The Killing Ground", "Allelujah", "5000 Years" & "Backslider".

Occasionally the world is gifted with a true work of genius. Everything comes together like it should. The concept is unique; the packaging superb; and the final product outshines the highest expectations. Such is the infinite nature of Recoil. Alan Wilder is a prime example of an artist who made lots of money through his art, took time off to enjoy the fruits of his labor, then culled a reservoir of experience and talent to come back and release a profoundly satisfying work of art (seemingly unfettered by anything commercial or superficial). The only question I was left with was: only seven songs? All the extras on this release make it completely fulfilling, though.

This powerful and driving composition will inform and enrich any particular landscape you happen to be occupying at the moment on the planet earth. You will be taken into an ultrarich and stimulating tapestry of thoughts and sounds that go leagues beyond anything else. It is post-modern blues of the highest caliber.

It took real vision to conceptualize and actually fully realize the marriage between two seemingly disparate genres of music. Not only that, but the mind is treated to social commentary, a delving into the substantial pains of existence; and on through a delightful and mind expanding journey of sound that leads to catharsis. There are deeper levels upon levels of sounds here that emerge through various "listens."

Recoil is true art, something that effectively elevates and expands the sonic horizons of this generation. Soul music has now taken on magical and stunning dimensions!

THANK YOU, ALAN WILDER!

Recoil has already established a tight discography before releasing their latest Subhuman. So it was very curious for me to see what sounds Subhuman would obtain. I believe this record is coherent from beginning to end but still offers many ideas throughout that makes it interesting to listen to. As always, the overall vibe of the music is more cinematic but with a more grassroots blues kind of feel. Yes, before Recoil made some tracks with the blues influence but this time it's more of the central point. My personal favorite tracks are 3,4 and 6.
Recoil should be applauded for making music that stands on its own. When you listen to the music, you sense that there's no fulfilling of anyone's expectations but the artist's own.

This is latest album from Recoil (aka Alan Wilder), one of the most underrated musicians of our time. It is an excellent mix of blues and soundtrack-like-soundscapes. If you like bands like Massive Attack and Portishead, you've GOTTA get this album. You WON'T be disappointed.

Alan Wilder was the essence of Depeche Mode's music and when he left, things have never been the same again in that band, no matter whomever they choose as producer for their albums. In Recoil he shows why he is simply unique: since the very first album (hydrology), i must confess is the rarest music i've ever listen to. His ability to create and mix sounds is just awesome. Definitively an must-hear acoustic experience for your ears!.

I've been a fan of Alan Wilder ever since his departure from DM, and Bloodline still to this day ranks among my top 20 favorite records of all time. Subhuman carries on the dark brooding sound that I've come to love, though it really feels more like it could be the soundtrack to a noir film than it could be a rock record. Can't wait for the next one...

After Unsound methods and Liquid, it is refreshing to hear this album, because it no longer is a slew of spoken word and it is easier to appreciate the music. I love that this edition includes the 5.1 surround sound version and ambient version. It's a great deal for great music.

For me Recoil used to be all about the lush electronic and industrial production values of former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder, the man behind Recoil. One track called "The Defector" off the third album still ranks as one of my all time favorite songs, it's a masterpiece. Sadly I find my long held affection for all things Recoil seems to be a thing of the past. Mr. Wilder has apparently grown tired of his European influences and has become enamored of the blues and gospel sounds purportedly coming from America. I bought the new release without a second thought, but I find I just can't get into any of these songs. I keep listening hoping at least one or two will grow on me, but this skanky New Orleans jailhouse vibe just isn't my thing.

I've never been arrested, gang raped, or in a 12 step program, so I guess this record just isn't for me. If you have done any of these things perhaps you will really enjoy Subhuman. My copy will probably be on Ebay soon, or perhaps I will donate it to a local homeless center or AA chapter...

Mr. Wilder, you broke my heart once when you left Depeche Mode, and once again when I heard this record, but I forgive you. I'm not buying any more of your records until you go back to your roots though.

Alan, please go rejoin Depeche Mode. If not you then maybe Vince Clake.
Blues and Electronia doesn't seem to work. Go and jumpstart the greatest electronic band of all times again.