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Ladytron release their fifth album GRAVITY THE SEDUCER on September 12th. Features the singles White Elephant and Mirage.
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Format:Vinyl
I am not wonderfully impressed by side B, but the key melodic tracks on side A's made it really enjoyable for people who like synthesizer music, especially me who don't find much of mass-manufactured pop to my taste.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is easily the worst thing that Ladytron have ever done.
With "Ace of Hertz" as a passable pop song and everything else sounding like a poor B-side.
It's like an average pop band's second album, when the pressure has been on from the record company to throw something together quickly and this far down the line with Ladytron's brilliant history, that just doesn't wash.
I would go as far to say that it's "band-splittingly bad" in that I struggle to believe all members of the band could possibly be happy with the release of such a lacklustre album.
There's thin sounding production throughout, with drivel lyrics and none of the flair, depth or variety of the previous albums.
Completely uninspired.
As Ladytron are my favourite current band, I'm saddened that they let this out of the studio.
Buy any/all of the Ladytron back catalogue and forget that this even exists.
With "Ace of Hertz" as a passable pop song and everything else sounding like a poor B-side.
It's like an average pop band's second album, when the pressure has been on from the record company to throw something together quickly and this far down the line with Ladytron's brilliant history, that just doesn't wash.
I would go as far to say that it's "band-splittingly bad" in that I struggle to believe all members of the band could possibly be happy with the release of such a lacklustre album.
There's thin sounding production throughout, with drivel lyrics and none of the flair, depth or variety of the previous albums.
Completely uninspired.
As Ladytron are my favourite current band, I'm saddened that they let this out of the studio.
Buy any/all of the Ladytron back catalogue and forget that this even exists.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
BEING SEDUCED BY LADYTRON
13 Sep 2011
Format:Audio CD
Ladytron release album number 5 "Gravity The Seducer" which is the follow up to 2008's excellent "Velocifero" and comes after a spell of hanging out with legendary producer Brian Eno(who thinks they are brilliant!), who was once a member of Roxy Music who are the band that Ladytron got their name from as they have a song called "Ladytron". His influence can be heard on the album that sees them add new scope to their sound. It's an album that sees them experiment with different styles than ever before.
This is evident on the smooth opener "White Elephant" the song features a haunting sounding keyboard sound in the background. Ladytron listeners will already be familiar with "Ace Of Hz" as it was already included on carear retrospective "Best of 00-10". The Brian Eno influence is really heard on the 3 instrumental tracks on the album the pick of which is "Transparent Days", "Ritual" would probably have worked better with vocals from either Helen Marnie or Mira Aroyo. the third instrumental track is album closer "Aces High".
If any movie director is looking for a good horror style track then they should take a listen to the chilling and haunting "Moon Palace" which really is helped by Mira Aroyo's cold style of vocal. The song "White Gold" is also haunting sounding in a weird eighties sounding way. "Ninety Degrees" is a track that well get repeated listens with both vocalists on fine form. The album recalls elements and influence from Kraftwrek, Gary Numan, Curve, Brian Eno and The Human League but still having an original feel.
With "Gravity The Seducer" Ladytron may have released their most experimental album to date and longtime fans might be disappointed that the big beats have been replaced by a more mellower sound but it's an album that on repeated listens will show that Ladytron have plenty left to offer and will continue to evolve.
This is evident on the smooth opener "White Elephant" the song features a haunting sounding keyboard sound in the background. Ladytron listeners will already be familiar with "Ace Of Hz" as it was already included on carear retrospective "Best of 00-10". The Brian Eno influence is really heard on the 3 instrumental tracks on the album the pick of which is "Transparent Days", "Ritual" would probably have worked better with vocals from either Helen Marnie or Mira Aroyo. the third instrumental track is album closer "Aces High".
