Paradox: The Album [Import]

Product Description
Finally all 666's Hits and More on One CD.

Paradox: The Album,666,Dance Street,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Euro-Dance,Pop

Average customer rating: Good, but ultimately disappointing. All The Kings Horses is Great ... disapointed strange...

All The King's Men Legendary Pink Dots Manufacturer: Roir ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Whispering Wall Under Triple Moons Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves 9 Lives to Wonder Black Ships Ate the Sky ASIN: B00006K07Y Release Date: 2002-09-23

Tracks:

1. Cross Of Fire
2. The Warden
3. Touched By The Midnight Sun
4. Rash
5. The Day Before It Happened
6. Brighter Now
7. Marz Attacks
8. Sabres At Dawn
9. All The Kings Men
10. The Brightest Star

Album Description

Can we put Humpty Dumpty back together again-? Edward Ka-Spel & LPD are definitely going to try. - "All The King's Men" (all new material) & its companion release on Soleilmoon "All The King's Horse's," are albums inspired & affected by the events of September 11th. In classic LPD form, they use a nursery rhyme to evoke both the apocalyptic events of a year ago & the hope that has arisen from them. This album is a paradox & a provocation. The world has fallen apart & we must put it back together. What should we do?

Album Description

Formed in the UK in 1980, they are more together today than ever before. They have produced over 25 albums in there 22 years of being together. This album is inspired by the events of Sep 11th. 'Can we put Humpty Dumpty back together again'? ROIR. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Good, but ultimately disappointing........2003-03-10

"All The King's Men," along with its sister album "All The King's Horses" is the latest
studio release from the ever-prolific Legendary Pink Dots. While it really is a good album
if you think about it, ultimately it comes off as a bit unsatisfying and disappointing. "All
The King's Horses" I would say is the superior album, and to compare "...Men" to
relatively recent releases, it ranks in my estimation quite a ways below "A Perfect
Mystery," and "Nemesis Online." Going back chronologically, I'd say it's the worst
full-length album of new material since 1988's "The Golden Age," which I didn't think
was that great.

Sounds bad, but didn't I just say it's a good album? Allowing for what I expect from a
Dots' release, it is a good album. The quality threshold of Dots' albums is so high that
even their bad ones are better than the best works of other bands in my view. No other
band has for so long so consistently put out great albums in my opinion.

One of my problems with this album is that out of 10 tracks, 3 of them are instrumentals.
Despite the fact that one of them is very good, generally I think the Dots' instrumental
tracks tend to veer toward experimental throwaways.

What's worse is that the technically mixing of this album is very strange. It's not bad in
the lo-fi 80s Dots way, but it does interfere with the enjoyment of this album. The vocals
on some tracks tend to be far too much louder than the instruments. To give you an
example, on my stereo to obtain an optimal listening level for "Hallway of the Gods" (a
Dots album with stellar mixing) I usually have to turn up to 4 1/2. For "All The King's
Men" I had to turn it up to 6 or 7, and then the vocals blew me away. This problem is
somewhat alleviated if you have a very good surround-sound system or listen to the album
on good headphones (I highly recommend either one).

Now, onto a run-down of the songs:

Cross Of Fire - Honestly, there's not much to say about this song. It strikes me as being
ultimately forgettable. It's not bad, but it's not very good or memorable.

The Warden - This song is the highlight of the album. If I was a record promoter, I would
choose this song as the single; it is by far the most commercially viable song on the album.
It starts out with a great organ piece that sounds like it could have come from the
soundtrack of the excellent video game series Castlevania, and then leads into a soaring,
singularly haunting lament. A very good track.

Touched By The Midnight Sun - Another great track, probably my second favorite on the
album. It's very spacey, like something from "9 Lives to Wonder" or "Chemical
Playschool 8-9." In fact, it reminds me most of "The Artificial Silence" from the latter
album. A stripped down piece, consisting primarily of out-in-space vocals, spacey effects
and birds singing, as you can imagine, this is a nice song to listen to after a
marijuana-smoking session.

