Recoil [Clean]

Recoil [Clean]

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Product Description
With nearly half a million in sales and tours with Linkin Park, Disturbed, Sevendust and The Deftones under their collective belts, Nonpoint is back harder and better than ever with their highly anticipated Lava Records debut with Recoil. The Ft. Lauderdale quartet spent twelve months writing and recording the album, and from the first single "The Truth" to their surprising cover of Phil Collins' classic "In The Air Tonight," the result is an awesome slab of aggressive rock that captures the driving thrill of their infamous live shows.

Tracks:

Prey
Allelujah
5000 Years
The Killing Ground
Intruders
99 To Life
Backslider

Tracks:

Faith Healer
Drifting
Stalker
Strange Hours
Jezebel

Album Description

Deluxe CD+DVD package includes DVD with 5.1 DTS & Dolby Surround and Ambient versions of the album, and every RECOIL video ever made.

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Very Impressed
Nonpoint rocks!!!
Nonpoint does it again
Nonpoint's Best
Nonpoint: Song by Song rates and most song reviews

Recoil
Nonpoint
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ASIN: B0002IQILU
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

The Same
The Truth
Broken bones
Wait
Rabia
Done It Anyway
In The Air Tonight
Move Now
Peace Of Mnid
Past It All
Impossible Needs
Side With The Guns
Reward

Album Description

With nearly half a million in sales and tours with Linkin Park, Disturbed, Sevendust and The Deftones under their collective belts, Nonpoint is back harder and better than ever with their highly anticipated Lava Records debut with Recoil. The Ft. Lauderdale quartet spent twelve months writing and recording the album, and from the first single "The Truth" to their surprising cover of Phil Collins' classic "In The Air Tonight," the result is an awesome slab of aggressive rock that captures the driving thrill of their infamous live shows.

Customer Reviews:

Very Impressed.......2007-05-14

This is the first album that I picked up from Nonpoint and I have to say that I was very pleased. Not only were the singles great, but the entire CD itself is worth listening to. I can pop it into my CD player and listen to it from beginning to end and enjoy the whole thing. The songs have good meaning to them if you share those kind of opinions. The majority of the songs betray mistrust and dissapointment towards others and himself. The songs talk about find "the truth," which I tought was very creative and interesting. Overall, I love the CD and would recommend it to anyone that's into Rap Metal.

Nonpoint rocks!!!.......2007-05-07

I'm honestly sad i found out about nonpoint as late as i did, but their earlier stuff is just as good, if not better than To the Pain. Recoil has everything, every track was enjoyable and it features a couple singles that pushed the band towards success in the beginning. Buy it!!! and see them live, I already have twice and they're amazing. Do it!

Nonpoint does it again.......2006-01-29

This is the last Nonpoint album I needed to have all the albums. I'd rate it 2nd to To The Pain, which is outstanding. The "In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins cover is really cool. I wish they had more covers like that. This album sounds a little more like Statement than Development. One song is entirely in Spanish (track 5) but it is one of the best instrumentally on the disk. Nonpoint rocks again!!!

Nonpoint's Best.......2005-11-29

This is one of the best albums of contemporary metal. Recoil is pure energy. Heavy crushing segments and melodic atmospheric movements accompany each other perfectly, allowing the moods of the songs to pour out of your speakers like the bursting of a dam floods a small town.

Nonpoint: Song by Song rates and most song reviews.......2005-07-07

Nonpoint is a good pick-up for me. I first heard these guys when I bought Nascar Thunder 2003 and they had a song called Circles on there, so I decided to check them out. Man, was it a good check out. This is probably my best CD, and I listen to just about each song atleast twice a day. Im gonna review each song and rate it as well.

1) The Same - 9.5/10: A good opening fast pace track. Has great drum work and great vocal work. It has great lyrics to go along with it.

2) The Truth - 15/10: My favorite song on the CD. I just love the beat and the vocal work Nonpoint shows on this song. I love how the lead singer's voice of Nonpoint goes with the beat.

3) Broken Bones - 9/10: No review

4) Wait - 9.5/10: Softy then most songs on the CD. One of my favorite songs on the CD even with the soft vocal work.

5) Rabia - 5/10: Since I cant understand a word this song says, I'm giving this a low score. The song is on spanish with a latin beat I guess. If it was in English, it would probably get a 10 outta 10

6) Done it Anyway - 9/10: No Review

7) Move Now - 9.5/10: No Review

8) Piece of Mind - 10/10: Awesome drum work. Awesome vocals. Just an awesome song all around.

