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We Bring The Noise

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This is a must for anyone who is a Scooter fan! This is their best album yet! Every track is great. This album has less of a "Mortal Kombat" feel and sounds more like "Back to the Heavyweight Jam"; but as with every Scooter album, it has a new fresh sound. I would tell anyone who likes Dune, Blumchen, Mortal Kombat Soundtrack or any rave/techno/happy hardcore to buy all of Scooters albums; and this new one kicks butt!

This Cd is a must have if you like high energy music. We Bring The Noise! is quite possibly the best album Scooter has ever released! The best songs are Posse, We Bring The Noise!, So What'cha Want, I Shot The DJ, Devil Drums and Transcendental. (The last 2 are instrumental.) Go buy this album if you like techno music! Not one bad song here!

I think it is absolutely needless to remind ourselves that these guys are the kings of the European dance floors. The trio from Hamburg, Germany, always promises their fans to give them a newer and more advanced sound along with their each new album. Those, who have already heard "We Bring the Noise," must have absolutely no doubts that these boys always keep their promise. I personally got my CD today by mail, and after I heard this album, which includes both their new singles "Posse! I Need You on the Floor," and "AIII Shot the DJ," I thought not only I should write a review on "We Bring the Noise" but also let all SCOOTER fans know that they simply cannot miss this album. I fell in love with their first single "Posse! I Need You on the Floor," when I first heard it on a German webradio called "Chart-Radio.de" through which I was also able to witness the single go into the top 10 in the German official-single-chart as their most singles have done that before. And their second single "AIII Shot the DJ" is on its way to enter the top 20. Besides these two mindblowing singles, the album includes many other energetic tracks such as "Acid Bomb," "We Bring the Noise," "R U Happy?," and "Remedy." This is definitely one of my favourite techno-trance albums. Of course, the tracks also include the H.P. Baxxter's loud yellings, without which the album would be incomplete. Buy it! You will really enjoy it.

I thought techno was dead and along comes this Great album that shows there is still life in the techno/rave scene. It starts deceptively mellow with "Habibi Halua", a mystic sounding intro that is followed with a dance floor filling track "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)". More pumping techno tracks follow such as "Acid Bomb", "We Bring the Noise", and "R U Happy?" The mood slows a bit with "So what'cha want", a house/disco jam, and "Burn the House", an electro-funk influenced track. "Chinese Whispers" picks up the pace again and the beats don't slow down till the last track "Devil Drums" finishes off the album. I highly recommend this album to any techno fans and to anyone that wants to listen to some great techno influenced dance music.

Again Scooter never cease to amaze me, this album is the best cd in my collection. The intro track "Habibi Halua" is an excellent lead in to the fast paced techno/electronica contained therein. "Posse (i need you on the floor)" start the album off style with fast breakbeats and vocal samples. "Acid Bomb" is a more "Hard House" style tune with great vocal sample and thumping bass. "We Bring the Noise" takes us back to the days of "Fire", with fast beats and a kickin guitar riff. "R U :)" gives us a great catchy tune with a harsh computer voice sample, the contrast shows that Scooter know what the crowds want!! "So Wat'cha Want" is a classic mix of thumping beats with the Reknown MC capabilites of HP Baxxter. "Burn The House" is in a similar vain to "We are the Greatest" From "No Time To Chill", but still gives a catchy tune to remember. "Chinese Whispers" is another hard hitting track similar to "Acid Bomb" but as always has a very different feel to it. "I Shot The DJ" has the same sort of vocal sample as "Posse..." with cool piano based breakdowns. "Transcendental" is another hard house tune(instrumental) but has a good rhythym and feel that is still faithfull to their own unique style. "Remedy" is a unique song that incorporates HP's vocals (at a lower pitch!!) and the producing capabilities of R. Jordan & A. Coon to produce another hard hitting track. "Devil Drums" is a fantastic track that has a thumping bassline with added drums (tom toms and bongos), the breakdown section of the song has a fantastic tune that beats ANY song on the club circuit. All in all this the best album scooter have Written/Produced/Mixed, another good album of their's is "Back To The Heavyweight Jam"

"Back to the Heavyweight Jam" remains the best. This is right up there, though. If you've ever heard Scooter, and liked what you heard, that's all you need to know. Buy it.

For the sake of the (temporarily) less enlightened, though, a bit more elaboration. If you need to get up early in the morning and you want to wake up in a hurry, this disc will fit the bill. From the first bass beat in "Posse," this sucker doesn't let up a bit until the cymbal fades out at the end of "Devil Drums."

In the interim, Scooter prove once again that their brand of techno is unrivaled. "Acid Bomb" has a thump that will make you wish you had a better stereo and glad if you do, "We Bring the Noise!" recalls Coolest-Song-Ever "Faster Harder Scooter" from Back to the..., and "R U :)?" burbles along on a huge beat and some great synths. "So Whatcha Want?" mellows the tone a little bit, and "Burn the House" is a years-later sonic sequel to "We Are the Greatest" from "No Time to Chill." "Chinese Whispers" has a little bit of trance to it, and "I Shot the DJ," while inferior to the blow-your-doors-off single version, is a pretty good track.