Rash - An instrumental, but a great one. Very mechanical sounding, very neat, and a bit
spooky, with some great background effects. This song reminds me of "Invaders in the
Raita," also from Chemical Playschool 8-9."

The Day Before It Happened - After Rash, the song quality of the album begins to take
quite the nose-dive. A poppy piece that starts off timid and quiet, but picks up and gets
better in the second half. I didn't much care for this track.

Brighter Now - "Brighter Now" is a grand, sweeping track that leads into an orchestral
march, resplendent with very emotional vocals. I know, it sounds good, and usually I
absolutely love Dots' songs answering to that description; yet this one falls very flat with
me and makes no connection whatsoever. I can't explain it, I feel like I should like this
track, but I don't. It has all the ingredients, but doesn't come through.

Marz Attacks - I've listened to this song quite a few times to give it a chance, but it

remains essentially a throwaway instrumental.

Sabres At Dawn - The album begins to pick up again a little! Sabres At Dawn, while not
as good as tracks 2-4, is a delightfully little piece, an electronic waltz reminiscent of those
you'll find more commonly on Edward Ka Spel's solo works. Quite nice! Takes a while
to grow on you.

"All The King's Men" - An 11+ minute opus... these types of Dots' songs are sketchy.
You have your magnificent ones like "Hallway," "Andromeda Suite," and "Premonition
13" to name a few and then some forgettable ones, like those on "Chemical Playschool
10" or "Malachai." This one, however, is quite good. It starts out very techno-like, and
progressively gets heavier until its almost industrial; after a while it degenerates into
chaotic noise, and then goes back to techno.

However, the effects of this song are tremendous! The first two times I listened to it, I
thought it was simply good. Then, one day after smoking a copious amount of marijuana,
I put my headphones and cranked this track up. The way the instruments and sound
effects dance circles around your head when listening to this song on headphones or with a
good surround sound hook up, is quite the feat of aural engineering. When the vocals
kick in toward the latter part of the song, I nearly jumped out of my seat. The vocals are
sufficiently unsettling, but when you listen to them with headphones on, it feels as if
Edward is talking directly into the back of your neck, like you can feel his breath close on
the nape of your neck! I later tried listening to this on headphones while completely
sober, and indeed, no two ways about it, it is a remarkable thing, but you can imagine on
sensual and disturbing it is when listening to it half-baked to the stars. The long, drawn
out sounds of what I presume to be bombs dropping is also incredible. As I've said
before, a great track.

The Brightest Star - A 10+ minute extended instrumental jam, notably for the striking
violin pieces, but otherwise forgettable.

So as I've said before, this is a good album, but disappointing, because while 5 of the
tracks (2,3,4,8,9) are good, the rest are pretty much easily forgotten.

All The Kings Horses is Great.......2002-11-08

All The Kings Men is part two to follow a masterpiece ALL THE KINGS HORSES - Not listed and I don't Understand why. But to review All The Kings Men is easy - A very pleasent trip with TLPD's once again filled with fun lyrics and imaginary instrumentals - But please try and find ALL THE KINGS HORSES before this one. You will love it - Its by far the best music written in the new millenium and I have collected all the LPD's cd's since the start and KINGS HORSES is the best ever. Belongs in the the halls of music for the gods. Cheers.