9) Impossible Needs - 9.5/10: No Review

10) Past It All - 10/10: Soft vocal song but one of the best songs on the CD.

11) Side with the gun - 8.5/10: No Review

12) Reward - 10/10: Really good ending song, and it fits too cause if you continue the cd, there is a bonus track.

All and All, this CD is awesome, its a must checkout

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Recoil returns.

Subhuman
Recoil
Manufacturer: Mute UK Indie
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ASIN: B000PTYPMA
Release Date: 2007-07-16

Tracks:

Prey
Allelujah
5000 Years
Killing Ground
Intruders
99 To Life
Backslider
Faith Healer (Video)
Drifting (Video)
Stalker (Video)
Jezebel (Video)
Strange Hours
Shunt (Video) (Easter Egg)
Electro-Blues For Bukka White (Video) (Easter Egg)
Subhuman (Audio) (5.1 Mix)
Subhuman (Ambience Mix) (Audio)

Album Details

After a 6-year Break from Recording, Musician/Producer Alan Wilder Returns with Recoil's Fifth Studio Album, Subhuman, a Far Cry from his Days with Depeche Mode. Collaborating with Recoil on "Subhuman" is Southern Louisiana Bluesman Joe Richardson, and English Singer Carla Trevaskis. A Special Collector's Dvd Package featuring an Enhanced Stereo CD, a
5. 1 Surround Sound Version, an Exclusive Ambient Reworking of the Entire Album and all the Recoil Videos to Date.

Customer Reviews:

Recoil returns........2007-07-27

Recoil has already established a tight discography before releasing their latest Subhuman. So it was very curious for me to see what sounds Subhuman would obtain. I believe this record is coherent from beginning to end but still offers many ideas throughout that makes it interesting to listen to. As always, the overall vibe of the music is more cinematic but with a more grassroots blues kind of feel. Yes, before Recoil made some tracks with the blues influence but this time it's more of the central point. My personal favorite tracks are 3,4 and 6.
Recoil should be applauded for making music that stands on its own. When you listen to the music, you sense that there's no fulfilling of anyone's expectations but the artist's own.

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Subhuman
Recoil
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ASIN: B000PTYPM0
Release Date: 2007-07-16

Tracks:

Prey
Allelujah
5000 Years
Killing Ground
Intruders
99 to Life
Backslider

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Interesting independent project from former Depeche Moder Alan Wilder, with associated artists...
drifting in darknesss
Brilliant and timeless!
perfect
Awesome solo effort!

Bloodline
Recoil
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
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Hydrology and 1 + 2
Hydrology plus 1 + 2
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ASIN: B000005JBD
Release Date: 1992-04-14

Tracks:

Faith Healer
Electro Blues For Bukka White
The Defector
Edge To Life
Curse
Bloodline
Freeze

Customer Reviews:

Interesting independent project from former Depeche Moder Alan Wilder, with associated artists..........2006-08-02

I first picked this up in the spring of 1992, after having heard on the radio that Alan Wilder, of Depeche Mode fame, had released an independent electronic-rock album.

Being a big Depeche Mode fan, I didn't exactly go for every track on this album. The radio-hyped "Faith Healer" sounds not just a little like some of the material on DM's "Music for the Masses", but the singing and lyrics were so distracting, I couldn't sink my teeth into it. "The Curse" also left me nonplussed; a sort of Depeche Mode 'rap' song that worked neither as Depeche Mode, nor as rap.

Still, in spite of these two tracks, I think the album is almost single-handedly rescued by "Edge to Life", a marvelous synth-rock piece that combines Wilder's synth smarts with terrific female vocals from Curve's Toni Halliday; the two collaborating deliciously on what is, for me anyway, the signature piece of the entire effort. If ever you wondered what would happen if Depeche Mode and Curve mixed it up, this is what it would sound like; and I think it sounds darned good!

Also notable were some of the offbeat and quirky pieces, like "Electro Blues for Bukka White" and "Freeze"; the latter being a thoroughly instrumental exploration, very similar in sound and style to the "Resource" track off of the soundtrack to the time-lapse documentary, "Koyaanisqatsi."