"Transcendental" is the best track on the album. At first it sounds like the frat-party, me-too, cookie-cutter techno that makes so many people despise the genre, but then The Melody comes in. The song shifts into a whole new gear, and by the end you're left wide eyed and wishing you could write a song that good. This is techno as only Scooter can do it.

"Remedy" doesn't really do it for me, but "Devil Drums" rocks and ends the album on a very good note. If you like Scooter, you should already own this. If you like techno and have never heard of Scooter, you should buy this, "Back to the Heavyweight Jam," and "Push the Beat For This Jam," don't argue with me. If you don't think you like techno, you should reconsider, because if you haven't heard Scooter, you haven't really heard techno.

Well, actually it's more like "we bring the music" because I wouldn't call anything by Scooter noise. This album, I think I can safely say is more of an experiment in many ways, as the listener can hear more unique sounds being produced in this album, and more melodies that you really wouldn't expect. A lot of people say this is a classic Scooter album. I would disagree, and I don't think it's their best work. However, it is still very good and sure beats the last two Scooter albums created.

1. HABIBI HALUA: I'm not quite sure what "Habibi Halua" means, but this opening track features some [real] female vocals singing in some foreign language (haven't figured that out, either). I think it's kind of boring and considering Scooter has a very Western sound, the clash between German music and Oriental music or whatever it's supposed to be doesn't work very well.

2. POSSE (I NEED YOU ON THE FLOOR): The word "posse" is used in a lot of songs, and now there is finally a song named after it! It's a very groovy piece with an awesome hardcore piano solo and those somewhat irritating high-pitched vocals repeating the title of the song over and over again. This was the only single on this album, and I don't think it's as good as some of their other singles, just because it's a bit repetitive (and silly).

3. ACID BOMB: This song features a low-pitched vocal for a change, which adds to the element. This song is also a bit repetitive, and requires some patience by the listener. The middle is wicked, though.

4. WE BRING THE NOISE!: This song features H.P. Baxxter (or Sheffield Dave) shouting some good lyrics without that thing that makes his voice sound different, and sounds more authentically German. There's a nice rippin' little guitar solo in the middle.

5. R U :-)?: Another interesting song featured also in their live "Encore" album, instead of using a human voice, there is an electronic voice that repeats "Are you happy" with a fat melody chasing in the background.

6. SO WHAT'CHA WANT: This song, again, is a bit repetitive, and has some interesting DJ sound effects, but overall the piece just doesn't do much for me. Sheffield Dave's lyrics are nonsensical and I can't concentrate on them for a long time. They just sort of go through one ear and out the other.

7. BURN THE HOUSE: This is one of the better tracks, and is pretty much the same style as "We Are The Greatest" from three years previously. It has that same electro-voice and the melody is kind of lost in the electronic-ness of the vocals. I think "We Are The Greatest" had a bit more variety.

8. CHINESE WHISPERS: Yep, this track is pretty boring. Again, the Western/Eastern sounds don't mix very well (no pun intended). The "Chinese" voices really aren't that authentic, either.

9. I SHOT THE DJ: This is definitely the best track on the album. It inspired "Aiii Shot the DJ" released the next year as a single on their second "best-of" album. More melancholy than "Aiii Shot the DJ", it has the same high-pitched vocal singing, and has a great melody with some of the best chord progressions on the piano I've ever heard from Scooter. In the middle of the piece, the tempo slows down, and the entire song is in slow-motion, and it sounds really good.

10. TRANSCENDENTAL: This would probably be a really great trance song if it just wasn't so long. However, the overall air of the piece is better than the two trance songs following it.

11. REMEDY: I don't think much of this number, either. Yeah, OK, they're trying to spice things up with more low-pitched vocals again, but it's just more of the same repetitive techno that makes you fall asleep.

12. DEVIL DRUMS: The closing track is yet another instrumental piece, but this one is likeable because instead of the usual percussion that has been featured on every other Scooter song prior to it, it has some interesting drums, almost African sounding, and provides a nice transition. Even though the percussion solo takes a while, it's worth it because it's totally unlike any other that Scooter has ever created. When the "devil" drums die out, the song closes out with a great, haunting melody.

Just for the record, Scooter should never end an album with three consecutive trance tracks. Sorry, there's only so much instrumental music you can take with electronica and dance. I think the overall setback with "We Bring the Noise!" is the frequent repetitiveness in a lot of tracks that you didn't see in other previous albums like "Wicked!" and "Age of Love". I would only get this album if you're the kind of person that has to have every single Scooter album available. I own this album, so I can safely say that. I mean, there's only one single, and there's only about three songs that are truly decent, so I would suggest looking at some of their other albums first before getting this one. Q.E.D.