If any movie director is looking for a good horror style track then they should take a listen to the chilling and haunting "Moon Palace" which really is helped by Mira Aroyo's cold style of vocal. The song "White Gold" is also haunting sounding in a weird eighties sounding way. "Ninety Degrees" is a track that well get repeated listens with both vocalists on fine form. The album recalls elements and influence from Kraftwrek, Gary Numan, Curve, Brian Eno and The Human League but still having an original feel.
With "Gravity The Seducer" Ladytron may have released their most experimental album to date and longtime fans might be disappointed that the big beats have been replaced by a more mellower sound but it's an album that on repeated listens will show that Ladytron have plenty left to offer and will continue to evolve.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Best Ladytron to Date
21 Sep 2011
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Gravity the Seducer is Ladytron's best effort to date with a mix of songs that push musically beyond anything that they've put out before. Favorites of mine include 90 Degrees, Mirage, Ace of Hz and White Elephant. Only reason I don't give 5 stars is that there is some filler material but all in all, a very strong effort!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Not your average Ladytron album... but that's okay
21 Sep 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is going to be one of those albums, I think, that tends to polarize fans. On the one hand, it doesn't sound like any of the band's previous CDs, so those who were expecting 604.2 or The Return of Witching Hour will be disappointed. On the other hand, it's also an obvious experiment in working with the Ladytron sound, so, like Radiohead doing The King of Limbs or Bjork doing Volta, the question isn't whether or not this sounds like your personal favorite Ladytron album, but whether or not the album is successful on its own terms.
Words that come to mind when I listen to this CD (and I've listened to it quite a few times in the past week) are: ethereal, glacial, shimmering--even, at times, transcendent--but most of all, it's elusive, much like a strange yet appealing dream you try to cling to as you're waking up from it, even as it fades from your memory. It doesn't have any obvious singles (with the possible exception of "Ace of Hz," which nonetheless isn't as strong an offering as, say, 604's "Playgirl" or Velocifero's "Ghosts"). Still, within the context of the album, the song works, as do all of the songs on Gravity the Seducer, IF they are taken as integral parts of a cohesive whole.
This isn't to say GtS is a concept album--far from it. But there is a uniformity in sound and scope that most readily recalls Witching Hour without the muscle. It's not that GtS is a weak album; the melodies, while not exactly pop, are strong and they grow on you once you get used to the approach, much like Witching Hour, with its near constant barrage of fuzzed-out three-chord rock, eventually grew on me (albeit after I shuffled the song order around a bit).
If there's one thing I could fault the album for, it would be a general lack of variety in the tempo and instrumentation of the songs. But again, if you approach GtS as, not a collection of individual pop songs songs, but as a complete musical thought set to a variety of warm, inviting melodies, then it is a success. So, if you can, leave your expectations by the door, as they say, and let the songs lift you away on their own airy, mystic effervescence.
Words that come to mind when I listen to this CD (and I've listened to it quite a few times in the past week) are: ethereal, glacial, shimmering--even, at times, transcendent--but most of all, it's elusive, much like a strange yet appealing dream you try to cling to as you're waking up from it, even as it fades from your memory. It doesn't have any obvious singles (with the possible exception of "Ace of Hz," which nonetheless isn't as strong an offering as, say, 604's "Playgirl" or Velocifero's "Ghosts"). Still, within the context of the album, the song works, as do all of the songs on Gravity the Seducer, IF they are taken as integral parts of a cohesive whole.
This isn't to say GtS is a concept album--far from it. But there is a uniformity in sound and scope that most readily recalls Witching Hour without the muscle. It's not that GtS is a weak album; the melodies, while not exactly pop, are strong and they grow on you once you get used to the approach, much like Witching Hour, with its near constant barrage of fuzzed-out three-chord rock, eventually grew on me (albeit after I shuffled the song order around a bit).
If there's one thing I could fault the album for, it would be a general lack of variety in the tempo and instrumentation of the songs. But again, if you approach GtS as, not a collection of individual pop songs songs, but as a complete musical thought set to a variety of warm, inviting melodies, then it is a success. So, if you can, leave your expectations by the door, as they say, and let the songs lift you away on their own airy, mystic effervescence.
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