I recommend this disc to DM fans who might be looking to broaden their horizons a bit without stepping too far beyond familiar territory, and electronic and synth rock fans seeking a decidedly different listening experience, with very little bubblegum influence from the pop mainstream.

drifting in darknesss.......2006-07-14

From the opening of the powerful cover of the Alex Harvey song "Faith Healer" to the end of the hypnotic instrumental "Freeze", this is an absolute classic. Alan Wilder (from Depeche Mode) gets help from an impressive guest list: techno posterboy Moby, Toni Halliday from Curve, Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb, and late great bluesman Bukka White

Brilliant and timeless!.......2005-11-07

Alan Wilder is one of the music industry's most overlooked and under-appreciated musical artists. Not only does he possess great talent to write captivating music, he is also a master at the ar of engineering, mixing and producing. This combination of talents makes for some truely unique and mind-blowing recordings.

While Bloodline may not be the most recent or the most innovative of Alan's recordings, it is personally my favorite, not only because of it's great songs and diverse list of collaborators (such as Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb, Moby, and Toni Halliday from Curve), but also because of epic sentiment. Bloodline was released around the same time of Depeche Mode's Violator - of which Alan was still a member at the time - so you can find little elements of Violator in Bloodline too.

Alan has been busy lately, overseeing and re-mastering all of Depeche Mode's backlog CD's into 5.1 surround (yay!). He also has a new album coming out in July 2007 named 'subHuman'. Looking forward to it!!

At any rate, this review is about Recoil's Bloodline. If you've never heard it, and you like good electronic music...then you must own it! If you have the Bloodline recordings, and do not have a hard copy....why not buy *a new* one and show your support for one of the greatest recording artists of our time?

perfect.......2005-10-25

Though I'm a great Recoil fan, I wasn't able to find this particular record in any shop of my town. Well, now that I have listened at it I can say that this is a real masterpiece.
Better than Unsound Methods and Liquid actually, it seems that Alan Wilder has a de-crescent attitude in his creativity. In "Bloodline" synth sounds are fresh and sound always-renew. Not so many speech on the songs and great compositions. 5 Stars.

Awesome solo effort!.......2005-01-31

Bought this when first released and has always been a favorite, even in todays proggressive electronic world. Of the 2 must hear instrumentals, Tracks 3 & 7, "Defector" is a stand out, with it's dark aural depths, not to mention the "Hannibal Lector" samples........"closer please"..."closer". Of the tracks with vocals, "edge to life" with Toni Halliday has somewhat of a "Massive Attack" vibe with an "808 state" sound. Alan Wilder crafts one of the best 90's albums with various influences that bounced back to him after earlier infuencing the Electronic genre with Depeche Mode. A definite must have!

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Amazing...
Great Album
One of the most underrated albums of the Eighties.
The best Recoil album.
Hello

Hydrology plus 1 + 2
Recoil
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ASIN: B00000738I
Release Date: 1998-06-30

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Customer Reviews:

Amazing..........2002-07-30

I will keep this short and sweet -- Alan Wilder breaks the Depeche Mode barrier even while remaining a part of the band. Quite dissimilar to any of later works, each of the 5 tracks on this 'compilation' (I believe it's actually two EPs previously released, put on one LP) acts more of a 'piece' than a song, as one would expect from a musician whose origins are with classical piano, rather than Pop. Each one has a different mood, and will take you places if you let it. The [$$$] price tag is a steal.

Great Album.......2000-12-27

I first bought this album in 1989 and have never stopped enjoying it. Although very different from his later productions, this album is a great ambient/electronic work, showing exactly where Depeche Mode got their talent.

One of the most underrated albums of the Eighties........2000-10-05

If you are a big fan of Depeche Mode, then you will dig Recoil. What started out as a side project for Alan Wilder turned into a full time gig when he left the Depeche Mode. "Hydrology/1+2" combines the first two lps that Alan did as Recoil. "Hydrology" is an good piece consisting of three instrumental tracks. The tracks show just how much of a "studio rat" Alan likes to be. The gem of this cd is "1+2". First released on lp back in 1986, this two song set mostly consist of Depeche Mode samples. It is great to listen to these songs and figure out which DMode songs Alan lifted from. The album as a whole is great because it shows the kind of experimentaion that Alan likes to take. Even though the songs might sound a little too long, you begin to hear some of the sonic layering that is consistent with all Recoil albums. If you are really into groups like Moby or Orbital, then you should like this album.

The best Recoil album........2000-06-16

This is radically different than his later works. The first three are ambient excursions. "1" is crazy mofo old school trance track that relies on Depeche Mode samples from all different songs. (Even a snippet of Martin saying "misery... remember" or something.) "2" is another long track that builds and crumbles. THE BEST!

