Assembly [Import]

Product Description
Previously unreleased 1980s live tracks & radio session from the cult Factory label band. 17 tracks including live versions of 'Heartburn', 'Host', 'Recovery', 'The Old Men' & 'The Drill'.

Tracks:

Grand Design
Telling Sue
Zero To The Skiin
Whistle Clock
Samuel Aging
40 Reasons
Bootlegger's Advice
The Honest Hour
Truck Farm
Walking On Water

Customer Reviews:

dusty.......2007-06-27

this band is allright,I heard them on xm and bought the cd based on other reviews. I do like a solid jam and it does deliver there.

Best AOD Studio Effort Thusfar...No Question........2007-06-19

Though Assembly of Dust is definitely most successful in live settings, Recollection proves that a once stereotyped New England jamband can indeed produce a truly accessible, yet mature record without the incessant and seemlessly directionless noodling thats commonplace amongst other jamband's efforts in the studio.

Therefore, let me establish the fact that Recollection is neither a jam record nor the product of a jamband. It is, on the contrary, an album showcasing Reid Genauer's honest songwriting ability, the band's undeniable musicanship, and perhaps most importantly, how dramatic a change can be in a band's sound from one album to the next. Check out "Whistleclock," "40 Reasons," "Truck Farm," and "Grand Design" and see how authentic their tunes can be. They have an uncanny ability to turn the switch on/off from hard-hitting rock and roll suitable for frat parties to somber ballads about love, hardship, and fate. Nevertheless, the quintet is at its most tight point since their inception in 2002 and with a heavy touring schedule ahead of themsleves this summer, hitting every festival from Wakarusa to Gathering of the Vibes, who knows how long it will take for this unit to fully reach the potential that everyone knows they have.

Wrong suggestion.......2007-05-07

This wasn't a good suggestion from a friend of mine to buy this.
I couldn't appreciate the melody of these soft songs not made for my years 70's rock generetion. Other are my preferred guitar players: Clapton, Townshend, Lee, Gallagher, Springsteeen, Hendrix etc. and other are my beloved rythms.
I'll be happy in providing Amazon with comments about other better purchases.
Thank you for the excellent quality of your general service

Take all the great bands of the 70s, mix, and you have..........2007-04-20

On my first listen through this CD, I was enjoing the plentiful hooks, tasteful musicianship, and wonderful harmonies. Then, digesting the CD again, I started to play "Name the Influence". What a list! For instance-
Track 1, Grand Design, is very reminisicent of the Band.
Track 2, Telling Sue - sounds as though 1971-era Grateful Dead is playing the Phish song "Back on the Train"
Track 3, Zero to the Skin - this is influenced by Billy Joel channeling John Lennon on Billy's song "Scandinavian Skies"
Track 4, Whistle Clock - Steely Dan with the Pure Prarie League singing harmony
Track 5, Samuel Aging - Mark Knopfler playing guitar for the Outlaws
Track 6, 40 Reasons - Neil Young through and through

etc. etc. With echoes of Little Feat, and maybe some Alan Parsons. Whipped up into a very pleasant souffle of good music. Tasty to the ears, and each song is distinctive. The only complaint is that, for a CD that's only 47 minutes long, the vocals start to get a little monotonous by the end. And there's no extensive jams like on their previous CD 'The Honest Hour'. But the songs are tight as a result, which is also pleasing. So a very nice album that I'm sure will get a lot of listens.

i saw beauty.......2007-03-23

Reid Genauer, Nate Wilson and the gang have done it again... beautifully crafting songs that paint pictures in your mind so bright you can see them come to life as you listen.
From beginning to end, this record really holds you in and never lets go. And, like other timeless albums, the more you listen, the better it gets.
Bravo.

Average customer rating:

Armageddon definitely steals the show on this one!
worth it just for the b-sides
Not bad...
Re-Wind was Good...This is Magnificent.
wth?

Fallout
Front Line Assembly
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NQR7TS
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Unleashed
Buried Alive
Beneath The Rubble
Electric Dreams
Armageddon
Social Enemy
Lowlife
Humanity
Repropate (Lowlife)
Domination (Unleashed)
The Storm
Unconscious

Album Description

Front Line Assembly reclaimed its throne last year with the release of "Artificial Soldier" and a world tour. Not wanting to rest on their laurels, the band is prepping for a second assault. "Fallout" features three new tracks and nine remixes and has been deemed to cause exhaustion from excessive dancing, hearing loss from listening to it too loud, and vertigo from its mind-blowing musical sequences.

Customer Reviews:

Armageddon definitely steals the show on this one!.......2007-07-10

FLA has always included some good surprises on their singles, as well as their remix albums. Fallout is undeniably no exception, spanning over 10 tracks while featuring three brand new songs and several remixes for Artificial Soldier. Sadly however, Fallout is not without its flaws. While it does enter the record arena with copious offerings, some of the offerings end up sounding hollow and rushed. But what Fallout does have to offer that is worthwhile, quickly reassures the listener that FLA is still ready to hammer out an industrial masterpiece "in between" albums.

Armageddon could easily be said to the centerpiece of Fallout, and perhaps the main reason to justify buying the release. The sound of the song could be summed up as "very aggressive German Electro." The sound resembles that of a band such as E-Craft, but with FLA's own take on the genre. The songs lyrics are nothing special, since they consist of Bill Leeb's usual attempt at creating a rhyme scheme (it is interesting though that he threw in some of his native German language lyrics.) The sound on the song is what really makes it worth a listen. Armageddon features a full on grinding guitar assault mixed with some of the most aggressive synth work that Leeb has done in ages. It also has Leeb using much harsher vocal distortion than he has used in the past few years. All of the aforementioned culminates in one of the most delightful surprises that FLA has yet to produce since the song Anti (on the Maniacal single)!