..........2002-11-06

I thought the cd was fabu! ... I like it a lot. I also liked the new trak from Justin from american idol on the american idol soundtrack. It rocks! His music is so hard core it makes my eardrums bleed. ...

disapointed.......2002-11-03

I love the Pink Dots! I have seen them in concert so many times I have lost count. My brother has almost everything ever recorded by this incredible group. I listened to this album several times in my car and I was very disapointed with the sound Quality. The mix was bad. The piano would start off so quiet you had to turn the sound full on. Then the vocals would come in and it will blow your ears off. The whole album doesn't sound right. On some songs the music is louder than the vocals and others the opposite. Now my car has a great sounding stereo and I listen to most of my music in my car, but I tried it on my home stereo and I was shocked at the difference. In surround mode it sounded so much better. A lot of the sounds missing in "stereo" are heard in the surround speakers and they sound great. So if you want to listen to this cd, try it in surround and it is well worth while.

strange..........2002-10-19

I must admit I was a bit disappointed when i first listened to this album when it came out a week ago. I received the 2 new LPD albums, 'All the King's Horses' and 'All the King's men'; The former is simply delicious, dark and so so beautiful and subtle; one of the best LPD albums I've ever heard, and that's saying a lot since they're my absolute favourite band.
But 'All the King's Men' is very different. More electronic and minimalistic, but also guitars in the instrumental songs. There're too many instrumental songs and they're maybe too long and repetitive for me.
But please don't misunderstand me, this is a Legendary pink Dots album, and that means good music. I suppose they wanted to disorientate us with this album, which sounds on the one hand as a back to the roots to the dark electronic waltzes of early albums such as 'Brighter Now' and 'Curse', and on the other as a push against any categorisation.

Average customer rating: Instant Success... They are the Doctors of Rock N' Roll !!!!!!

Sacred Paradox Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000244G3Q Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Angel of Fate
2. Destress
3. Lame & Languid
4. What You Were
5. Sunburn Daze
6. Spasm
7. Pretend Friend
8. Thorns of Rose
9. Medication
10. Apathy
11. Downward Spiral
12. Sacred

Album Description

'FRESH PASSIONATE ALTERNATIVE ROCK', is the only way to describe the new PARADOX release. SACRED, the Album takes a new direction for PARADOX, veering away from their previous Punk Rock/Grunge Sound of their 2002 debut, 'Circle of Growth', to a more Melodic Alternative Sound, the band has been thriving to achieve since their creation.

Customer Reviews:

Instant Success..........2005-09-20

Instant success is the only term I can use to describe the destiny of the Irish band, Paradox. With tracks like "Lame and Languid" and "Infinite" these guys are sure to grace the scene with a pumped up version of the modern Alternative/Rock sound.
As I listened I found new reasons to listen again. Obviously Paradox is dedicated to their craft. The mix is great and the power is incredible with a perfect combination of acoustic and electric to please nearly every taste. As Rock goes I always try to compare one sound to another, but Paradox is not a band to be compared to anyone. Pete's vocals are impeccable, beautifully accented by the rest of the band. Lots of great guitar accents and solid beats put Paradox on the top of my "next best list" and make for one killer rock band.

Driven by melody and pure adrenaline, these guys are a commanding force in the new music arena. I really enjoyed reviewing this band and, all in all, I can't find a reason to give Paradox less than 5 stars. I fully recommend listening to their style and adding them to your CD collection. Roadrash

They are the Doctors of Rock N' Roll !!!!!!.......2004-07-11

I was one of the lucky ones who got a pre release of this album. sacred is one of those albums that you must listen to 3-4 times but once you do you know you've got a peach! in an age of complete garbage on the radio, the mcCarthy brothers provide a welcome break from the present day musical production line!

Sacred opens with 'angel of fate' which is very catchy without just being radio friendly. paradox fans will be only too familiar with track 3 'lame and languid' which is a true anthem of the cork based trio. track 7 'pretend friend' breaks the album up great when drummer mike mac leaves the drums at home as both brothers go for a very touching ballad.

i did particulary like track 11 'downward spiral'. i suppose with a title like this the song has just gotta be good my friends and it is. after the slow' pretend friend' drummer mike mac once again belts the drums like there is no tommorow.....like drumming is going out of fashion. this is a good heavy tune.

these are just some of the tunes i like but in between these tunes are more peaches as when paradox release an album you have got to take it seriously. the BRMC sing 'whatever happened to our rock n roll' .....well paradox have answered a few prayers. maybe someday fans will see both the black rebel motorcycle club and paradox on the same stage, now wouldn't that be a real treat? stranger things have happened!