Hello.......2000-03-19

I don't actually own this CD but I hear it's good to make love to! If you're into that kind of thing! Buy all the Recoil albums! I really recommend Unsound Methods.

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Passions

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Despite some terrible vocals a good album
Not for Every DM Fan
Black Celebration
Cool Production; But Some Lame Vocals And Song Development.
Best Recoil album; varied and never boring;

Unsound Methods
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ASIN: B000002NJ7
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

Incubus
Drifting
Luscious Apparatus
Stalker
Red River Cargo
Control Freak
Missing Piece
Last Breath
Shunt

Customer Reviews:

Despite some terrible vocals a good album.......2004-12-22

This was the first album from Alan's split with Depeche Mode and it's a pretty good album, despite the odd blunder here and there with the vocals which can be slightly irritating at times, the music here is quite something. Much darker than anything that he had done with Depeche Mode, the resulting sound is something like electro jazz for the late dark nights mixed with trip-hop. Indeed film buffs will find that Apocalypse Now has had a few lines stolen in the first track. It may take a few listens to get into since you may find the spoken-word vocals a little too irritating on first listen but if you can get by that and the whole layered nature of the album - the whole album is thick with samples and sounds - it's an album that needs time whether you'll grant it that or not is up to you. Definitely a more interesting listen to though than any of the other Depeche Mode side-projects which just seem like out-takes ( alright Fletch may be onto something with Client but he sensibly doesn't play anything! )

Not for Every DM Fan.......2004-12-10

With Unsound Methods, Alan Wilder (the man who is Recoil) finally had the chance to make an album of his own, free from all other commitments (namely Depeche Mode). Listening to these nine tracks, it's obvious why Wilder had to leave the band; none of this would have surfaced on a Depeche Mode album.

Wilder starts off his first full Recoil LP with "Incubus," making good use of Douglas McCarthy's voice just as he did on the previous EP, Bloodline. The ambient loop which opens the song and pulses to the finish brings to mind a tropical rain forest in the dead of night (the credits list F. Coppola; could it be a sample from Apocalypse Now?) Between that, the lyrics, and McCarthy's voice, you have quite a scary opening to a scary album.

Siobhan Lynch provides the vocals for the following track, a trip-hop affair entitled "Drifting." This is one sexy yet sinister song, perhaps the best achievement of the album. The combination of samples, slow nocturnal beats, and a sultry female snarl bring to mind Massive Attack and Portishead -- good bands to follow. Lynch reprises her role as seductress with a mike on "Missing Piece," with equally good results. "Last Breath" takes the trip-hop formula and slows it down even further, with some backing strings and nice tempo changes.

"Red River Cargo" works fairly well too, kind of like a sequel to Bloodline's "Electro Blues for Bukka White." If anyone wants to know where Moby got the idea to merge gospel with electronica, look no further. "Shunt" is the closer for Unsound Methods, eventually accelerating into a hardcore techno beat. Does it suggest suicide? Hard to tell.

Wilder's only noteworthy missteps on Unsound Methods are the two tracks featuring Maggie Estep ("Luscious Apparatus" and "Control Freak"). Estep's voice and lyrics are the kind that belong only in bad porn, but maybe that is what Wilder was going for here. She mars what is otherwise a very enjoyable album that announces Alan Wilder as an individual talent to be taken seriously.

Most people will find this album by starting as Depeche Mode fans, and exploring what the band members have done as solo acts. Let me make this completely clear: Recoil is quite a different affair from DM. There are no catchy hooks or reassuring lyrics. But if you are the kind of DM fan who has also embraced many 90's trip-hop, ambient, and industrial artists, and would rather listen to something more sonically challenging than what you will hear on the radio, then this is the CD for you.

Black Celebration.......2003-02-27

an expansive, subconscious journey that leaves almost no dark stone unturned. Alan Wilder deftly churns a powerful and eerie sound landscape that leaves an uncanny emotion behind.

He pushes the industrial/synth genre in a pioneering way similar to the likes of F.M. Einheit, Front 242/Male or Female and of course, E.N.

The versatility of an artist such as Wilder (going from the pop of DM to this) is truly admirable.

An extremely dark - but infinitely accomplished - recording.

