Maxi Jazz, the maestro behind Faithless, is well titled as "the grand oral disseminator." The tales he spins make this album a manifesto, religious experience, sexual escapade, and 24-hour rave all rolled up into one tightly constructed package. As Jazz explored hip-hop through the 1980s and his path converged with dub superstar Jah Wobble, the ultra funky Jamiroquai, and the Soul II Soul amalgamation (among others), the foundation was laid for the delicious blend of genres and sounds that would break through in the mid-'90s. Reverence is the culmination of all those experiences, as Jazz unleashes a fat packet worth of songs that are really an acid house tapestry in disguise. This album is best heard in one sitting, where all its styles work together to tell the story. But break it apart, peel the layers back, and the songs stand alone as well. The hypnotic title track serves nicely as an introduction, before it's waylaid by the downtempo soul ballad "Don't Leave," which is replete with needle, pops, and skips throughout. "Salva Mea," "Insomnia," and "Dirty Ol' Man," three very different songs, tangle themselves together and pick up the thread from "Reverence." "Angeline," meanwhile, emerges as a perfectly impassioned love song. The U.S. release includes the bonus "Monster Mix Radio Edit" of "Insomnia." Maxi Jazz hits a deep chord with this album. It's clubby enough for the kiddies, but is incredibly complex beyond the dancefloor. The songs are great, the beats are compelling, and it's almost impossible to not bounce around the room while listening. But this album is also a collection of shadows, of mirror images, where songs mimic one another before spinning off to do their own thing. Moments are caught and lost, tangled, and straightened out. Really, it's brilliant. [The UK release cuts the radio edit of "Insomnia" but adds a new remix of that track and "Salva Mea"]
~ Amy Hanson, All Music Guide

gLyo

United States2410 Posts

August 14 2006 15:37 GMT

#1906

And their very excellent video for "The Good Ones"

chicken`

Germany3478 Posts

August 14 2006 17:30 GMT

#1907

Grave Digger - Tunes Of War

edit: from the last album of the day

that was what zia was screaming :>

shimmy

Poland997 Posts

August 14 2006 20:39 GMT

#1908

Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain

Chibi[OWNS]

United Kingdom10597 Posts

August 15 2006 01:33 GMT

#1909

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FuDDx

United States5008 Posts

August 15 2006 02:00 GMT

#1910

also this albums is greeat

drunken immortals

Dknight

United States5223 Posts

August 15 2006 02:22 GMT

#1911

FuDDx

United States5008 Posts

August 15 2006 05:07 GMT

#1912

malignus Youth-vinyl cd try hard to get this if you like anything ive posted yet they are greatthis is Maktub bottom is malignus

http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/images/malig/vinyl.jpg

funkie

Venezuela9376 Posts

August 15 2006 05:14 GMT

#1913

Gnarls Barkley - St.Elsewhere

It's a good album, and I must say, I wasn't attracted to this at first, but the music is fucking weird, I just got into it haha >.<!

gLyo

United States2410 Posts

August 15 2006 05:37 GMT

#1914

On August 15 2006 14:14 funKie wrote:

Gnarls Barkley - St.Elsewhere

It's a good album, and I must say, I wasn't attracted to this at first, but the music is fucking weird, I just got into it haha >.<!

I love the "Crazy" song. How does the rest of the album stack up to it?

"Oh, Goddammit" is the best track here.

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

August 15 2006 05:39 GMT

#1915

Ayreon - The Human Equation

funkie

Venezuela9376 Posts

August 15 2006 06:18 GMT

#1916

The rest of the album, is kind of the same style of music, but with variations and nicer remixes and shit

Hot hot Heat fucking rules too!

Back to the middle of nowhere (8)

shimmy

Poland997 Posts

August 15 2006 06:41 GMT

#1917

On August 15 2006 14:39 Mindcrime wrote:

Ayreon - The Human Equation

Great album.

Manifesto7

Osaka27149 Posts

August 15 2006 09:04 GMT

#1918

Sublime. More fun summer music.

Interesting side note. In the music video for What I Got, when the band and crowd walk over the hill, there is a guy laying down on a skateboard in front of them coming down the hill. He was a friend of mine, but the only name I knew him by was "cig". I met him when he asked me if I had any weed. I traded him the three roaches in my car for a two dollar scratch and win ticket, two cigarettes, and a stick of gum. From then on we hung out for an entire summer, and then he disappeared. Greatest guy ever.