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5.0 out of 5 stars
well, more like 4.5/5, July 31, 2004
this album's slow, pondering pace suits it well, and sets it apart. no one could argue that developer doesn't stand alone in silkworm's catalog. it does. it's a soft, dark, nocturnal album, featuring loping, crawling, slithering epics, some of which--especially "sheep waits for wolf", which is one of my absolute favorite songs by any band, ever--feature some truly outstanding guitar work. the rhythm section is as dominating as always, only here it's a little looser, a little rougher, and a lot slower. i mean, sure, the obligatory fists-in-the-air rockers are here--"never met a man i didn't like" is outstanding, and one of the band's best songs--but it seems to me they only serve to give the album a little variation, not drive it home. in fact, the heart of the album are tracks 6-9. everything leading up to that staggering climax is introduction, and everything after--that one song--utterly forgettable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An album that does not catch you the first time, September 24, 1999
Silkworm's "Developer" is an album that will not grab you on the very first listen. It will take several, but then you will jump around the room. It is an album that has an equal balance of mellow songs and fierce ones. But since Steve Albini did the knife-sharpening on this album, each of the songs have a fierce sound, especially the drums, an Albini trademark. This is a great album, pick it up.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite albums of all time..., December 29, 1998
I choose to review this album because it has changed the way I look at rock and roll. It refocused my waning attention on what I, in many ways, still consider a dying art form. The songs are amazing ... sprawling, if you will. Cinematic. The production of Steve Albini makes them even more so as the drums sounds alive, the bass thick as molasses and the guitar blistering. When I talk about this album, I end up waxing melodramatic, but it's the type of album that inspires that in a person. In the end, it's a traditional rock album that defies tradition, souding new and quite singular. One of the few rock and roll albums of the last 5 years that is truly worth one's attention (as are their other albums).
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