Cool Production; But Some Lame Vocals And Song Development........2003-02-06

The production on Unsound Methods is extremely cool. Very dark and cutting edge, with lots of great samples. However, most of the songs don't amount to anything. Several of them are so bad that they constantly sound like the moment of build up right before a track's climax, only Alan Wilder doesn't actually work an effective climax into the track. He does this time and again. Others just meander around randomly. One or two of them are painfully slowed down and labored-sounding. The lyrics are idiotic, boring, and pretentious. Sure they're dark, but not skillfully so. The chosen vocalists are totally wrong for the music, except for maybe one of the female back up vocalists/voice overs whose name escapes me at the moment. Unfortunately he under-uses her. Then Wilder mixes the vocals really loud...these poorly written, extremely uncomfortable lyrics by people who don't fit the mood playing much louder than the music, samples, or bass line, which is already anemic on many of the tracks. The spoken word songs are the worst examples of this. I'd previously heard Stalker, but after listening to it on this album it just doesn't interest me anymore. I think the best effort put into this album was probably the cover and insert visuals. I wish this guy would just return to Depeche Mode.

This Album has actually grown on me. This the prefered CD I listen to when flying. I use a Radioshack portable (the 3091 or something...the one with the transparent lid and beefy headphone amp) and Etymotic ER4S earphones. The production is just phenomenal through this set-up, and perhaps the privacy allows me to get into it more than when listening through speakers. It almost seems like it was processed and miked for headphones. The music still isn't everything it could be and that guy's voice just doesn't work for me, but it definitely is an interesting journey to take. So I'll increase the rating from 2 to 4 stars.

Best Recoil album; varied and never boring;.......2002-09-19

In my opinion this is the best Recoil album so far. More focused and personal than 'Blodline', more distanced from Depeche Mode, and more varied than 'Liquid'.
It's not my wish to start one of those DM vs Wilder opinions, Depeche Mode and Recoil are quite different so why comparing them? and anyway you may like them both, it's absurd to present it as a Wilder=Depeche Mode enemy thing. Absurd.

Now as for the album... what will you get here?
An album full of electronic music that never sounds cold; Wilder mixes elements from so varied genres, maybe even unintentionally (gospel, trip hop, industrial, pop, ambient, soul, etc) so you ca never get tired of it. It's more in the vein of Massive Attack's Mezzanine than of Depeche Mode actually, thought this doesn't mean that Recoil is not personal (it is actually a breath of fresh airs among so much boring and trite stuff nowadays)or that you won't like it if you love Depeche Mode: if you have followed this band you'll easily identify many characteristics of Wilder's old imput on DM's music.

Two songs feature ex-Nitzer Ebb's singer, Doug McCarthy; these are 'Incubus' and 'Stalker', which are the most "industrial" songs in here. Both are energetic while mysterious, with McCarthy's personal voice on top of it. He doesn't need a vocoder to sound weird.
'Luscious aparatus' and 'Control freak' are, how will I put it?, electronic-rap assaults. The female singer pseudo-raps, narrating us quite curious stories, against electronic backgrounds which are very well crafted. 'Drifting' and 'Missing piece' are also sung by a female singer, but thse sound more Massive Attack-esque (by this I don't imply Wilder is imitating Massive Attack or following their success; in fact, the influence must be reciprocal I guess, since Massive Attack's Mezzanine samples a lot of sounds from Depeche Mode's 'Songs of Faith and Devotion')
While 'Red River Cargo' and 'Last Breath', which are sung by Hildia Campbell, who was one of the female singers who accompanied Depeche Mode in 'Songs f Faith and Devotion', are a sort of electronic gospel songs.

Alan Wilder achieves a very important thing with 'Unsound Methods': he explores many different musical fields, he incorporates them into his electronic conception of music, and -this is the most relevant of it all- he creates something new. 'Unsound Methods' is a fine example of what the word "innovate" means, and defies those opinions that state that everything is invented in music. There's still the possibility -and that's no small thing; artists like Massive Attack (especially in Mezzanine) or my adored The Legendary Pink Dots exemplify this perfectly - the possibility of creating new things from the things we already know.
Wilder does this with this album. Do yourself a favour, buy it.

Subhuman
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Subhuman
Recoil
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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ASIN: B000TE8BOO
Release Date: 2007-08-14

Tracks:

Prey
Allelujah
5000 Years
The Killing Ground
Intruders
99 To Life
Backslider

Album Description

After a 6-year break from recording, musician / producer and former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder returns with Recoil's 5th album subHuman. Collaborating with Recoil is Bluesman Joe Richardson, whose evocative vocal style is complimented by accomplished guitar and harmonica performances. English singer Carla Trevaskis, a songwriter in her own right, brings an expressive range and control to subHuman. Wilder's skill at blending diverse and eclectic musical styles with often controversial subjects has produced an album of complex sonic imagery and expansive dynamic range. subHuman asks us to reach within ourselves and extract the very essence of what makes us human - and more importantly what allows us to subordinate others, sometimes with the most brutal consequences.

