United Synthpop Artists: A Tribute To America

Ganymede | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2002)
• Original Release Date: March 25, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B000063W9D
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Project 12:01 - "September 11th Lament"

2. GANYMEDE - "After The Fall" (New York Mix)

3. MONOLITHIC - "Goodbye (For Now)"

4. NUKLEON - "Infidel"

5. MADMEN IN VIENNA - "These Strange Times"

6. EMPIRE STATE HUMAN - "Stare" (Skintone Mix)

7. WAVE IN HEAD - "Criminal Ballad"

8. BLIND BEFORE DAWN - "United for a Day" (Eloquent mix)

9. ETHERSTRINGS - "Heavens Cry"

10. COSMICITY - "The Perfect Shape"

11. THE SILENT WAVE - "Far Away"

12. SELECTED AREA - "Anywhere" (2001 mix)

13. OCCUPANT - "Stand Strong" (Synomatic Mix)

14. TONY REED - "America at War"

15. GARY FLANAGAN - "Hope Will Survive"

16. PIPER - "Proclamation" (Funk it up Bush mix)

17. LOVELESS - "Wishing" (2001 Live Version)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cd for the synthpop patriot!!, June 6, 2002

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john tupper (rochester, ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: United Synthpop Artists: A Tribute To America (Audio CD)

United Is a wondeful Cd capturing several styles of synthpop. Some are a little bit dancier than others. Ganymede's tune "after the fall" The synths lift you up and as the drum beats make you want to dance. There are a few tracks on here that are slow and might have to "grow" on you. but still very patriotic if you want to show your support of this great country/world of ours. These wonderful artist's have come together for a great cause. On to another Track I really enjoyed was Wave in head"criminal ballad". The vocals are reminescent of erasure early depeche mode. I love this guy.. the synths are awesome and lryics are great too.. Empire state humans "stare" is really outstanding track as well.. Makes you sway with beat and hum along to the melody. There is also track's from Blind before dawn Feat. Elequent, Monolith, synthpop wonder child cosmicity. Selected area , occupant, and A few other great bands.

All in all this is a great cd by synthpop artists who are showing their support for the tragedy of 911.. Keep spreading the word about synthpop..

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars korny, October 31, 2005

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Russell Foster "music freak" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: United Synthpop Artists: A Tribute To America (Audio CD)

One of the worst compilations ever. Some of the new synth music is cheap & corny. Even the ganymede song is bad on this album. I like my synth music to have some meat to it. All these songs sond like little kids playing new wave for a day. If you want some good new synth new wave music check out de/vision and Iris and mesh.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too 80s For Me, July 13, 2004

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D. Hansen "crichton007" (Riverton, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: United Synthpop Artists: A Tribute To America (Audio CD)

I'm a synthpop fan of sorts so getting this album seemed like it might not be so bad. I had heard a couple of the songs on this album and didn't hate them but hoped the rest were better. In my opinion they weren't. The modern synthpop scene has grown to include much more than the 80s frozen in time. There are bands like The Echoing Green who include guitars and drums from time to time in music that most people can't help but get up and dance to. Bands like VNV Nation and Apoptygma Berzerk have driving rhythms and beats that would make anyone want to get up and ride their own Tour de France or compete in an impromptu Triathalon.

This album is nothing like those bands. I found most of the music made me feel like today was 1/1/1989. There was very little bass and the beats and rhythms here were very slight. So much so that the sound was very similar to the 80s sound of pure analog synth keyboards. This is not to say that the cause for this album is not praise worthy and the bands are not quality. Other 9/11 trinute albums represented a broad sampling of music. Being a pure synthpop tribute album I would have expected the same but in terms of synthpop variety; I found all of these songs o be very similar and not of the style of synthpop I remotely enjoy.

I feel safe to say that if you know any of these bands on here your feelings about their song should help you understand how you will probably feel about the rest of the album. If you're looking for a sure fire CD to get enjoyment out of and you are totally unfamiliar with any of the bands on this CD I recommend taking the risk someplace else.