Wrath

Iris | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Diffusion Records
• ASIN: B000B5UL9O
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,040 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They're the delivered ones., September 8, 2005

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R O C K E T (The Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wrath (Audio CD)

Being an enormous fan of the previous album (Awakening), my expectations for Wrath were astronomical. That is the only reason I felt the slightest bit let down by it initially. However, with each listen I like it more and more (which is exactly how Awakening was for me too) and now I absolutely freakin' love it! It does use significantly more guitars, which may at first seem offputting to synth purists, but soon you realize that those classic Iris melodies are all still there, and in top form, and the guitars don't take away from any of the brilliance. The one track that reigns supreme in my eyes is the wonderful, vengeful "Hell's Coming With Me." It's one of the darker and faster tracks from this album. I love it - it makes me want to go kick the butt of someone who's done me wrong. On the opposite end of the spectrum is my definite least favorite, "Guide On Raging Stars." Sadly, I think the music in this track is beautiful, but vocally it's disappointing - especially the bridge, which is strange and discordant and just doesn't sit right with me. Despite these things, though, I still like the song a lot and wouldn't even consider skipping over it. Other favorites are "No One Left To Lose," "It Generates" (which has an awesome, slightly creepy sampled outro that's one of my favorite moments), "Appetite," "Intercede Light," and the touching closing track, "Delivered One," which is musically reminiscent of Radiohead or even Death Cab for Cutie. The former three seem like the most obvious choices for singles, but the album really is great from beginning to end. It has much more consistency or flow than Awakening (which is neither a bad thing nor a good thing). I loved the diversity on Awakening, but I like that Wrath is somewhat thematic - almost conceptual. For those familiar with Iris, Wrath will not disappoint in the end. For those new to Iris, you NEED to own both Wrath and Awakening. Classics to the last drop. Iris is at the very top of their game, right alongside (and possibly even surpassing) genre-mates De/Vision, Mesh, Camouflage, and of course the one that started it all: Depeche Mode.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine wine doesn't age badly, November 23, 2010

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TastyBabySyndrome "Matthew Lewis, author of M... ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrath (Audio CD)

Sometimes a beautiufl voice manages to become the instrument that you need to here and you listen, noticing all the beauty it houses. The lyircs, the structure, the way that you can become those things for just a second; singers have a power that is really hard to understand but, in the presence of a great one, you sense something inside their words. That was what I thought about Iris when I first heard then, and it is what I still think about them as I listen to their album. Even with a beat that I have grown to know and a sound I have come to recognize, I am still moved by the albums. And, really, I hope that counts for something.

OnWrath, the formula for what Iris does is quite the same and, really, I don't know what should change. The singing is the thing that is touching and it stands in the limelight, and the instrumentation is a growing accompanyment of electronics that seems to grow a little bit with each album. Most of the songs are not some dancefloor fads but are electronic in nature, and most of them are not heavy with beats but are something you could move to. I personally like that and, with time, I have found that all the Iris albums have grown on me. That says a lot considering the fact that Good music changes except for those occasion pieces that have some sort of inner meaning.

If you need another reason to buy, I don't think I have it. you can listen to the songs and see what you think, and I suppose you should. you, after all, are the one critic that matters. Everyone else is simply a voice screaming opinions in a wilderness of thought.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good album, May 30, 2006

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Orlock (Ottawa,Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrath (Audio CD)

After waiting about 2 years for a new album , it does not disappoint! After listening to this album I have to say that it continues right where Awakening left off. Wrath is more edgier with added guitars to the music. I would love to see a re-mix album of Wrath done by Iris , however with SYNTHS ONLY PLEASE!