- Audio CD (6 Nov 2000)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: CD
- Label: Cheeky
- ASIN: B000052093
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 100,779 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Faithless are actually a band of multiple faiths, both musical and spiritual, including Buddhism, hippy idealism and rave fanaticism. All these elements are sublimated into their dance sound, and after their mid-Nineties million-selling single "Insomnia", they were mistakenly dismissed as disposable Euro-house. The diversity of Sunday, 8pm gives the lie to this notion. It's galvanising dance music for sure, with big, overarching crowd-pleasing synth riffs courtesy of keyboardist Sister Bliss and non-performing Brian Wilson-style programmer Rollo. But then Boy George guests on "Why Go", a big ballad with a simple plea, while "Bring My Family Back" and "Take The Long Way Home" feature quietly intense, first-person raps reminiscent of Massive Attack, whose shadowy, ominous sense of melancholy is in evidence throughout the album. So when "God Is A DJ" breaks through the clouds and fills the dancefloor, it's more than just easy triumphalist hedonism; it is a blessed relief, a pleasure earned. --David Stubbs
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Format:Audio CD
This album is essential for music lovers everywhere. Many people think of 'Insomnia' or 'God is a DJ' as major Faithless tunes, however, I can assure you that there are plenty more far superior songs than those. With Dido being the sister of Rollo from Faithless, her fantastic backing tracks on this ensure that this is a perfect mix of funky and chilled as well as interesting and sad ('She's my Baby' being a perfect one for petrol heads and 'Why Go' for rejected lovers everywhere!). The bonus CD is just as amazing, with 'Thank you' being one of my favourites (not the Dido version!). In short, you'd be mad to miss both this and Reverence with the Irreverence bonus CD. The beauty is, that no matter what type of music you're into, you're bound to fall in love with a large majority of this cd!
Format:Audio CD
ditto to what the previous reviewer says. this album is more for chilling out to than reverence which had more beat, my picks would be take the long way home (seems everyone likes that track) and i want my family back. the album is actually quite sad, and a lot of the tunes sing of loss or need. but enough about that, you just want to hear it right? well if you don't own any Faithless i say buy Reverence first cos it is a little better. then buy this cos it is still good.
Format:Audio CD
I found this album purely by chance and I am so glad that I bought it;the sheer perfection of Dido's voice combined with brilliant lyrics makes me want to listen to the album repeatedly. It has been on my stereo now almost non stop for the past 18 months. I am not obsessive, I just hear something new in each track every time it is played. It was the first time I had heard Dido and always wondered who she was until I got hold of her album a couple of months back (it's good, but I still Faithless has an edge). I just wish that Faithless would come on over and do a tour down 'ere in Devon!
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So Good
This is a brilliant album, fact. Sunday 8pm has such a wide variety of songs, and yet it blends together so smoothly that you barely notice as Sister Bliss' (classically trained)... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2008 by Daniel Henshaw
Nearly the best
Too me Outropective better but all depend on people taste. This Bl--dy brillant album by faithless better then Reverence i think
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Published on 10 Mar 2005 by Jamie E. I. Wright
A must have for diehard Faithless fans
Faithless is my favorite dance act for the past several years now. I first got into the band when I heard "Insomnia" at a nightclub. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2004 by Erica Anderson
Blissed out tunes, with a hint of house.
I purchased this album on the basis of 'God is a DJ', and find this classic tune eclipsed by some of the other content on the cd. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2001
Amazing
I borrowed this cd and had it for about a week until I just had to buy my own copy. The Cd is great, and has some really "chilling out" beats, like "the garden"... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2000
TOP MUSIC
We've all given it five stars, this may give you exaggerated expectations all I can say is listen to the CD it really is first rate. Read more
Published on 18 April 2000
Another great album
This is a fantastic album that anyone should buy. It contains the sweetest, most moving songs I know. (Just listen to "Bring my Family Back"). Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2000
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