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On AUTOMATIC, their widely anticipated new studio album, Irish/English bandmates Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson have been hard at work crafting the new album into something far more conceptualized and thematic than previous releases. Calling the new album an Opus of Retro-futurism, Ronan has been streamlining the music, artwork, and imaging of this album into a concept that encompasses the industrialization and technology of late 30s America while embracing the technology of today.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
VNV Nation seem to get better and better with each album. 2009's "Of Faith, Power and Glory" was excellent, and this latest album "Automatic" is (in my humble opinion) the best yet, possibly the best EBM album I've heard.
1. On Air - the album opener, as with previous albums, an instrumental, almost ambient with a glorious full piano sound. Seems to get you ready for VNV Nation somehow.
2. Space & Time - a great, bounding synth track, a real celebration. One of VNV's best songs.
3. Resolution - starts with a long synth chord, almost like a Brian Eno track, then the beat kicks in and another, really positive, uplifting song.
4. Control - an absolutely superb, massive song, and now my favourite VNV Nation track. Great aggressive vocal, distorted synth, all well produced into the mix so it's all separated perfectly. Plays very well loud.
5. Goodbye 20th Century - An instrumental track, starts with a TV/Radio voice and a slow, string effect, almost classical movement, no beat, but a beautiful break in the middle of the album.
6. Streamline - Starts immediately with a solid 134bpm beat, synth and vocal open up to an almost Giorgio Moroder "I feel love" style song.
7. Gratitude - 10 or 20 seconds of opener, then thumping beat, and great lyrics. Another VNV Nation classic - lovely sing-along chorus, multiple synth tracks, nicely mixed.
8. Nova - A real lighters in the stadium track, starts with vocal and synth, for a full minute, then a big bass drum and bassline kick in with "Shine, shine your light on me". Definitely one of the best tracks on the album, very anthemic.
9. Photon - Another instrumental, longer at 6 minutes, lovely opening for a minute, then huge sounding drums make this one of the best instrumentals they've done.
10. Radio - 7.47 of repeated synth chord, with almost poetic vocal, and the drum kicking in after nearly 3 minutes with "Broadcasting live around the world, on the air in every land, on every frequency." A fabulous way to close the album, and probably the way VNV Nation will finish live sets from now on. A close second to "Control" for me.
All in all the album is really uplifting, much more positive than a lot of EBM music, and if you're a fan of and previous VNV Nation albums (or "And One", "Assemblage 23", "Covenant", etc) or electronic music in general, then you will love this album.
And if you like to run to music (especially 140bpm) this is a great album for that!
1. On Air - the album opener, as with previous albums, an instrumental, almost ambient with a glorious full piano sound. Seems to get you ready for VNV Nation somehow.
2. Space & Time - a great, bounding synth track, a real celebration. One of VNV's best songs.
3. Resolution - starts with a long synth chord, almost like a Brian Eno track, then the beat kicks in and another, really positive, uplifting song.
4. Control - an absolutely superb, massive song, and now my favourite VNV Nation track. Great aggressive vocal, distorted synth, all well produced into the mix so it's all separated perfectly. Plays very well loud.
5. Goodbye 20th Century - An instrumental track, starts with a TV/Radio voice and a slow, string effect, almost classical movement, no beat, but a beautiful break in the middle of the album.
6. Streamline - Starts immediately with a solid 134bpm beat, synth and vocal open up to an almost Giorgio Moroder "I feel love" style song.
7. Gratitude - 10 or 20 seconds of opener, then thumping beat, and great lyrics. Another VNV Nation classic - lovely sing-along chorus, multiple synth tracks, nicely mixed.
8. Nova - A real lighters in the stadium track, starts with vocal and synth, for a full minute, then a big bass drum and bassline kick in with "Shine, shine your light on me". Definitely one of the best tracks on the album, very anthemic.
9. Photon - Another instrumental, longer at 6 minutes, lovely opening for a minute, then huge sounding drums make this one of the best instrumentals they've done.
10. Radio - 7.47 of repeated synth chord, with almost poetic vocal, and the drum kicking in after nearly 3 minutes with "Broadcasting live around the world, on the air in every land, on every frequency." A fabulous way to close the album, and probably the way VNV Nation will finish live sets from now on. A close second to "Control" for me.
All in all the album is really uplifting, much more positive than a lot of EBM music, and if you're a fan of and previous VNV Nation albums (or "And One", "Assemblage 23", "Covenant", etc) or electronic music in general, then you will love this album.
And if you like to run to music (especially 140bpm) this is a great album for that!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
VNV Nation seem to get better and better with each album. 2009's "Of Faith, Power and Glory" was excellent, and this latest album "Automatic" is (in my humble opinion) the best yet, possibly the best EBM album I've heard.
1. On Air - the album opener, as with previous albums, an instrumental, almost ambient with a glorious full piano sound. Seems to get you ready for VNV Nation somehow.
2. Space & Time - a great, bounding synth track, a real celebration. One of VNV's best songs.
3. Resolution - starts with a long synth chord, almost like a Brian Eno track, then the beat kicks in and another, really positive, uplifting song.
4. Control - an absolutely superb, massive song, and now my favourite VNV Nation track. Great aggressive vocal, distorted synth, all well produced into the mix so it's all separated perfectly. Plays very well loud.