While Armageddon is reason enough to buy the album, the other two new tracks, Electric Dreams and Unconscious do well on their own. Electric Dreams sounds like a song that could have belonged on either Implode or Epitaph, but its usage of electronics makes it more easily fitting for the Artificial Soldier era. Unconscious is also decent in its own right, but it's not as great of an instrumental/electronic landscape as Anti or Disseminate. Still, it captures a nice face paced EBM/cybernetic feel that FLA doesn't seem to really explore very often in this day and age.

As for the remixes on Fallout, listeners will most likely find half of them to be good while the other half will sound, as previously mentioned, rushed and hollow sounding. The most well thought out and produced remixes would be DJ(?) Acucrack's remix of Buried Alive, J. Inkel's remix of Social Enemy, Greg Reely's remix of Lowlife and FLA's own remix of Unleashed. Greg Reely especially does the listener a major service by taking Lowlife one-step further and "improves it" by adding onto Bill Leeb's vocal distortion and polishing up various parts of the track to give it and even more slick and powerful electronic sound. On the other hand, DJ(?) Acucrack's remix of Buried Alive is a welcome attempt at building on the song's drum and bass feel. Unfortunately, the song gets lost at certain parts due to losing momentum and seemingly dabbling around in experimentation. Still, the song is a valiant attempt at taking FLA and bringing them one step closer to the D&B genre.

Despite having a slew of unimpressive remixes, Fallout manages to come out ahead of the rest of many releases this year by offering up both some incredible takes on previous FLA tracks and some great new material. It is slightly disappointing due to the boring remixes but it is still very worth the price of admission for the new tracks, and if only one, definitely Armageddon.

worth it just for the b-sides.......2007-06-20

the remixes are nice, but the unreleased tracks are what really pay for the cd. the first, electric dreams, is sort of a simple/implode sounding song. it's not as layered as a lot of the stuff on artificial soldier, but the verse synth works well enough on it's own. and +1 for the robot voice. secondly, armageddon, is almost a millennium/hard wired era song. live drums and live guitar. really in your face. lastly, unconscious, is an instrumental that kind of sounds like implode synth meets epitaph drum programming.

Not bad..........2007-06-12

I'm not very in the know about this type of music, as my first love is Metal and Hard rock. But I enjoy other types of music as well such as electronica and dance music. This Cd has some good music but I was really looking for a heavier driving rhythym than I find here. Still, it's worth a listen.

Re-Wind was Good...This is Magnificent........2007-05-10

Artificial Soldier wasn't a groundbreaking FLA record, but it is a well-rounded output. The bonus tracks on Fallout belong on that record. The mixing quality here is remarkable and could have only been hand picked by Bleebo. It is nice to see the guys won't give up anytime soon.
Kudos.

wth?.......2007-05-05

Why wasn't Armageddon on AS? Hands down my favorite FLA song of all time!

Average customer rating:

Best remix collection I've heard
Amazingly Brilliant!!!
Get lost in the Vortex
What an awesome find!
remixed to perfection

Vortex
Collide
Manufacturer: Noise Plus Music
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001Z52XY
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

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Feed Me to the Lions
Slither Thing - Amish Rake Fight Mix
Razor Sharp - Dull Mix
Like You Want to Believe - Antistatic Mix
The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum
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Album Description

Remixers, DJs, and Bands from all over the world lend their passion and inspiration to further expand on the already diverse soumd of Collide. From chunky guitar versions, to slithering lounge stylings to delirium-esq versions that are sure to hit the dance floor. This CD also contains three new covers, including the very poinant "The Lunantics are taking over the Asylum" by Funboy 3.

Some very special guests including Charlie Clouser formally of NIN, Rhys Fulber of Conjure One/Delerium and Mike Fisher of Machines and Loving Grace/Amish Rake Fight, lend their talents to "VORTEX". COLLIDE performs an exotic hybrid of Darkwave, Cyber-Dance, and Electronic, with crossover appeal which will appeal to fans of Evanescence, Massive Attack, Curve, Dead Can Dance, Portishead, and Delirium.

Customer Reviews:

Best remix collection I've heard.......2007-05-18

Simply put, this collection of remixes, and a few artfully selected covers, is the highest quality collection of its kind I've heard.

Most remix collections seem to have a few good tracks among a bunch of tracks that aren't worth listening to more than once. This two-disc set is the exception to that rule; nearly every song included is tasty aural bliss.

I would have expected Collide's layered organic and electronic sound to be hard to do justice while taking in new directions for remixing, but each of these artists have succeeded, often spectacularly so. Only one track is difficult for me to enjoy: Somewhere/Orchestral Mix; I find it an interesting attempt but it's not for me. The rest range from very enjoyable to music I might never want to take out of my CD player.

Get this album for The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum (see also the DVD Like the Hunted), and enjoy the rest of the sweet and sultry gems from Slither Thing/Amish Rake Fight Mix to the delightfully sad Crushed/Out of Control Mix, plus plenty more.

To Collide fans, even those skeptical of remixes, this is a must-own. To those not yet a fan of Collide, you might start with Some Kind of Strange or Chasing the Ghost and then pick this up - though I'm not sure it matters, and this would still make a great listen without any prior knowledge of Collide.

