Customer Reviews

Sunday 8 Pm

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Quite simply one of the most brilliant albums of recent years. The superb musicianship and crafting of beautiful melodies combined with breath taking production and mixing. The album gets better on every listening, as you delve deeper into it's enormity of abstract sounds and sweeping melodies. Crunching beats on songs such as 'Bring My Family Back' and 'Killer's Lullaby' complement the sorrowful but intelligent mournings and proverbs of Maxi Jazz. The album tells stories with it's music, and although listening to individual tracks is fine, lie down in a darkened room, with a pair of head phones listening to the devine grooves of Faithless is a pleasure that should be experienced by all.

Tracks:
1. The Garden - Beautiful instrumental track, one of the highlights of the album. Masterly crafted, there are so many layers of sound to listen. You may recognise the piano riff at the end from a Vodafone advertisment a couple of years back.

2. Bring My Family Back - Track starts with an interlude from Maxi Jazz linking it to the garden. "My world has become everything i've become, contained in the hum between voice and drum." speaks Maxi. The album contains many more little proverbs and quirks on life from the mind of Maxi. The track itself is a 'ballard' of sorts, Maxi speaking the woes of a man losing his family, and thus his life. Soulful backing singing covers the scathing beat, a song of woe and upset that sends a real shiver down your spine.

3. Postcards - A song about touring life. Contains a sample of the 3rd Gymnopedie by Eric Satie, that the songs works around. The beat becomes more and more heavy as the song builds and builds until the last chorus explodes into a firework of chords and singing. Dido provides the vocals - the song uses parts of 'My Lover's Gone'.

4. Hour Of Need - Jamie Catto's writting effort on the album (remember 'Don't Leave' and 'Angeline' on Reverence?). Sparkling chorus really completments Catto's voice.

5. Take The Long Way Home - One of the singles released from the album. Contains a fantastic string riff. The song is one of Faithless 'dance-floor-fillers', a heavy dance beat, being the basis of all the workings in the melody and rhythms the invariably proceed. A song that sounds just as good in a club as on a pair of headphones in your bedroom.

6. Why Go? - Features the vocal talents of the legendary Boy George. Another slightly mournful song, telling the tale of a lover trying to win back his lady (or man in George's case). The simplistic everyday imagery portrayed in the song gives it a real 'rainy-Sunday-evening feel', put fits in beautifully within the context of the album. Again, we here a gospal backing vocal.

7. She's My Baby - Not one of the best on the album, as the meaning of the song is a little confused. A pleasant enough effort.

8. God Is A DJ - An absolutly stomping single that lit-up the dances floors of many of the largest clubs - and still does. The tune is sheer bliss.

9. Hem Of His Garment - Another well-crafted song that beautifully bridges the gap between the clubism of GIADF and S8PM. Dido again provides vocals.

10. Sunday 8PM - Another interlude track, and quite a beautiful one at that.

11. Killer's Lullaby - Possibly the best track on a superb album. Maxi Jazz returns and his voices grinds through a tale of love, murder, suicide and jealousy. An incredible harpsichord solo is the icing on the cake.

Possibly the best album I have ever listenind to.

Faithless are one of those groups that really don't get the recognition they deserve - here in England, they have released numerous songs, but haven't found the big time. I mean like, for a group with enormous talent, it is surprising. Sunday 8pm really shows what Faithless can do. The album has everything - big beats, clever lyrics, haunting sounds, the lot. There is no song on this album that does not make you smile, think, or tap your feet. We start with "The Garden", a beautiful mix of piano and computer-generated sounds. The album progresses onto songs like "Hour Of Need" and the gospel choir that accompanies it, and "Postcard" with witty words that take you on a three-month journey. The standout song is "God Is A DJ". There can only be one word to describe this song - exhilariting. It is truly that. You have to listen to believe it. To end, we have "Killer's Lullaby", which has to be one of the most haunting songs I have ever heard, following the thoughts of a killer and his search for his prey. If you have heard about Faithless before, whether it be through reviews or previous songs, it would be worth buying Sunday 8pm, if only to savour a taste of brilliance...

First it was Reverence, then came Sunday 8PM. If you liked the first album, don't hesitate buy this one. In the beginning you may get dissapointed because this CD is very different than Reverence. But listen to it a few times, and you might even feel that this is better. Not som much trip-hop as in the first one, they have added som soul to it. Postcards is awesome. The same is Take The Long Way Home, God Is A DJ, and Killer's Lullaby. GET THIS ONE NOW.

It is evident from Sunday 8PM that Faithless are an enormously talented band. Fusing trip-hop, house, hip-hop, trance, pop and world music, they create a truly innovative sound that sparkles out of the speakers in crystal. Rollo, a key member of the group, is Dido's older brother, and she herself features on two tracks, 'Postcards' and 'Hem of his Garment' the former of which's chorus is a very early version of her own song 'My Lover's Gone'.

Elsewhere we get instrumental chillout music ('The Garden'), straightahead clubbers' trance music ('God Is A DJ'), pop ('Hour of Need') and the dark, brooding, rap of standout 'Bring My Family Back' which is an amazing song with moving, painful lyrics, a dark beat and Maxi Jazz's chilling monologue rap with soulful backing vocals. This really is one of the greatest tracks of all time.

It is on the tracks where Maxi Jazz's raps take hold (like Bring My Family Back, and also the chilling closer 'Killer's Lullaby') that Faithless really shine, but they prove on Sunday 8PM that they can tackle a wide range of styles, fusing, inspiring and making great music for all moods.

