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Said album, their sixth in total discounting remix and compilation affairs, featured flashes of genuine genius. Its closer, History, found the pair coax the kind of chart-topping (in a parallel universe, anyway) performance from Will Young that the talent show superstar hadn’t managed in years, and fellow singles Look Me in the Eye Sister and Paper Romance were massive, bouncy, glee-igniting numbers of utmost excellence. And now Black Light has a companion set, White Light containing nine tracks that complement the 11 of its immediate predecessor.
These aren’t remixes of what came before, more reinterpretations (plus a new song, the silken disco strut of 1980), and a sequencing moving the album in a new direction – one that leads to instant gratification, whereas before some of these cuts were harder work. Paper Romance is a great case in point. The Black Light version takes its time preparing for takeoff, and arguably never quite ascends the heights it’s capable of; here, it’s streamlined and focused, its chorus the size of a sub-continent and the rush of euphoria it generates in the already-in-the-zone clubber is sure to be a peak of any night’s revelry. History appears twice, the parting shot of its Love mix a downbeat full stop, the necessary comedown, at the end of a series of tracks designed with physical appreciation firmly in mind. If Black Light was the accompaniment to a night’s drinking at a cool basement bar, White Light is the festival crowd-pleaser best heard with paper cups of lager in hands and silly hats on fuzzy heads.
Make no mistake, White Light is a far from essential addition to Groove Armada’s sizeable catalogue; but if Black Light had your dimmer switches almost on full, this follow-on release will have the bulbs glowing brighter than they’ve ever done.
--Mike DiverFind more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window
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I loved Black Light but simple as can be, White slaps a whole unique face on matters that could easily give the GA fans that disliked Black what they were after?. Stupendous, may come close but lets just say, it's their best album ever. Yes, I know it's only short but is it better than Vertigo? Yes. Please buy!
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