Amazingly Brilliant!!! .......2007-04-12

Collide must be one of the greatest bands ever to hit the gothic scene. The combination of Karin and Statik are explosive; indeed, Vortex is definitely their masterpiece of Remixes done right! As well as new songs that will demand your attention, highly note worthy!! Some of the best out there!

Listen to the samples on this site just so you can say "Yeah, I'm a smart consumer." If you like any combination of Collide, you're gonna end up buying Vortex, it is most certainly a treat for the ears and the imagination.

Get lost in the Vortex.......2006-10-10

I really liked this album, while some of the songs are remixed more than once they're still able to keep a semblance of uniqueness. Then there are the little gems added to the mix "The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum" and "Feed Me to the Lions" are really fun songs that quickly moved their way into my top 10 lists.

These two disks hold a variety of moods from the frantic to the meditative, there is a remix for almost all occasions and then some. If you're just starting out with your Collide obsession this is a great album to showcase their diversity and complexity; and if you're deep into your Collide wall to wall shrine then this album is hard to beat and will surely earn a coveted spot on your shrine to Collide.

What an awesome find!.......2006-08-20

You will all think I'm crazy, but I was looking for new music one day at work, came across Collide because it was "similar" to other music I like, and bought it without even hearing it! I wasn't somewhere that I could listen to the samples, so I trusted other user reviews, and couldn't be more pleased. This CD has become a staple in my collection, and frankly, hasn't left my CD changer yet! My boyfriend even added it to his iPod. My personal favorite is "The Lunatics...", don't ask me why. I always play it on my way to the gym...and sometimes before work...perhaps it's something Freudian. :)

I absolutely adore Collide, and plan to try out their other CDs. It's amazing the feeling the music gives you. It's very ethereal, and makes you feel like you're somewhere else. Definitely a great buy, even if you're not into this type of music.

Others I would recommend in this genre are Claire Voyant (Time and the Maiden), Delerium (Karma), Hungry Lucy (To Kill a King), and Lamb (any of them, especially Lamb and Fear of Fours).

remixed to perfection.......2006-07-06

before picking up this two-disc package, i was not familiar with the works of Collide. i bought this item on a whim, and am very glad i did. the variety of style approach is refreshing, you really don't hear the same song twice, though there are a few mixes of a few songs. these are good cds to put in on a trip or chill at the house, and i've had the album for a few weeks now and am not tired of it. enjoy the haunting effects of a great band rearranged by great artistic minds.

Scent Of A Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Average customer rating:

Atmospheric Music to a Memorable Screenplay
Good original score, though better old melodies
Nicely done, Thomas, nicely done.
Newman is On and Off, as Usual
Contains a GREAT song

Scent Of A Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Thomas Newman , and Jose Padilla
Manufacturer: Mca
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Main Title
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Assembly
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Customer Reviews:

Atmospheric Music to a Memorable Screenplay .......2006-03-21

Everything about this excellent score is pure America. The tempo corresponds to the changing moods of the film from the rolling road rhythm to the erotic tango and the college flaky beat during the practical joke which misfires. I am the only member of my family who hasn't visited the USA but I am hoping to one day make the trip and experience the multitude of cultures which inspired Thomas Newman, the composer, to produce such musical imagery in the changing scenes.
Sylvia (UK)

Good original score, though better old melodies.......2002-10-08

As a matter of fact I bought this CD not as much due to Mr. Newman's original scrore, but since I liked very much the treatment of the beatiful Spanish song "La Violetera" in key moments of the film. Mr. Newman's music is very good, but the Spanish and Argentine music he used was much better. The performances of "The Tango Project" are superb. "La Violetera" is probably the nicest Spanish song, talking of a florist; it is widely known in its original version in Spain and Latin America, and moreover, came to international light thanks to Charles Chaplin's "City Lights" where it was the Leitmotif of the blind florist girl (a very adequate use indeed). The tango "Por una Cabeza" is probably the highlight of the score, because it is the piece danced by Al Pacino; unfortunately the other tango "Caminito", played by the orchestra at the restaurant, does not appear here. It is a petty. As a whole, I like the CD very much, especially the two performances of "The Tango Project", but just because they are more touching to my cultural heritage. Nonetheless, I praise both Mr. Newman's personal compositions as well as his perfect use of other's melodies.

Nicely done, Thomas, nicely done........2002-08-15

This cd is worth price of admission for one huge reason, the main theme music. It comes at us twice during our listening journey of Scent Of a Woman. It is likened to a kid finally learning to ride a bike for the first time, flying down his neigborhood road with a look of pride and surprise smudged neatly on his face. It is a delightful melody that will continue to stick in your mind for a long, long while.

Other notable tracks on this score are tracks 45 in 25, Balloons, Beyond Danger, and End Title.

This is a must cd for Newman fans and a very nice addition for any fan of film scores. Enjoy!

Newman is On and Off, as Usual.......2001-10-16

Scent of a Woman is 50% of a truly great film score...and 50% of a truly bad film score. It's obvious to the listener from which category a particular track comes from. Newman either gives the listener a vibrant, exciting, "new age" melody, or something that can only arguably be defined as music.

The fact remains, however, that when this score is on, it is REALLY on. The Main Title is an exciting track and the more emotional themes can really grab you by the heartstrings (though they undoubtedly hearken back to other works by Newman).