I used to think of Faithless as an average artist with some good songs. That totally changed when I got this album, this is beyond my dreams. It takes you up and never lets you go. The Garden is a beautiful mix of sounds, an exellent opening track. Bring My Family Back is one of the most touching, beautiful and emotinal songs I know, Maxi Jazz overdone himself on this one. I shiver and nearly cry when I hear this track, it's the best Faithless has to offer. Killer's Lullaby is pretty much the same, it's also a magnificent track. The dancetracks on this album aren't disappointing either, God Is A Dj and Take The Long Way Home are both the best dance-music has to offer. Dido did a good job on Postcards and not a bad one on Hem Of His Garment. Why Go? is also emotinal and a great track. This is an album you have to own, either you like dance or not. I also recommend this for trip-hop-fanatics; Bring My Family Back and Killer's Lullaby are both outstanding trip-hop-tracks. You won't waste your money if you buy this.

A very fine record. This combines techno beats, instrumental passages, lengthy club tracks and rap vocals with sophisticated and modern instrumental sounds to rate as one of the best recent albums (it dates from 1998). I agree with the other reviewers about Bring My Family Back - this is an exceptionally well written and performed track that features the voice of Maxi Jazz. The other brilliant tracks are God Is A DJ , which has an awesome, exciting sound and a great rhythm , and Take The Long Way Home. Why Go features Boy George on vocals and is a mid-paced song, while Dido appears on the tune Hem Of His Garment. I also like opening track The Garden , an organic slow techno instrumental. Faithless are one of the best bands around , as they have many talents . Get a copy of Sunday 8 PM , and also of their follow-up Outrospective (2001), which is nearly as good.

Faithless is a band from the UK that is becoming more well-known these days because of Dido. Her brother, Rollo, is the leader of this group along with Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss. Sunday 8pm is a great listen all the way through with the highlight being the track, God Is a DJ. This is an unbelievable track that would get anyone dancing. Dido's song, "My Lover's Gone", is used in Postcards, which is one of the best tracks. She also sings on Hem of His Garment. Even Boy George guest vocals on this CD singing on Why Go? The Garden and Killer's Lullaby are other outstanding tracks. If you like techno/electronica music and especially Massive Attack as well as Dido, then you need to buy this CD.

Reverence was a brilliant debut by the group Faithless. They mixed soul music, slow trip-hop raps, and house music in a way that no other electronic group had done. They continue this type of mix on Sunday 8PM. There is a feel to Faithless's albums that is very melancholy and depressing, yet at times uplifting.

Sunday 8PM continues this distinctive sound. Songs like Bring My Family Back and Postcards are very personal songs and are pretty sad. Other songs like God Is A DJ and Take The Long Way Home have become house music staples.

But one songs stands emotionally above all of the other songs. Killer's Lullaby is a very very emotional and hurtful song about a man's deranged thoughts after the loss of his girlfriend to another man. This song touches me so deeply that I can barely even listen to it any more. My lifestyle is very similar to Maxi Jazz's, being a pacifist and Buddhist. And a year ago I was having a VERY hard time getting over a girl. I tried to go on with my life and be happy, but I would have dreams that were hauntingly similar to the story being told in this song. The way Maxi Jazz describes watching his ex and her new boyfriend is very chilling and scary - yet very real to me. This song is an amazing piece of work and the CD is worth the price for this song alone.

The remix CD (Saturday 3AM) is pretty hit and miss. Some of the mixes are decent, but some of them give the songs a very cheesy house music feel to them. The Nightmares On Wax mix of Killer's Lullaby is good and bad. As a fan of N.O.W. I love the way they give the song their own feel. It has a very smooth and layed back feel to it, like all of N.O.W.'s other songs. But all of the emotion and pain in this song seem to have been lost in the shuffle. This CD does include a semi-new song called Thank You that is performed live. This song is only semi-new because it is usually performed as an intro to Take The Long Way Home and has the same atmosphere to it.

Overall you can't go wrong with Sunday 8PM, and everyone who likes Techno music should probably own a copy. As for Saturday 3AM, it is worth the extra couple of bucks if you are a fan of techno music and Faithless.

Please do not judge this album on what you know of their first album (Reverence) or the single 'God is a DJ'. Both are good - but Sunday 8pm is stunning (altho it does take longer to get used to). Listen to it over headphones while walking through a big city. It will totally blow you away.

Any movie directors out there? - use Killer's Lullaby in a sequence where a guy has just had his heart broken. Awesome - the best angry / broken / sad love song I've heard.

'nothing ever moves but the dust ...'

Faithless second album "Sunday 8PM" is another great effort, it has a bit of everything. Trip Hop, World Music, Dance and Hip Hop. Just as their first album it's very diverse, but at the same time they stick with their dance influents on most tracks. The beautiful instrumental "The Garden" is am good kick off track to a great album, the title song "Sunday 8 PM" is simular to it. It continues with the dark, depressive trip hop song "Bring My Family Back" with Maxi Jazz. "Postcards" sound the same almost. "Hours of Need" is a great soulish song with background choirs and good hook. "Take the long way home" is a dance track, just like "Why Go" with Boy George. "God is a Dj" is defenitely the highlight of this album, it was a massive hit the same year and still works on the dancefloor. It reminds me a bit of "Insomnia" with Maxi Jazz lyrics and then the catchy dance sound hook. In the video he made "signs" when singing to send out his message to everyone. Dido also appaears on a few songs like "Hem of his garmant" but she's not in the spotlight on this album. "Sunday 8 PM" has alot of variation and it's a classic album from the great Faithless. Go and get it, if you haven't.