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Michel Vaillant [Soundtrack, Import]

Archive Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (5 July 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack, Import
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B0000AS2OS
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 189,626 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Characteristically uncharacteristic 15 Jan 2004
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The one thing I've come to expect from Archive in the 8 years since I first heard them is the unexpected. This Album does not disappoint in that respect. Before pressing play on your remote controle you have to remember that this is a Soundtrack to a film and not a conventional album, this will make it more easy to accept the distinct absence of songs. The album is stuffed full of abstract soundscapes and moody orchesrtal compositions that, if they were projected onto celuloid, would look like a brooding film noir epic directed by the offspring of Roman Polansky and Sofia Coppola.

There are some standout tracks. "Calling" is a 7 minute long instrumental monster that starts off sounding very Brian Eno and Ends up scrubbing at guitars like Death in Vegas on one of their funkier adventures.

Chase scene is quite simply scary. I listened to it for the first time in a dimly lit room and ended up hiding behind the couch. It is like the sonic interpretation of David Lynch's most disturbing thoughts.

For their previous album, Archive recruited the talents of an Irish singer/songwriter with a voice reminiscant of a soulful Thom Yorke. His contributions to that Album made him seem like a long lost founder member such was the geling of his voice to the band's sound. On this album he features on only two tracks. Warmup & Leader Theme shows that his synergy with the band has not been diminished. One can only wait with baited breath for the next Archive album proper, which was finnished recording in early Jan 2004.

Quite often you see a film and think afterwards that you might just pop down the record store as it had a killer soundtrack. After listening to this soundtrack for a while, you'll be compelled to go down to the cinema and catch the film. Unfortunately its only been released in the France so far. Perhaps joining Europe isn't such a bad idea.

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