All in all though, for anyone familiar with Newman, two other scores better exemplify his talents. If you are looking for the unorthodox, "new age" Newman, go with American Beauty. If it's lush strings and sentiment you're after, go with Meet Joe Black (my personal favorite Newman score to date). Both will leave you with a much better idea of this talented composer.

Contains a GREAT song.......2000-01-19

Por Una Cabeza is a great song. I could listen to it all day. This is the first cd I found with a good version of it.

Average customer rating:

Kids just love it!
Happy Songs!
Tom Chapin does it again!
"The pied piper of children's music"
Charming, funny, clever, musical...great for kids and grownup kids too

Some Assembly Required
Tom Chapin
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ASIN: B000AA7HH4
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

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Only One Shoe
Bill Bailey, Get Yourself Back Home
How I Became A Clown
My Face
Brown Gold
I'm The Only Me
Walk The World Now, Children
The Happiest Song I Know
Questions
Some Assembly Required
Don't Make Me Dance
Planet Bruno
Quiet Time
Home Is The Welcoming Sound

Customer Reviews:

Kids just love it!.......2007-03-22

My kids love Puppy at the Pound and cannot seem to hear it enough. So I bought the CD and they absolutely love it! A must have for anyone young children.

Happy Songs!.......2006-12-24

My youngest sister introduced me to Tom Chapin's music that she enjoyed year after year at the Walnut Valley Festival. I found they always hit the spot and you can listen to them again and again.
Recently after her untimely death, I happened across his tune "Happiest Song I Know" when I was feeling particularly low. The cheery words and encouraging lyrics went straight to my heart. You listen to one of his songs and it really speaks to you and the tunes are sprightly and energetic.

Tom Chapin does it again!.......2006-11-04

My daughter just got this album as a birthday gift (she's six).We have played it every day for two weeks, sometimes twice, and each time I hear it I love it more. I'm a preschool teacher, so I immediately taped it to play in my classroom, and the kids in my class love it, too

Tom Chapin has a way with children's music. He has a gift for engaging not only children, but their parents as well. "Planet Bruno" not only pays homage to disco, but to David Bowie as well. How many children know "Major Tom"? But their parents do. And so do many of their grandparents.

Children need music that doesn't insult their intelligence, that plays like they think, and tackles the importent issues in their lives. Like being able to find their shoes or being proud to be themselves. Tom Chapin addresses children with humor, sensitivity, and, most of all, respect. How many times have you put on a CD for your kids and wanted to run screaming from the room? That won't happen here.

We so love Tom Chapin at our house. My daughter has decided that if we buy a copy of "This Pretty Planet" for everyone in the whole world, the world would be a better place.

It just might at that. Maybe we should buy them this one, too.

"The pied piper of children's music".......2006-08-09

"Mommy, oh mommy, what can I do? I want to go out and I can't find my shoe!" "Did you look in the closet?" "I didn't." "Well, do! You're not going out with only one shoe!" So begins the catchy tune, "Only One Shoe," on Tom Chapin's CD entitled, "Some Assembly Required." This song and others like "Puppy at the Pound," a tune about a family trying to pick out the very best dog, had me believing that perhaps Chapin had taken up residence at my house!

My son still likes children's music, even at the ripe old age of nine, but not "baby songs." Chapin has managed to put together a CD that fits the bill for older kids as well as tiny tots. "Some Assembly Required" is that rare CD that delights both parents and their children alike and seems like in no time you know all of the lyrics by heart. In my house it is one that we put on in the car, at bedtime, and just while we are playing or hanging out.

If you haven't seen three time Grammy winner Tom Chapin in concert it's doubtful that it is because he hasn't toured somewhere near where you live; it seems that he has been around the U.S. and back again time and time again. You can track his concert schedule on his website. His concerts are truly family events and he is a wonderfully engaging performer. In fact Parents Magazine has dubbed him "the Pied Piper of children's music," a title that is well deserved. - Carol Laliberte

Charming, funny, clever, musical...great for kids and grownup kids too.......2006-05-29

Fortunate to find Tom Chapin's Some Assembly Required at a yard sale, I listened to only the first song through a portable CD player before deciding to buy it. Although I don't have children, I do have a songwriting background. This helped me enjoy the clever lyrics on many of the songs and the expert arrangements on all of them -- in particular the versatile piano playing, which can really "cook" or be supportive and flowing.

As with other songs of this genre, the situations are particular to children: how to find a lost shoe, the attributes of one's face, is it okay to ask questions (of every conceivable sort), feeling shy to dance (and being relieved when your friends like how you do it). I laughed out loud on hearing Puppy at the Pound. Every family that has ever gotten a dog will relate to the universality of the lyrics, which is what makes the song so funny. The lyrics of How I Became a Clown are also highly imaginative and humorous; and the arrangement is a perfect accompaniment to the story. There are some surprises, too, appropriate for children brought up in the last 10 years: Brown Gold deals in an interesting way with composting; and Questions mentions iPods and Googling. The title song, Some Assembly Required, hilariously and accurately describes the time-consuming, often frustrating task of putting together a so-called easy-to-assemble toy, as many parents have experienced (and spent a kid's entire birthday on). I'm the Only Me is a beautiful, tender and heartfelt song that would work in any musician's repertoire.

