Addendum [IMPORT]

Assemblage 23

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Efa Imports
• ASIN: B00005RRO2
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,134 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Let Me Be Your Armor

2. Awake [Imperative Reactio Mix]

3. Naked [God Module Remix]

4. Divide [Tidal Mix by Cut. Rate. Box]

5. Surface [Grip Mix by Aghast View]

6. Breath of Ghosts

7. Disappoint [Negative Format Remix]

8. Naked [Tricky Tick Remix by Clear Vision]

9. King of Insects [Red Sparrow Remix]

10. Drowning Season [Original 1996 Mix]

11. Silence [lo-Fi Quietude Remix by Converter]

12. Naked [Project X Remix]

13. Away

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad set of remixes, but it could have been better, June 3, 2002

By	Ted Del Prato "technodemon" (Acworth, GA) - See all my reviews

Addendum is a remix collection based on songs found on Assemblage 23's feature album, Failure. There are also a few new songs, and some older unreleased material. There are a few remixes that catch my attention on Addendum, but most just lack the flavor of the original tracks found on Failure for one reason or another. The new tracks, Let Me Be your Armor, Breath Of Ghosts, and Away are excellect however. Perhaps the reason the remixes did not appeal to me is because they tend to have a more abstract sound than the fast paced originals. I believe if you are a devoted Assemblage 23 fan, it couldn't hurt to try Addendum...just don't expect the remixes to match the quality found on Failure. If you are not yet familiar with Assemblage 23, I suggest you buy Failure or Contempt instead.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Easily-Missed Examples of Importation Bliss, January 23, 2003

By	TastyBabySyndrome "T(to the)B(to the)S" ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

While I'm not a fan of remix albums, I do find myself gravitating toward anything that Tom Shear's Assemblage 23 moniker decides to throw toward the thresholds of consumerism. Accordingly, I decided that this album, mostly comprised of remixes, needed to join me because it had some different sounds and because of the three gems concealed within its pricey imported confines. Normally my consumption-based ambitions don't congregate in such needy packs like this, but Assemblage 23's last three releases (Contempt and Failure before this and then Defiance afterward) dictate that I do so and, happily enough, I'll have to say that the songs merited the purchase I made.

Taking steps to traverse plateaus outside the momentous boundaries of Failure, these three new additions all have calling cards of their own, each keeping a temponic resonance that helps separate each one. Breath of Ghosts is heavily electronic and driven, keeping within it the normal namesake of Tom Shears in the form of lyrical charges and their perspective ability to flow. Let me Be Your Armor is a change of pace and is a bit slower than its former, managing a message of protection against the elements of cruelty life harbors within it while holding out the mantle of love in ways that are seductive in their normal-worldly appeal. Away is the slowest of the three, providing perhaps the best of the three in terms of lyrical content, message, and the depths of hidden seething emotions, speaking about the ever-growing blights some people are in life and their need to sometimes flee the deeds we've done in them.

If you've never looked into Assemblage 23 before, I wouldn't suggest this album for you because it only has three new pieces to add to the equation and because its a remix album. Instead, you might want to look into Failure of Defiance first, attaching yourself to the foundations of the message before picking up these proverbial odds and ends. If you are a fan, though, and are looking for more, the three entries and newer tastes applied to older sensations are something I would recommend trying out.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Remix/B-Side Release Album, July 16, 2005

By	Petar Vodogaz "Commissioner" (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Tom Shear returns with this much anticipated album that is full of remixes and B-Side previously unreleased tracks. This is a 13 track CD with 9 of the tracks actual remixes of songs from the 'Contempt' and 'Failure' albums. Having at the moment listed to the 'Contempt' album and not 'Failure' I cannot comment on many of the remixes in full. I am at the moment purchasing the rest of Tom Shear's outstanding work.
However the highlight of this album was actually the 3 B-side songs that were not released previously. 'Let Me Be Your Armour', 'Breath Of Ghosts' and 'Away' sound better than the remixed songs. How they were never including in any other Assemblage 23 album is way beyond me. These songs are a mixture of dark industrial sounds mixed with new wave ambient trance beats. This should make any fan of Tom Shear and his work on Assemblage 23 get this album and its a valuable addon to your existing music library.