Vera Causa

Faith & The Muse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00005OW85
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,778 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Faith & the Muse, December 7, 2001

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Jorge Reyes (Quebec, QC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vera Causa (Audio CD)

I was first skeptical about this album. After all, most of the songs are already contained in the previous three Faith & the Muse albums.
However, getting this CD was a pleasant surprise. The artcover is fine, the songs are nice (which is much to say compared to the previous Evidence of Heaven album). The material contained here is serious stuff for the Faith & the Muse follower: live tracks, superb remixes (like Rea's Obssesion's Elyria) and previously unreleased tracks. Plus, it contains songs that were only available through compilations, like Winter Wassail and Frague Ave Atqe Vale. This CD just confirms why F&M manages to appeal to a very wide and diverse audience. Keep producing more of this!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live tracks stand out especially, November 5, 2001

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S. Gustafson "Holy Roman Emperor" (New Albany, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vera Causa (Audio CD)

To me, the live tracks seem to be the core of this album. The live shows of Faith and the Muse are justly legendary, if only because they have always used real musicians and have not relied excessively on electronics. That in itself is a breath of cool air. The version of -Cantus-, especially, rocks well and truly. And I'm not just saying that because the lyrics are in Latin.

The first disc's compilation appearances and demo material is interesting, if spare. And the record ends with your typical selection of remixes. But even these do not annoy like they might. I'm tempted to mark down anything with that seems technofied. But I have to applaud one, if only for cleverness. That would be the dance remix of -The Sea Angler- from -Annwyn Beneath the Waves-, if only because that particular song, out of all of Faith and the Muse's repertoire, seemed to me to resist that kind of treatment. Not only does it work; but the remix also contains faint Hendrix allusions that are quite apt for the material.

This may not be the best introduction to Faith and the Muse; -Annwyn- or -Evidence of Heaven- would be that; but if you like this band, you want this record.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enter a title? I'm not that creative, thanks., December 9, 2001

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This review is from: Vera Causa (Audio CD)

This album is just fun. There are some great remixes here, if you like remixes, which I don't, but the remixes on this double CD are just plain incredible. Monica Richards' vocals on F&tM's cover of Romeo's Distress are a beautiful tribute to Rozz Williams and no "Christian Death family" band could have done this better. If you are a fan of Gothic or Dark Wave music at all, burn anything you own of Tool or Cradle of Filth's and order Vera Causa. The taste buds what reside in your ears will thank you. ~Jaesyn Acheta