The harmonies (like the musicianship) are splendid. I wish that the harmony singers chimed in sooner -- I think the album could use more of those richly textured voices. The pitch of the children's choir is spot-on, a welcome change from children's singing on some albums that sacrifices musicality for presumed cuteness. My only complaint is the unevenness of some of the songs: though most deserve a 5, there are a few 3s in the mix. However, I'm giving this album a 5 overall, in part to compensate for one reviewer's 1 rating (which for the life of me I don't understand). Many of the songs are memorable and pleasingly musical. And almost all are genuinely uplifting. If you have children, you will find common ground and much entertainment with your young ones. And for those who don't -- if you relate to life, and if you can appreciate the creativity involved in turning ordinary, day-to-day situations into art, you will like this album.

Average customer rating:

Wow!!!
Hard Wired part 2
Invading Familiar Territory
An all around great album...
One of the best new industrial/techno albums

Artificial Soldier
Front Line Assembly
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
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ASIN: B000FFP014
Release Date: 2006-06-20

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Unleashed
Low Life
Beneath The Rubble
Dissension
Buried Alive
Dopamine
Social Enemy
Future Fail
The Storm
Humanity (World War Three) (+ Hidden Track)

Album Description

The best FLA release the electronic industrial community has seen in over a decade. Heavy pounding beats, atmospheric strings, percolating melodies, dynamic synths, and Bill Leeb's trademark vocals couldn't be fused together any tighter if you tried to do it at an atomic level. As if all those factors weren't enough, two guest vocalists appear: Eskil Simonsson from Covenant and Jean-Luc De Meyer from Front 242.

Customer Reviews:

Wow!!!.......2007-05-30

This is by far my personal favourite FLA album yet. If your new to FLA (AS HARD AS THAT IS FOR ME TO BELIEVE) I would decsribe them as ColdWave/Industrial/Electro. I love the way that Fulber and Leeb used the synths and base line to make incredibly powerful beats with meaningful lyrics. I love this album!

Hard Wired part 2.......2007-01-16

This album is almost more reminicent of older FLA. Though not quite as good as TNI or Hard Wired it definately has resurrected some of that old sound. It is an improvement over their previous two 'Epitaph' and 'Civilization' which were pretty good, but for FLA sub-par.

This is why I'm a big fan of FLA. After twenty years of making music they're still putting out strong releases to keep their fans happy. Hardcore fans seem to have wanted another Hard Wired and so FLA answered. Though it may not be as good as their material from the early to mid nineties, and there may never be, FLA is still going strong. Artificial Soldier is at least a 4 and a half star album if not five even if it's not their best ever. But there can be only one best. That's the definition of best. This album however still exceeded my expectations.

Invading Familiar Territory.......2007-01-11

If you own Hard Wired, or Epitaph, you need not look twice at Artificial Soldier.

While I admire the work of Front Line Assembly for being a staple of my music collection over the years, I also have to admonish the band that made Tactical Neural Implant for not being more of a delicacy. Artificial Soldier falls right into the description of "standard issue FLA" with its bombastic synths, high-tempo breakbeats and futuristic/apocalyptic themes. And just like a staple, it's pretty bland if you've had it more than a few times, and for FLA fans this is more than a second serving.

Perhaps more irking to me is that this album follows right after Civilization, a Front Line Assembly album that dared to be mature, moody, dark and sparse on the bombast. Or that Artificial Soldier was assembled by the "FLA all-stars", not only bringing Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson together on one album but several other contributors - when I first heard of the cast, I was excited by the potential piece of work. Not only did I wish for a continuation of Civilization's bold incorporation of female vocals, but also the addition of Decree's gritty, noisy ambiance - a combination that would be a new treat for fans of FLA and EBM alike.

Unfortunately AS didn't draw upon such strengths, rather it resorted to a formula that is more than tired for FLA. While albums like this usually would have garnered three stars from me, the band's constant tapping of the well has left it dry, leaving me thirsty for the band to record a new Tactical Neural Implant (and no, not a rehash of it).

An all around great album..........2007-01-04

Some of Front Line Assembly's recent albums haven't been up to par with their very best albums. (Notably Tactical Neural Implant, Caustic Grip, State of Mind. Though, for my money, anything they put out in the eighties and early nineties was excellent.) I think their decline started with Millennium, which I felt was really not very good at all. Hard Wired looked like a return to form, but they started sinking again after that.

However, Artificial Soldier is absolutely excellent. The best track, I feel, is Future Fail. It's interesting that I like it so much, as the lead singer on that is Jean-Luc De Meyer from Front 242. (And I am not a fan of Front 242 at all.)

It's really quite hard to describe just how good this album is. Gone are the guitar parts of Millennium (which never sounded right on a Front Line Assembly album.) The political-tinged lyrics are back, but not in the way they used to be. (If you listen carefully to State of Mind, which came out in 1988, you can hear a sample from a news show talking about how dangerous al-Qaeda is. That just stands out in my mind of how much Bill Leeb knows about what's going on in the world. How many people outside the Middle East knew what al-Qaeda was in 1988?) Future Fail, for instance, references an ambiguous future where people are ruled by a tyrant. ("They massacre, call it progress/They plunder and call it wealth") Then again, the lyrics (with a very few exceptions) have always been fairly ambiguous as to their subject.

Overall, though, this is an excellent album. Any FLA or industrial fan in general should have it in their collection.

One of the best new industrial/techno albums .......2006-12-27

I discovered the music of FLA by pure accident listening to some music on an internet radio station. These guys rock and this is one of their best albums next to Tactical Neural Implant. Whats amazing is that these guys were some of the original members of the super industrial group Skinny Puppy back in the 80's. This one is great music and I am sad that no music stations on FM radio play FLA music. Why? My favorite tracks are Lowlife and Social Enemy.