Average customer rating: Scary never felt so good! 666 Rules! Masterpice!

Paradox: The Album 666 Manufacturer: Dance Street ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000AEI2 Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

1. Cathedral of Sin (Introduction)
2. Amokk
3. Get up 2 da Track (666 Is Back)
4. Vasca Se Mueve
5. Apocalypse (Backwards)
6. Tierra Ya Destruida
7. Alarma
8. Paradoxx
9. Ninos del Demonio
10. Demon Attacks (Interlude)
11. Diablo
12. Fuego
13. I'm Your Nitemare
14. 666 Megamix
15. Apocalypse (Forwards) [*]

Album Details

Finally all 666's Hits and More on One CD.

Customer Reviews:

Scary never felt so good!.......2004-03-04

666 is such an awesome progressive group. Their beats will pound out your speakers and they use this alarm sound that just sounds incredible. Having said that, this CD is a really well designed CD. It's one of those CDs you put in your player and rarely need to hit the FF button. It flows well, they tracks hit hard, and although they use similar sounds throughout, the tracks are unique enough to not get boring. You should definitely crank up the system on this one!

If you like 666, you would most likely enjoy Brooklyn Bounce. Not as in your face as 666 is, but they fit into that same genre.

666 Rules!.......2001-06-17

I do not own this album, but wish I did. I have 4 of the songs off of it on other mix CD's and they are awesome. ALARMA, Get up 2 DA track, Amokk/Diablo are the trax that I have. You can also get the singles which are just as mind blowin', as is all of 666's stuff. They do not disappoint! If you have a system in your car, this music is killer! Some of it is pretty hard on the ears, though. The siren-sounds and cymbal crashes really scream through tweeters at even moderate volume. It can make your ears ring. The bass is fast and furious. Just buy this stuff, and get your roll on!

Masterpice!.......1999-01-09

EuroTechno that eats your brain and attacks your mind..

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Silently Screaming Paradox Manufacturer: T:d:M Thunderdome ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009UBYFG Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Free Spirits
2. Twisted
3. Down and Out
4. Cry Again
5. Under the Influence
6. What's Up
7. Life in a Box
8. Dirty Night
9. Breath
10. Patience of a Saint
11. Kiss
12. Crazy Second
13. Sweet Sheree

Average customer rating: Amazing! Alarma!!!!!!!!!!! Buy it now! I want more cd's like this! A few diamonds in the rough

Paradox: The Album 666 Manufacturer: Groov ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003WFYL Release Date: 1999-03-23

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!.......2005-09-10

I First heard these guys by accidently downloading a song I thought
was 3-6 mafia. It was get up 2 da track(666 is back) already a fan of dance and hardhouse I instantly fell in love with there unique, progressive, uplifting style. I started to find out as much as i could about these two guys from Germany who record half there songs in Spanish. Along with there hits Amok, alarma, and parodoxx. Which I think are good but not there best my favorite tracks are superdupafly,get up 2 da track,ruido sintetico,and 2 the maxx.Even my friends that don't like this genre like 666 come to think of it I havn't met anyone who dislikes this group.I think some people are turned off and won't give this group a chance because of there name 666 and may think it's dark or have an industial techno sound. But it's actually very good progessive dance music.Anyways great cd overall in fact every thing these guys put out is incredible which makes them my favorite group of the Genre. The only group i can think of that shares similar style would be brooklyn Bounce. Man would i love to see these guys live.

