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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Look at the reviews and you can see that this epic album (it spans roughly two and a half hours) split his fans into those that loved it, and those who thought he had lost his marbles.
All of the 'problems' are focused on the first CD. There is even confusion as to how many songs are on there. There is three. First comes the epic (one hour to be precise) track Mother. It is not for the easy listener or the faint hearted. I love it. I find it ambitious, varied and immaculately put together. It seems, to me, to be just the right length. But it isn't everybody's cup of tea. Truth is much shorter and more accessible. Then there is the 'hidden' third track, a strange instrumental, once again, not for everybody.
The second CD is a different matter altogether. Ten tracks, it furrows much more familiar territory, though still with plenty of variety and quality.
If you want to hear Goldie really stretching what he does and exploring new waters, then you might like the first CD.
If you're a fan of his previous releases, it is fairly likely that you will like the second.
One obvious question for the faint hearted, therefore, is; is this album worth buying just for the second CD?
I would say yes. Taken seperately, it is a great Goldie album.
And you never know, the first CD just might click with you someday.
All of the 'problems' are focused on the first CD. There is even confusion as to how many songs are on there. There is three. First comes the epic (one hour to be precise) track Mother. It is not for the easy listener or the faint hearted. I love it. I find it ambitious, varied and immaculately put together. It seems, to me, to be just the right length. But it isn't everybody's cup of tea. Truth is much shorter and more accessible. Then there is the 'hidden' third track, a strange instrumental, once again, not for everybody.
The second CD is a different matter altogether. Ten tracks, it furrows much more familiar territory, though still with plenty of variety and quality.
If you want to hear Goldie really stretching what he does and exploring new waters, then you might like the first CD.
If you're a fan of his previous releases, it is fairly likely that you will like the second.
One obvious question for the faint hearted, therefore, is; is this album worth buying just for the second CD?
I would say yes. Taken seperately, it is a great Goldie album.
And you never know, the first CD just might click with you someday.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have just discovered this album (Ok, I'm a slow starter) and I love it. I know it was dissed by a lot of d&b fans at the time but I really believe it was because it was over their heads. It sounds avant garde even now. Fabulous.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Let me start by declaring that I am a big fan of Goldie and his many fine moments. His remixes can be awesome (check out the "Completely trashed" remix of "Milk" by Garbage!). I loved the first album. But "Saturnz Return" is another thing altogether, and a real curate's egg. CD1 is the "very bad" option: "Mother" is basically a dull, self-absorbed, 60 minute dirge with a percussive section in the middle. The first five minutes alone is white noise, and not even interesting white noise at that. Then come mournful strings for a quarter of an hour and Goldie wailing over the top of it. Then some rather boring beats, given what he can normally do. The long lead-in and the even longer coda smack of a lack of ideas and structure, not some sort of D&B "modern classical". leave the leftfield stuff to Aphex Twin. The next proper track, "Truth" is also rather dull and uninspiring, even though David Bowie supplying the vocals on this occasion. Like "Mother", it just goes nowhere, though thankfully not for so long a time.
CD2 is much more like it. Uptempo and vibrant, the best track is the lovely "DragonFly", with great spatial juxtapostion between the guitar picking and the underlying strings. "Digital" has a superb rap by KRS-1, and there's some good trumpet work on a couple of other tracks. Worth picking up cheap for this disc alone, but skip CD1.
CD2 is much more like it. Uptempo and vibrant, the best track is the lovely "DragonFly", with great spatial juxtapostion between the guitar picking and the underlying strings. "Digital" has a superb rap by KRS-1, and there's some good trumpet work on a couple of other tracks. Worth picking up cheap for this disc alone, but skip CD1.
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