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Adventurous and memorable gem!
A great addition to my collection
Evolving and involving - An Excellent addition to FLA's already successful career
Getting back to the root of it all....
Front Line Assembly are still good!

Civilization
Front Line Assembly
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00015HVL0
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Psychosomatic
Maniacal
Transmitter (Come Together)
Vanished
Strategic
Civilization
Fragmented
Parasite
Dissident
Schicksal

Customer Reviews:

Adventurous and memorable gem!.......2007-03-12

Civilization is probably FLA's most diverse and experimental studio release to date and very tame compared to all other FLA. When I first heard Civilization in 2004, I was taken off guard and honestly, a little dissapointed, because at the time it didn't level up to my expectations. Despite my cynicism at the time, it surely started to grow on me and still is to this day. I threw it on just the other day and was completely blown away with what I heard, again...it really is an amazing collection of diverse, well-crafted and well-engineered FLA tracks.

When listening to Civiliztion, it is pretty evident that there are some Delerium influences weaved in an out here and there. Transmitter, for example, starts out very atmospheric and very early Delerium-like with a kind of chanting monk choir. But then soon, you'll hear the very mechanical and robotic tones of FLA...and soon to blend in comes the Delerium-like angelic chorus.

To really appreciate the three distinct FLAvours (pun intended) of FLA, you need to listen to the following albums:
- Hard Wired (heavy guitar/industrial)
- Implode (mechanical/robotic synth/ebm/industrial)
- Civilization (atmospheric/synth/ebm)

FLAvour Of the Weak, Epitaph and Artificial Soldier are great too.

But really, in my opinion, anything after, and including TNI is all good. I strongly recommend Civilization to any synth fan!

By the way, the track listing on your copy of Civilization may not be correct. From what I hear, there are 3 or 4 different mis-prints...mine sure is. The correct track listing is as follows:

01. Psychosomatic - 5:35
02. Maniacal - 5:14
03. Transmitter (accidentally listed as "Fragmented") - 5:38
04. Vanished - 6:25
05. Strategic - 1:52
06. Civilization - 6:43
07. Fragmented (accidentally listed as "Transmitted [Come Together]") - 6:22
08. Parasite (accidentally listed as "Dissident") - 6:13
09. Dissident (accidentally listed as "Schicksal") - 5:29
10. Schicksal (tracklist contains only 9 tracks) - 7:19

Enjoy Civilization!!

A great addition to my collection.......2006-08-05

The CD Starts out with a very industrial sound. As it progresses, you can hear the sound that was later taken to Delerium. It's very compelling.

Evolving and involving - An Excellent addition to FLA's already successful career.......2006-01-23

FLA (Front Line Assembly) are one of those bands that are not afraid to tread on new ground and very old ground aswell, that is just what they have done on this remarkable new album. It has also come to my attention that Rhys Fulber (welcome back to FLA) has incorporated almost all his side-project talent into this latest FLA masterpiece, I can hear aspects of 'Conjure One', and 'Synaesthesia' quite heavily throughout the album. They have also stepped back in time to give us long time fans more of what we like about FLA, without repeating themselves though. The robo-voice present on their 1992 'Tactical Neural Implant' album has been welcomed back to this release, with an new age sound.

FLA have always made music that is more technologically advanced than the other musicians in their field have. Leaving FLA hands down in the lead of the search for the future sound of technology in music.

FLA also manage to create a very visual type of music that is almost like another world, or a future world which one can step into and be completely immersed in.

FLA are once again Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, which I and many fans feel is the truest FLA line-up. 'Civilization' is the first album with this line up since the 'Hard Wired' album and the final EP 'Plasticity' which followed, and then with Rhys Fulber's departure Chris Peterson joined Bill Leeb to release their first album together called 'FLAvour of the Weak'.

Reviewer Andrew is right, 'Civilization' is like 'Tactical Neural Implant' but slightly more organic sounding.

WELCOME BACK RHYS, WE MISSED YOUR PRESENCE IN FLA's EVERLASTING AND EVER EVOLVING SEARCH FOR THE FUTURE THROUGH SOUND AND TECHNOLOGY.

Getting back to the root of it all...........2005-11-12

I must say that i've had this disc for almost more than a year now and i still love listening to it over and over. Unlike their previous efforts (the bizarre Epitaph and dark spacey Implode) this reminded me of a "modernized" Tactical Neural Implant lushed with ambience darker than Semantic Spaces. This album will probably please more Delerium fans than those who's more into the heavier side of FLA (Hard-wired, Millenium, FLAvourOfTheWeAK). There is an undeniable fact that there lies a certain degree of brilliance and craftsmanship in it's engineering. Probably due to Rhys Fulber's comeback (we've seen him mature over the years with most of his production work: Fear Factory, Conjure One among others). A good blend of light and dark, he manages to bring out a more softer side of FLA that's somewhat similar yet contrast to Chris Petersons "cyber" and grungy approach. Nevertheless, this is "cyber" and forget-about-grunge electronic ebm music at it's finest. Fans of electronica should try this and it's follow-up ep Vanished.