5. Goodbye 20th Century - An instrumental track, starts with a TV/Radio voice and a slow, string effect, almost classical movement, no beat, but a beautiful break in the middle of the album.
6. Streamline - Starts immediately with a solid 134bpm beat, synth and vocal open up to an almost Giorgio Moroder "I feel love" style song.
7. Gratitude - 10 or 20 seconds of opener, then thumping beat, and great lyrics. Another VNV Nation classic - lovely sing-along chorus, multiple synth tracks, nicely mixed.
8. Nova - A real lighters in the stadium track, starts with vocal and synth, for a full minute, then a big bass drum and bassline kick in with "Shine, shine your light on me". Definitely one of the best tracks on the album, very anthemic.
9. Photon - Another instrumental, longer at 6 minutes, lovely opening for a minute, then huge sounding drums make this one of the best instrumentals they've done.
10. Radio - 7.47 of repeated synth chord, with almost poetic vocal, and the drum kicking in after nearly 3 minutes with "Broadcasting live around the world, on the air in every land, on every frequency." A fabulous way to close the album, and probably the way VNV Nation will finish live sets from now on. A close second to "Control" for me.
All in all the album is really uplifting, much more positive than a lot of EBM music, and if you're a fan of and previous VNV Nation albums (or "And One", "Assemblage 23", "Covenant", etc) or electronic music in general, then you will love this album.
And if you like to run to music (especially 140bpm) this is a great album for that!
1. On Air - the album opener, as with previous albums, an instrumental, almost ambient with a glorious full piano sound. Seems to get you ready for VNV Nation somehow.
2. Space & Time - a great, bounding synth track, a real celebration. One of VNV's best songs.
3. Resolution - starts with a long synth chord, almost like a Brian Eno track, then the beat kicks in and another, really positive, uplifting song.
4. Control - an absolutely superb, massive song, and now my favourite VNV Nation track. Great aggressive vocal, distorted synth, all well produced into the mix so it's all separated perfectly. Plays very well loud.
5. Goodbye 20th Century - An instrumental track, starts with a TV/Radio voice and a slow, string effect, almost classical movement, no beat, but a beautiful break in the middle of the album.
6. Streamline - Starts immediately with a solid 134bpm beat, synth and vocal open up to an almost Giorgio Moroder "I feel love" style song.
7. Gratitude - 10 or 20 seconds of opener, then thumping beat, and great lyrics. Another VNV Nation classic - lovely sing-along chorus, multiple synth tracks, nicely mixed.
8. Nova - A real lighters in the stadium track, starts with vocal and synth, for a full minute, then a big bass drum and bassline kick in with "Shine, shine your light on me". Definitely one of the best tracks on the album, very anthemic.
9. Photon - Another instrumental, longer at 6 minutes, lovely opening for a minute, then huge sounding drums make this one of the best instrumentals they've done.
10. Radio - 7.47 of repeated synth chord, with almost poetic vocal, and the drum kicking in after nearly 3 minutes with "Broadcasting live around the world, on the air in every land, on every frequency." A fabulous way to close the album, and probably the way VNV Nation will finish live sets from now on. A close second to "Control" for me.
All in all the album is really uplifting, much more positive than a lot of EBM music, and if you're a fan of and previous VNV Nation albums (or "And One", "Assemblage 23", "Covenant", etc) or electronic music in general, then you will love this album.
And if you like to run to music (especially 140bpm) this is a great album for that!
Format:MP3 Download
When I first heard the album after listening to the samples, I was a bit miffed - the 9 minute teaser they released previous to the album had built up so much hype I was disappointed. Until I kept listening. And suddenly it struck me that this the best album VNV have produced, being up there along side Futureperfect.
Ronan said that this was to a mainly quiet album you can listen to at home and the track Control was designed for clubs. I think if that's the only track that was played at clubs, then they would be missing out on the rest of the excellent tracks!
That feeling you get when good music plays -shivers up your spine etc (Frisson) - well this album has it in plenty - Nova, Radio and Space & Time all send shivers up my spine when they're played.
Lyrically, the album is great. I love the song Gratitude.
Ronan said that this was to a mainly quiet album you can listen to at home and the track Control was designed for clubs. I think if that's the only track that was played at clubs, then they would be missing out on the rest of the excellent tracks!
That feeling you get when good music plays -shivers up your spine etc (Frisson) - well this album has it in plenty - Nova, Radio and Space & Time all send shivers up my spine when they're played.
Lyrically, the album is great. I love the song Gratitude.
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A masterpiece
Another top quality album by VNV Nation, this was defiantly worth the purchase. It is a very uplifting and powerful album that you can't get enough of. Read more
Published 6 months ago by lucinvampire
Best album yet?
Other reviews go into a lot of detail, about each song. So i won't do it again. It is a great album and probably their most mainstream, which isn't always a bad thing. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Nibiru2012
vnv back with a vengance
vnv nation return with their long awaited new album automatic.And a fine album it is.I felt it would take something special to match of faith,power and glory,and after several... Read more
Published 7 months ago by andy1965
Automatic review
I was impressed with the album, though after I saw the band live I had a much deeper appreciation for it.
Published 7 months ago by nick
Streamlined Simplicity, An Exercise In Banality...
At this point in what I suppose you could call their 'career', you have to wonder whether the members of VNV Nation are actually engaging in an elaborate Andy Kaufmanesque prank... Read more
Published 8 months ago by darklordzden
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