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  • Audio CD (28 April 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Different
  • ASIN: B00151A6QQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,995 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Taking their name from the 1980s cartoon She-Ra, Crystal Castles are Ethan Khan and Alice Glass. Known for their affiliation with bands such as Klaxons, GoodBooks and the label EdBanger this is the duo's debut album. 8-Bit synth pads, Atari effects, broken drums are all blended resulting in a noisy, melodic and bombastic burrowing of sound. Includes the singles 'Air War' and 'Alice Practice'.

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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Discordant electronica, 13 April 2008
By R. A. Langham "Rob Langham" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I have been waiting for this album for a while since the track "Air War" was included on a Rough Trade compilation from a couple of years ago. The Toronto duo have turned out a fascinating clutch of songs which reminds one of the best of leftfield electronica of the past thirty years. There are scrappy, distorted tracks such as "Alice Practice" that evokes a saturday afternoon in an amusement arcade and then there are smooth, haunting recordings such as the six minute "Magic Spells" and the single "Crimewave". Definitely a band to take notice of.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bouncy Castle Bohemians, 21 Feb 2009
By The Wolf (uk) - See all my reviews
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Imagine this.

Imagine a time when our inveterate need to compare became less important
than sitting back in our easiest chair and listening without prejudice.

Sometimes the smallest things can be the best.

Crystal Castles defy logic and design in delivering these
sixteen extraordinarily compact little pieces to our door.

Ms Glass and Mr Kath are to be congratulated for both their vision
and economy in keeping this album tightly focussed and contained.

The buoyant rhythms are lovably naive, deceptively simple and thoroughly intriguing.
Sometimes delicate, sometimes blisteringly violent . Always interesting.
The vocal arrangements are elusive, ambiguous and strangely affecting.

Despite it's willful perversity there is, nonetheless, a finely honed pop
sensibility running all the way through the project like a golden seam.

Highlights include the joyful bouncy castle wonder that is 'Courtship Dating';
the bizarrely moving 'Knights'; the cheeky duck and bleep of 'Air War' and
the gently rolling wizardry of 'Magic Spells'.

Refreshingly uncompromising.

Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not quite what I was expecting!, 4 Mar 2009
By Mr. C. Day "christopher-day" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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I did enjoy this album, but I have to be honest, it wasn't quite what I was expecting! After reading other reviews and some interviews with the band (who seem VERRRY weird and subversive!) I was expecting something a lot edgier, more challenging and difficult. And while there is the occasional strange wig-out and the vocals are often quite harsh and dischordant, large parts of the album are fairly conventional melodic electronica, and really quite gentle at that, you could almost say ambient! In fact, I was sometimes reminded of Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Volume 1', or of Boards of Canada during their more upbeat, melodic moments - especially because of their similar use of vocal samples. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all, just, as I said, not quite what I was expecting!
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5.0 out of 5 stars You Need To Buy This Album!
Crystal Castles are a two piece, male/female electronica band originating from Toronto, Canada. This band has changed the electronic Indie genre for the better. Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. Cunliffe

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Picture, Paltry Music
New Rave produced an army of talentless bands to follow in the wake of the very talented Klaxons and this was by no means an exceptionally bad one, but should I be more kind just... Read more
Published 8 months ago by A. M. Hart

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, fine, not bad. But-
This is a curious album. On the whole it's got some reasonably good light housey/electro tunes, with a distinctive French disco influence. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Peter Ritchie

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre electronica
Well, I will not deny that this album interested me when I first heard 'Alice Practice' at a mates house. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Scarhurzt

2.0 out of 5 stars Overhyped and under skilled
What the hell has happened to electronica in 2008!? There are many good bands coming through but why oh why do groups like Crystal Castles have to come along and get in the way of... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Krisman

5.0 out of 5 stars superb
picked up this album based on a review in international dj magazine. played it once then again and again, gave it to friends who appear to have done the same. Read more
Published 14 months ago by D. Pearce

5.0 out of 5 stars Crystal Castles are the dog's 'nads!
Seriously, can't rate this highly enough. It's just not like anything else I've heard for years. Young, noisy, angry stuff; and very very musical. Just great. Buy it. Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Page

2.0 out of 5 stars What a lot of over-rated tripe.
There's been a lot of hype surrounding Crystal Castles and having listened to the album I have absolutely no idea why. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Krudley

4.0 out of 5 stars Walls Come Tumbling Down...
Think what used to be indie is a just a procession of careerists in the latest Topman threads?,tired out with old cult bands becoming franchises?. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Barry Shiraz

2.0 out of 5 stars yawn yawn yawn
i can imagine crystal castles being pretty intense live, sadly thats something this album isnt, the ambient moments sound a lot like tracks from the "i care because you do" album... Read more
Published 18 months ago by daniel

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