Alarma!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-05-23

I'll try to make a short overview of the German band 666 that was huge in Europe's dance scene back in 98-99 with a few club hits such as the title track "Paradoxx" "Alarma" "Diablo" and "Amokk". They were very charismatic even if they were commercial, the singer(not that the lyrics was that advanced)always was dressed in leather, with vampire teath and horns, 666 (AKA Satan) was their trademark, and they were a pretty good live group if my memory is correct. Most of the songs were also sung in spanish for some reason, the music itself was progressive/hardcore techno with heavy beats and and awesome samples, the songs are very addictive, you won't stop dancing to them. This album was that kind of album that any dance fans just had to buy back in 98 when it came out and ofcourse i too bought it, 666 vanished 2 years later when their second album was released but "Paradoxx" should be considered a classic. Most of the songs here are good dance songs, ofcourse the 4 songs i mentioned are the highlights. Here's the track listing since it wasn't posted before.

1.Intro
2.Amokk
3.Get up 2 da track (666 is back)
4.La vasca se mueve
5.Message (Backwards)
6.La tierra ya destruida
7.Alarma !
8.Paradoxx
9.Los ninos del demonio
10.Interlude
11.Diablo
12.El fuego
13.I'm your nitemare
14.666 Megamix
15.Message (Forwards)

Buy it now!.......2001-01-07

This european group only released the Paradoxx CD with a bonus remix CD In australia, You are very lucky to be able to order it! This CD includes all of their best songs and most of their songs that can only be found on singles. Their music style is House/Dance with a HEAVY baseline. My favorite tracks on the CD are PARADOXX and ALARMA (dont get me wrong the rest of the tracks are great also)

The songs included in this CD are as follows: catheral of sin(intro) - amokk - get up 2 da track(666 is back) - ka vasca se mueve - apocalypse(backwards) - la tierra ya destruida - alarma! - paradoxx- los ninos del demonio - the demon atrtacks(interlude) - diablo - el fuego - I'm your nitemare - the 666 megamix - apocalypse(forwards).

The songs included in the extra bonus remix cd (included in the package) are: - amokk(el mix del diablo) - amokk(dj fred & arnold d. remix) - alarma(let's go gabba remix) - alarma(unity dub mix) - diablo(extended 666 mix) - los nino del demonio(extended mix)

This is a great CD and is Extreamly hard to find! Buy it now!

I want more cd's like this!.......2000-06-12

I am a fan of hard hitting, up-beat, dance and techno songs. On most cd's I buy, there are only a few tracks which meet up to my expectations, but that is where this cd was different. I can listen to just about the whole cd right through and love every song on it. I will be honest and say that there are 2 tracks that i didn't like. That still leaves ALOT of good music to groove to. If you are a fan of bass, and I know I sure am, you'll be happy rollin down the street bumpin these tracks. This is a must buy! I just want more cd's like this!

A few diamonds in the rough.......2000-05-05

When they hit their mark, 666 are out of this world. I went ballistic when I first heard Alarma, for its intensity and beats that climax into an audio are right up my alley. Do they keep it up for the whole album? Well, no. They manage to match themselves twice more. Although they may have released more than 3 songs, Alarma!, Amokk, and Diablo are the clear standouts of the album, and the producers damn well know it. On the album version I have (there seem to be a few floating around), those 3 songs are spread evenly across the album to "spread the wealth" of the quality that exists, and those 3 songs constitute 99% of a "666 Devil Mix". Paradoxx may pass off as acceptable when dressed up in remixes, but the rest can qualify no better than "techno background music". You play them while doing your homework, not while wanting to go nuts on the dance floor. As for the whole satanic gimmick, it's just role-playing. Trust me, I actually caught them live once at a club, and their concert was more like an aerobics class then it was an unholy spectacle. All that Spanish gibberish is little more than corny, cheesy amusement. This is one of those albums where some songs are so bloody amazing they get extra points and puff up the review score. In my version, in addition to the 3 songs I like and the Devil Mix are remixes of Diablo and Alarma. In the latter's case, the (Gabba Bootleg) remix is even crazier than the original. Thus, if you can get your hands on the album version with the remixes I've mentioned (A mostly black, bronze and brown cover of a skull with fangs) you're in for a few tasty treats.

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