Oblivion with Bells (Includes bonus DVD) [LIMITED EDITION]

Underworld

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2007)
• Original Release Date: October 16, 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Ato Records / Red
• ASIN: B000VR0142
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,356 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
2007 release from the genre-bending, trend-setting UK Electronic whiz kids. When Underworld released their last album A Hundred Days Off, no one thought it would be nearly 2000 days until the next one arrived. During the lay-off, Rick and Karl, with the aid of trusty laptops, a couple of home studios, Abbey Roads' legendary facilities and a Pig Shed, have been carefully developing ideas for this release, an album that was finally completed in a flurry of activity and excitement in spring 2007. True to form Underworld tread their own path through modern Electronic music tipping a nod to current sounds, styles and production techniques but never afraid to let their song writing and musicianship shine out in this digital world. The album kicks off like Saturday night with Sven V„th, Simian Mobile Disco and Frankie Knuckles all fighting to get on the decks, then takes you over the flat fields of rural Essex, through Kings Cross with its olympic dreams and piss stained alleys, ending blessed out in a hidden cove in Ibiza. Epic Techno nestles next to frail acoustics, beatific prose next to sharp urban observation, amazing sound texturing mixed with mobile phone recordings, rarely has the Underworld palette been so rich. ATO. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Hypnotic, November 19, 2007

By	A. Brannon (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like others have said this album does remind one of Dubnobasswithmyheadman. But its a great reminder and takes the sound of that album and modernizes it. At 1st listen I immediately fell in love and it only gets better from there. There is a lot of electronic music out there and not all of it is good. This latest offering from Underworld shows us that they are still the masters of the art.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, November 10, 2007

By	Peter D. Beckman "Donovan" (Bloomington, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To give this CD a 1-star rating is silly. This would probably be a 4.5 rating, but I'm giving a full 5 because of the previous 1-star review. The song Crocodile is an instant classic. Love this CD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner from Underworld, May 27, 2008

By	C. Douglas Craft "Artist and Scientist" (Lakewood, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you like creative poetry and music that also grooves, you should definitely check out "Oblivion with Bells" and the rest of Underworld's catalog. There aren't very many musicians that consistently put out excellent material year after year over such a long career. These guys are simply amazing! There's more actual song structures than other Underworld work and the poetry this time out is really compelling and memorable. This latest album is most satisfying for active or passive listening and I have already listened to it over a dozen times with no apparent ear fatigue. With a glass eye on you...