Front Line Assembly are still good!.......2005-07-19

The most consistent band in the Industrial scene come back to release a new album. Generally, FLA are worshipped for "Tactical Neural Implant," an album that is responsible for every cliche in Industrial (specifically, Cyberpunk Post-Apocalypse Mechanical Inhuman Minimalistic New-Wave-With-A-Jackhammer Sample-Overdose Mesmerizing-Decades-Of-Faith) but was still a great CD. Every album after TNI was basically TNI+ (insert influence here). Milennium was TNI+Rock, FLAvor was TNI+Techno, Hard Wired was TNI+Drum'n'Bass (with a lil guitar). Epitaph was kind of a departure, where the cyberpunk dystopia of TNI was blasted with an H-Bomb and all thats left is ruins... Milennium kind of continues on this path, sounding almost like a more angry Epitaph. TNI was mechanical but it was kind of upbeat in a way, Epitaph was bleak and Civilization continues this 'ramshackle/experimental' feel but in a more aggressive way.

The first song, Psychosomatic, sounds like TNI meets Hip-Hop (yes, Hip-Hop) meets a James Bond theme. This song is unhateable. Its catchy and fun, and is followed by the dark, angry, but catchy-as-hell Maniacal. A bit of everything is used here, samples, synths, pianos, guitars, more samples, more synths, weird sounds that keep everything from feeling repetitive, more weird stuff, complex percussion, so experimental yet tied together with catchy, stick-in-your-head melodies... mmmm not so different from TNI after all. Best seen as more 'organic.'

FLA are consistent and always deliver CDs with at least 3 or 4 good songs. They continue their record here.

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A Masterpiece
Clear and simple

AMERICA'S BUGLE CALLS

Manufacturer: Documentary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005OA52
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

Reveille/Morning Colors Sequence
First Call
Attention
To the Colors
Carry On
Assembly
First Sergeant's Call
Adjutants Call
Mass Call
Pay Call
Officer's Call
Semper Fi
Roast Beef of Old England
Marines Hymn
Anchors Aweigh
Army Song
Semper Paratus
Air Force Song/Evening Colors Sequence
First Call
Attention
Retreat
Carry On
Tattoo
Call to Quarters
Taps [Single Bugler Version]
To Arms
General Quarters
General Muster
To Horse
Fligh Quarters
Man Torpedo Defense Battery
Main Battery Fire Control Exercise
Call Away All Boats
Fix Bayonets
Commence Firing
Charge! [Version One]
Charge! [Version Two]
Cease Firing
Abandon Ship
Light Smoking Lamp
Out Smoking Lamp
Company Left March
Company Right March
Liberty Call
Church Call
Recall
Mail Call
Police Call
Sick Call
Stable Call
Band Call
Movie Call
Surgeon's Party
Hail to the Chief - Matthew Farquhar, The Flourishes
General's March - Matthew Farquhar, The Flourishes
Flag Officer's March
Secure
Taps [Two Bugler Version]

Album Description

Music: Instrumental only

The famous bugle calls from America's Armed Services including Reveille and Taps.

Customer Reviews:

A Masterpiece.......2007-06-20

Clear and crisp and played with vigor and heart. Mass call is of course Mess Call that someone spelled wrong. What worked for me is that I review four or five calls each night before bed. I hum them first and then listen to the call on the CD. The next day, I work out on the bugle until lip fatigue sets in.

Clear and simple.......2006-08-04

Single bugle calls, clear and simple-recognizable to this Navy/Marine Corps veteran. Also some army stuff if you desire that sort of thing. Quite a lot of quality stuff.

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outstanding - honestly
My favorite cd I have bought in 6 months
One of those CDs you can play the whole way through
One of my BEST purchases of 2005
They don't make 'em like this anymore

The Honest Hour
Assembly of Dust , and Reid Genauer
Manufacturer: Hybrid Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002YI7AY
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

Man With a Plan
Harrower
Honest Hour
Roads
Paul Henry
Speculator
Honey Creeper
Bus Driver
Fountain

Customer Reviews:

outstanding - honestly.......2006-08-06

A friend turned me on to the live in Kingston cd and I was blown away. The song Honest Hour was the total hook for me - the lyrics are so descriptive and everthing flows to perfection. Great band - great album - great sound. Smooth - awesome - eclectic - down home - good time toe tapping - knee slapping put a grin on your face music.

My favorite cd I have bought in 6 months.......2006-02-07

This cd is just great. The Paul Henry and Speculator are outstanding. It truly is "An Honest Hour" of music. Assembly of Dust is where it's at.

One of those CDs you can play the whole way through.......2006-01-25

I had heard some Strangefolk before, so some songs were familiar to me (like Speculator). That being said, you don't need any jamband background to appreciate this CD.
The tones of each song distinguish themselves. Reid Genauer is an incredible songwriter. Nate Wilson is one of the best piano players out there in my opinion. SOngs like "Honest Hour", "Roads", and "Man with a Plan" make the CD.
If there was a 6 star rating, I would give it.

One of my BEST purchases of 2005.......2006-01-23

Radio in Key West, Florida is really bad...R-E-A-L-L-Y bad.

Now I have satellite radio...and life is good.

Anyway, I was jamming out and working on my computer, and this really killer song came on ("roads"...track 4). I was listening to the "Jam On" station, which really isn't my thing, but I can dig it now and again (I like to keep an open mind with all types music).

In this case, what was coming out of my speakers wasn't "Jam Bandish"...it was just beautiful music, plus it totally rocked.

I stopped what I was doing and just sat their blown away and fired up. That usually doesn't happen to me during a "first listen".

I typed them into Amazon to read what the customers had to say, and at that time, was surprised to find only two reviews(both 5 stars)so I thought "what the heck", shelled out some cash, and the rest is history.

I've turned this album on to so many people...and they love it.

It's fun music, and it has to be one of the best Live performances I have ever heard.

If you are open to good music...take a chance and give this album a shot. I am a critical S.O.B. when it comes to music and I proudly give this one 5 stars.

