- Audio CD (15 Jan 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Polydor
- ASIN: B000056KOK
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,257 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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The first release by Rollo, the brains behind Faithless, and his new band, is a concept album of epic proportions. Thirteen cinematic downtempo tracks, When We Were Young is the stuff of childhood fairy tales and nightmares, covering love, hate, pain and murder (all, bizarrely, children story favourites) via the medium of hypnotic dub bass grooves and slow-motion beats. Musically, this is Massive Attack letting their imaginations run riot. The jostling of electronic bleeps, whizzing noises and sub-bass loops, with grand piano and spaced out vocals of Luke Garwood and Rachel Brown on "Want U" and "If You Go Down To The Woods Today" being the key moments when Rollo's vision of children's-stories-turned-child's-bad-dream strike the right nerve. The fundamental problem with concept albums is that the concept often gets in the way, and When We Were Young is no different. At points, creating the right mental imagery takes precedence, relegating the music to a prop--the annoying choir boy of "Always Remember...Pt1" being a case in point of a beautiful come down track blighted by a gimmick. But it's that there are so many pieces of boundary-free music that makes this an awe-inspiring album, and the concept an added extra. --Dan Gennoe
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A really soothing and sublime set of downtempo tunes, some really chilled out feeling and depth goes into Rollo's solo album and you can really hear the talent of this man here. If you liked 'Respect Your Mother' you will love this, but dont be fooled: Dusted's "When We Were Young" is not a "one-song" album. It's a wonderful album packed with intelligent and deep music. You will love it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's wonderful. People describe this album as "Ibiza Sunrise" and I know exactly what they mean - if feels *sooo* happy and relaxed, just chilling with friends. The sun comes up and you just know it's going to be a beautiful day.
The album starts with the stunning dub "Childhood" which is the perfect introduction - a bit hazy, a bit cool, a bit trippy. The track then seamlessly blends in to the second, "time takes time", and by the time everything goes quiet and the vocals kick in, you just *know* that this is going to be one of your all-time favourite albums.
There are absoultely no duffers here - the album is a sort-of concept album based around feelings and experiences of childhood (witness the sadness of Hurt U (we've all been there) and the ironic/funny kid's view of "If I had a child") and it all fits together perfectly. There aren't many albums I know of which hang together this well (Sgt. Pepper maybe) - how many CD's do you have where you skip even *half* the tracks? Not here.
...It's stunning. I am just flabbergasted that an album with a track as good as "Under the sun" could have been this well hidden. Beautiful.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is quite simply the best CD I've heard in a long time. If you like beautiful, melodic, tuneful music, you'll like this. If you like music with feeling and passion, you'll like this. If you like concept albums and thought-provoking and inspiring words, you'll like this.
If you like to sit back and let smooth, dulcet tones cascade all over you, then this is for you. If, on the other hand, you like to be uplifted by moving tunes that make you sit up to take notice and bask in the glory of the sound, this is also for you. And if you like brilliantly produced albums you can turn up loud on an excellent stereo and just admire the variation and sheer intelligence of it all, then this is for you. As Paul Oakenfold and Radio 1's Mark and Lard have both commented, this CD samples choir boys for heaven's sakes, and you'd expect that to sound pretentious, yet it doesn't.
If you like music, you'll like Dusted. If you don't like music, you'll still probably like Dusted. Honestly. If I had enough money I'd buy it for everyone I know.
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Twelve year later and this is still one of the best albums I've ever heard. There's nothing quite like it, nothing does what it does quite so entirely and so well. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Satsumo Polygonal
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Published on 10 Nov 2003 by David N. Mason
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Easily one of the best albums i have ever bought, it hasn't been out of the stereo for weeks.
You need this album.
You need this album.
Published on 16 April 2003 by "suun-mi"
Superb album
This is one of those albums that's so good on so many levels that you can keep playing it over and over. Read more
Published on 13 July 2001 by Peter Dawson
It certainly grows on you...
Being a great fan of Faithless and more recently of Dido I could not resist buying this album. At first I was a litle disapointed by its content but after placing it on repeat... Read more
Published on 1 April 2001
Absolutely brilliant
I bought the Dusted album off the back of one review and the fact that I liked the picture on the cover, and I don't often do that kinda thing. It didn't dissappoint. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2001 by dave
I wish I'd bought it sooner!
Aaaagh! Rollo from Faithless releases the album of the year and I don't know about it until six months later! Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2001
Go Rolo Go
You love Faithless? Then you sure know about Rolo, the man behind the music. Dusted is what people call: A side project. Don't misunderstand. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2001 by Gal Uchovsky
Chillout bliss
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