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it gets better with time!
gorgeously dark
bold
Two steps below the other Recoil albums
It grows on you.

Liquid
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Recoil is what Alan Wilder has been doing with himself since leaving Depeche Mode in 1996. Recoil are not a proper band, as such: the name is a flag of convenience under which Wilder arrays a floating roster of collaborators. He is abetted this time by performance poets Nicole Blackman and Samantha Coerbell, shrieking diva Diamanda Galas, and one Rosa Torras, a Recoil fan from Barcelona who responded to Wilder's Internet appeal for recordings of people speaking in their native language. Between them, this unlikely collective have made a record that, while scarily cheerless, is not without a certain gloomy appeal. --Andrew Mueller

Customer Reviews:

it gets better with time!.......2006-05-17

I bought this album back in 2000 and basically loved the tracks that Diamanda appears in such as Strange hours. The rest I was cool with. I will say that this album is like wine because the older it gets the better it sounds. In other words, I believe Alan Wilder made a timeless record here. Over the years, I've been able to appreciate the Nicole Blackman tracks as well as the others. Over time this album became a classic in my book.
I would even go as far as saying that it surpasses his previous efforts!
If you're into the noir kinda of music then check this out!

gorgeously dark.......2005-08-15

Having never heard Recoil before, I was played a copy of this and was instantly hooked (so I have no bias or loyalty to Alan Wilder). From the other reviews here it seems that some people just don't like the dark tone of this album ... that's more a comment of individual taste than quality of the music. If, like me, you like music that artfully explores the darker depths then you'll find "Liquid" is a real treat. This is twisted and menacing, while being kinda funky and soothing at the same time ... like a chilled out version of NINs Downward Spiral album. If you want pop-synth there's plenty of that floating around elsewhere, but finding dark music of this quality aint easy.

bold.......2004-05-06

another powerful, adventurous and boldly avant garde creation from the genius mind of Alan Wilder. Buyers beware: this stuff is definitely anti-pop and certainly indulgent (all the more reasons to love it). I'm not sure what all the synth-pop enthusiasts were expecting, but this is sound at the bleeding edge of creativity and worth every listen.

Two steps below the other Recoil albums.......2003-10-19

I have to admit I was slightly disappointed with this album. After, the amazing 1997's "Unsound Methods" an album that made Depeche Mode's 1997 "Ultra" pale by comparisson. I was hoping for more of the same, but instead I had to settle for this uneven effort.

First off, the tracks could have been tighter. The vocalists here can't compare with the past guest appearances. The woman on "Strange Hours" sounds like a cross between Macy Gray and Tina Turner. Yikes, not my idea of ear candy! The lyrics are pretty much uninspiring angst driven and only rarely deliver any sting to the listner. Also, the past Recoil albums just seem lyrically classier examples of high ART than this one. Definitely an album I listen more for the music than the message. I cringe everytime I hear "Supreme".

I never thought I would live to see the day where lines like "baby's momma", "ass cheek", "there goes a BUTT", and "paid for by W.I.C., so who's getting dicked?" show up on a Recoil album!

Alan plays more live drums on this album, which is nice, but I rather hear infectous trip-hop beats anyday over this. Sometimes the album gets kinda funky (the familiar wet bass lines we all have loved since the Mode days), but alot of times it just sounds like a modern rock album without the band. There are no instrumenatals on this album which is also sad.

"Liquid" is still worth buying for tracks 2-6 and 9. The stand out tracks are Jezabelle, Breath Control, and Last Call for Liquid Courage. If your new fan buy this album first just so you have even better albums to look forward too!

It grows on you........2001-04-02

I gave a review of "Liquid" quite some time ago and I said that it wasn't as good as "Bloodline". Well, the times have changed! Not to say that one is better than the other, but "Liquid" is definitely much more intricate musically than the debut. Songs like "Breath Control" and "Want", featuring the fantastic bass playing of Curve's Dean Garcia, will mesmorize you. I even think "Strange Hours" is a great track, considering I'm not the biggest fan of Diamanda Galas. All in all, if you're a fan of the earlier Recoil recordings, then you shant be disappointed with "Liquid"

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