Well, actually it's more like "we bring the music" because I wouldn't call anything by Scooter noise. This album, I think I can safely say is more of an experiment in many ways, as the listener can hear more unique sounds being produced in this album, and more melodies that you really wouldn't expect. A lot of people say this is a classic Scooter album. I would disagree, and I don't think it's their best work. However, it is still very good and sure beats the last two Scooter albums created.

1. HABIBI HALUA: I'm not quite sure what "Habibi Halua" means, but this opening track features some [real] female vocals singing in some foreign language (haven't figured that out, either). I think it's kind of boring and considering Scooter has a very Western sound, the clash between German music and Oriental music or whatever it's supposed to be doesn't work very well.

2. POSSE (I NEED YOU ON THE FLOOR): The word "posse" is used in a lot of songs, and now there is finally a song named after it! It's a very groovy piece with an awesome hardcore piano solo and those somewhat irritating high-pitched vocals repeating the title of the song over and over again. This was the only single on this album, and I don't think it's as good as some of their other singles, just because it's a bit repetitive (and silly).

3. ACID BOMB: This song features a low-pitched vocal for a change, which adds to the element. This song is also a bit repetitive, and requires some patience by the listener. The middle is wicked, though.

4. WE BRING THE NOISE!: This song features H.P. Baxxter (or Sheffield Dave) shouting some good lyrics without that thing that makes his voice sound different, and sounds more authentically German. There's a nice rippin' little guitar solo in the middle.

5. R U :-)?: Another interesting song featured also in their live "Encore" album, instead of using a human voice, there is an electronic voice that repeats "Are you happy" with a fat melody chasing in the background.

6. SO WHAT'CHA WANT: This song, again, is a bit repetitive, and has some interesting DJ sound effects, but overall the piece just doesn't do much for me. Sheffield Dave's lyrics are nonsensical and I can't concentrate on them for a long time. They just sort of go through one ear and out the other.

7. BURN THE HOUSE: This is one of the better tracks, and is pretty much the same style as "We Are The Greatest" from three years previously. It has that same electro-voice and the melody is kind of lost in the electronic-ness of the vocals. I think "We Are The Greatest" had a bit more variety.

8. CHINESE WHISPERS: Yep, this track is pretty boring. Again, the Western/Eastern sounds don't mix very well (no pun intended). The "Chinese" voices really aren't that authentic, either.

9. I SHOT THE DJ: This is definitely the best track on the album. It inspired "Aiii Shot the DJ" released the next year as a single on their second "best-of" album. More melancholy than "Aiii Shot the DJ", it has the same high-pitched vocal singing, and has a great melody with some of the best chord progressions on the piano I've ever heard from Scooter. In the middle of the piece, the tempo slows down, and the entire song is in slow-motion, and it sounds really good.

10. TRANSCENDENTAL: This would probably be a really great trance song if it just wasn't so long. However, the overall air of the piece is better than the two trance songs following it.

11. REMEDY: I don't think much of this number, either. Yeah, OK, they're trying to spice things up with more low-pitched vocals again, but it's just more of the same repetitive techno that makes you fall asleep.

12. DEVIL DRUMS: The closing track is yet another instrumental piece, but this one is likeable because instead of the usual percussion that has been featured on every other Scooter song prior to it, it has some interesting drums, almost African sounding, and provides a nice transition. Even though the percussion solo takes a while, it's worth it because it's totally unlike any other that Scooter has ever created. When the "devil" drums die out, the song closes out with a great, haunting melody.

Just for the record, Scooter should never end an album with three consecutive trance tracks. Sorry, there's only so much instrumental music you can take with electronica and dance. I think the overall setback with "We Bring the Noise!" is the frequent repetitiveness in a lot of tracks that you didn't see in other previous albums like "Wicked!" and "Age of Love". I would only get this album if you're the kind of person that has to have every single Scooter album available. Since I own this album, I can safely say that. I mean, there's only one single, and there's only about three songs that are truly decent, so I would suggest looking at some of their other albums first before getting this one. Q.E.D.

This is the best Scooter album they have made since the very early days. It kicks off with the massive "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)." The return of pitched vocals, happy hardcore pianos and brilliant lyrics from HP makes this song the best Scooter track ever, towering above even their earliest offerings. The album doesn't drop off the pace after that with the next three tracks real storming and mad offerings. "RU Happy?" is particularly good. Although the pace of the album slows down slightly after that, the happy hardcore pianos and pitched vocals return to excellent effect with "I Shot the DJ." The album ends with three excellent, mainly instrumental tracks which ends an excellent album from the German band.

This album has an amazing big epic soundscape to it. If there were only 5 studio albums you were to get from scooter I would recomend this one and back to the heavyweight jam, the stadium techno experience, mind the gap, who' got the last laugh now. Also all singles from those albums. Yep this is definetly one of scooter's best cds, so what are you waiting for buy it now!