Furious Angels

1. Prelude: An eerie choral introduction (picture the opening credits)

2. Furious Angels: the title track is a powerful all round track, driven by frightening strings, chilling vocals and immense breakbeat percussion.

3. Will You Follow Me?: A lighter, filmic (think Star Wars) orchestral piece, already nabbed by Blockbuster Video and the BBC Commonwealth Games coverage.

4. Left Me For Dead: A genuinely frightening song, with deep, echoey drums and vicious vocals form Dougan (Picture him dying in the middle of a road).

5. I'm Not Driving Anymore: A chilling, reflective track, with more bitter vocals, and powerful drums.

6. Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation): Anyone who hasn't heard this track has quite possibly been living in a hole on another planet for the past seven years. This is, in my opinion, one of the best dance tracks ever written. Haunting Strings (Elgar?) to open, one of the most powerful, shivers-down-your-spiney...bulks EVER, simple yet effective piano part at 3 minutes, followed by floor-shaking filtered...bulk, even better than the first bit, add all this together, and try not to picture the best film soundtrack ever. Something has gone wrong, music is not meant to be this good, but sometimes it is.

7. There's Only Me: Whilst you are still shaking from Clubbed To Death, you are given a calmer reflective (yet still quite angry) track.

8. Instrumental: Timeless orchestral piece of beauty to put you in the mood for the rest of the film, and give you a chance to catch up on the plot so far.

9. Nothing At All: Opens with an orchestral piece that makes you feel that you've heard the track before. Then a short piece of vocals, followed by an incredibly satisfying guitar part, with a really lovely trip-hop beat, some really nice singing. This track is dark, but rally relaxing.

10. Born Yesterday: This track is so very dark, it's slightly scarey to listen to. It has a strange, quiet oriental/strings opening, then thumps you with a creepy bass and rhythm section, and more great vocals

11. Speed Me Towards Death: Lively strings intro, warm verses, and sprightly, vibrant choruses.

12. Drinking Song: A light-night, placid tune. Near the top of this review, I mentioned how Dougan really performs the tracks on the album. This is very true on Drinking Song, he actually sounds drunk (maybe he was)!

13. Pause: Perhaps a deep, meaningful, reflective piece of musical genius designed to provide the listener with time to calm down and think. To me though, just thirty-three seconds of silence!

14. One And The Same: A light-hearted song, really ties the album up nicely. A bit cheesy, but who honestly cares after some of the magic from earlier on.

15. Clubbed To Death 2: I'd heard of a James Lavelle (of Unkle) cover of Clubbed To Death, called Clubbed To Death 2, but I'd never expected the sequel to the Monster to be on the album. It is a good track, after you've got past the minute of silence at the beginning. Mostly strings, with a heavy beat over it, works nicely, not very much to do with the original though. Doesn't really compare with Clubbed To Death, but still worht a listen.

So in conclusion, this is a Beast of an album. Give it a chance to grow on you, and it will. Just wait, maybe soon a Hollywood producer will hear it and decide to base a film around the album!

If you are looking for something that is totally different, has depth and will move you then this is the album for you but, be warned, it's very dark.