They don't make 'em like this anymore.......2005-12-31

The hook-filled first two songs, which got some airplay on our local AAA station, grabbed me like few others have in recent years. The rest of the CD is just as good. Superior songwriting and very tight ensemble performances all the way through. Until you hear the crowd reaction between songs you can easily forget this is a live album. I was immediately reminded of The Band -- Reid Gennauer's plaintive voice has some elements of both Rick Danko and Levon Helm and the harmonies are similar, plus the lyrics evoke Robbie Robertson's heartland-inspired classics. Mortality, fate and honor are handled with skill and humor. There are also echoes of Bruce Hornsby (particularly on Speculator) and some nimble guitar reminscent of Dickey Betts. I have heard other live recordings of this band, which are freely available, and I think they really are this good live without any studio sweetening. An honest hour of intelligent, unpretentious and spirited music. Highly recommended.

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VERY BEST OF FLA
TO SEARCH IS TO DESTROY
What FLA should be
FLA's Evolution of Sound Begins
Millennium ~ Front Line Assembly

Millennium
Front Line Assembly
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000H6J
Release Date: 1994-10-11

Tracks:

Vigilante
Millennium
Liquid Seperation
Search And Destroy
Surface Patterns
Victim Of A Criminal
Division Of Mind
This Faith
Plasma Springs
Sex Offender

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Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber add aggressive guitars to their considerable armory of instruments to create an album of striking power and subtlety. They give full reign to their heavy metal influences on songs such as "Vigilante" and "Division of Mind," with angry guitar riffs and live-sounding programmed drums. However, the band's characteristically dark synthesizer atmospherics are still present, on tracks such as "This Faith" and the haunting "Sex Offender." Lyrics focus mostly on societal ills and technological doomsday. The songwriting is strong, with solid choruses in the title track as well as the brilliantly apocalyptic "Surface Patterns. "Victim of a Criminal" is a bold merging of Front Line Assembly's sinister power with the vocals of rapper David Hansen of the band P.O.W.E.R. --Mark McCleerey

Customer Reviews:

VERY BEST OF FLA.......2006-04-16

I actually found this recording used and picked it up just because i thought the cover was so weird. After listening to it for years and years, this album has reached my top 20 albums of all time, across any genre. I love all kinds of music, and if i had to pick one industrial album to represent the genre, it would be this one. There is one song on this album that is hard to get into, I believe it is called victim of a criminal. The guitars provide a deep rhythmic feel to this music, and make it feel more complete and lush than many of their other recordings. People either love or hate this album, and I think it is just amazing. It is super hardcore, but also retains a great listenability, and shows off great songwriting ability. I can't say enough good things about this album.

TO SEARCH IS TO DESTROY.......2005-12-01

I MUST SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THIS BAND, PURE GENIUS. I FELL IN LOVE WHEN TRENT REZNOR DROPPED HIS DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND EVER SINCE THEN ITS BEEN THE BEST. THIS PARTICULAR ALBUM HAS SO MANY GREAT SONGS INCLUDING, "SEARCH AND DESTROY, AND PLASMA SPRINGS." MY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BACKGROUND MAKES ME FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT FLA'S LYRICS ARE OUT OF CONTROL, QUITE PURE EVIL BLISS.

What FLA should be.......2005-10-07

Only gay song here is Victim of a Criminal. Everything else makes for a complete album with some real winners like Liquid Separation, Plasma Springs, Sex Offender, and This Faith. In my opinion the essence of FLA lies in Gashed Senses & Crossfire, State of Mind and TNI, but Millennium is just a killer cd regardless of who put it out. If you're new to FLA and this is the only one you have heard and you like the style then you might not like other FLA before this release. I think they tried to evolve Millennium into later releases but failed. Its one of those cd's so good it was probably an accident. :)

FLA's Evolution of Sound Begins.......2005-07-10

Front Line Assembly is the brainchild of two great musically minded men, Bill Leeb & Rhys Fulber. They have had a busy decade with this entity and their other great project Delerium, and their many side projects from the Vancouver studios. 'Millenium' is the latest album release from 1994 I have listened too and have been progressively purchasing all of FLA's albums. To date this is the best CD from them I have encountered.

In this album of 10 tracks, the old sounds of FLA have merged together and mixed with more metallic sounds with the bass guitars and robotic harsh vocals sung by Leeb. This makes for one very entertaining and a absolute friendly listening experience. Just like Delerium had evolved sound and lyrical wise, I feel that FLA is on a path of self-evolution for over time nothing can stay the same way.

The best songs on this album were 'Vigilante'which took some lyrical excerpts from horror movies, 'Millenium' which introduced the heavy guitar sound into FLA and 'Victim Of A Criminal' which just mixed all the sounds into one well mixed beat.

Millennium ~ Front Line Assembly.......2005-04-12

When I first heard this album back in 1994, I did not like it all. I was expecting Tactical Neural Implant part two. However, later on in life and with a much broader palate for music I must say that I love it. It was a stroke of genius to add the layer of guitars and I love the hard edged sound which sounds like a mix between Ministry, FLA, Die Krupps and even Front 242. The cover is a very odd thing that does not look like anything at all and the text is not all that great. The lyrics are interesting and they make up for the not so great vocals with plenty of energy and a tremendous tallent to make cross over music. The guitar layer is amazing and add a brutal edge to an already grimm sound. FLA show on this album that they can mix and match their sound and still be able to create amazing music.

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