Worst Case Scenario

Deus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001E7J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,282 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Suds & Soda

3. W.C.S. (First Draft)

4. Jigsaw You

5. Morticiachair

6. Via

7. Right As Rain

8. Mute

9. Lets Get Lost

10. Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)

11. Shake Your Hip

12. Great American Nude

13. Secret Hell

14. Divebomb Djingle

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dEUS are well known in Russia!!, October 3, 2001

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Lisa (Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Worst Case Scenario (Audio CD)

The good thing about this superb band dEUS is that they never sound the same - their music is absolutely unique and very diverse. The guys always put a great deal of absolutely variable ideas into each song - this unpredictability truly amazes me. However, dEUS simply do not have bad albums, so it is pretty hard for me to pick up any of them - I love all of their masterpieces equally. This record (Worst Case Scenario) in particular, is the band's rawest work yet melodic. I cannot keep wondering how a man (Tom Barman I mean, of course!) can use English so perfectly when it is in fact not his native language - just take a look at his brilliant lyrics. They are like some kind of stream-of-conciousness stuff at times, but they are always touchy, deep, weird, intelligent and beautiful. Tom Barman is definitely a genius. Well, no doubt, all of the band members are really talented people! Conclusion: I highly recommend buying 'Worst Case Scenario' as well as other dEUS records - they are a band everybody ought to check out.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dEUS, where were you?, May 13, 2002

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x_bruce (Oak Park, ILLINOIS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Worst Case Scenario (Audio CD)

Seriously, why haven't more people heard of dEUS and why haven't they been able to gain anything beyond a cult audience? I'm new to their music, I'd heard about them but was told by a knowing store clerk they were 80's style metal.

They're not of course but perhaps it's the poor marketing of a major label? Whatever it is the music on Worst Case Scenario is exceptional.

Suds & Soda is a terrific lead off track combining several punk and rock styles within five minutes. At times there is a Pixies like sound and vocal delivery, at others a punkish raver. The myriad of styles flow freely and in a most entertaining way. There's also an excellent segment that has a heart stoppingly accurate sound of hearing a blown speaker in action.

W.C.S groves and twists it's way along, almost like a different band were playing. The semi-spoken/rapped voice gives the feel of beat poetry 90's style.

Other highlights include Hotellounge and Divebomb Jingle to name a few. There is not a track on this CD that isn't good. Immediate comparisons that come to mind, Mr. Bungle - to a degree but more fringe based and without a frontman from Faith No More, also John Zorn in dEUS' angular playing and arrangements.

If you wondered what could have been a possible logical progression from early 90's alternative this is it. If you have any sense of adventure Worst Case Scenario is worth buying.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big from Belgium, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Worst Case Scenario (Audio CD)

The first dEUS-CD is truly amazing. Some people (the band members themselves included) like the last one (The Ideal Crash) best, but I still don't agree. This one is once rough, then soft, always melodic, never boring, and has nothing but brilliant songs. I can also highly recommend "In a bar under the sea", but it doesn't seem to be available here at Amazon.com! Do something about it asap.