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No Roots [Enhanced] [Limited Edition]

~ Faithless
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Product details

  • Audio CD (7 Jun 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
  • Label: Arista
  • ASIN: B00020US6E
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 77,526 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

1. Intro
2. Mass Destruction
3. I Want More - Pt 1
4. I Want More - Pt 2
5. Love Lives On My Street
6. Bluegrass
7. Sweep
8. Miss U Less, See U More
9. No Roots
10. Swingers
11. Pastoral
12. Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow
13. What About Love
14. In The End
15. Mass Destruction - P*Nut and Sister Bliss Mix
16. Mass Destruction (Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

After a decade as one of the world's most successful dance acts, Faithless's distinct sound has put them at risk of becoming dinosaurs. Thankfully No Roots doesn't rest on the laurels of former glory and delivers something quite special. Sister Bliss's shrill, semi-hard-house synth stabs are all but gone, replaced by less dated sounds and more thoughtful use of them. Tempos are lower and song structure plays a more valuable part, for No Roots is in fact only two gigantic, epic songs, with each track a progression on the previous one and clever segues leading into the next. The only song that doesn't fall into "Parts 1 & 2" is the lead single version of "Mass Destruction" tacked on the end; it's a funky, breaks-based tune with Maxi Jazz's trademark vocal (used sparingly throughout the album) over live bass and guitars.

Anyone who's seen Faithless live knows how they can jam around their back catalogue, making medleys and breakdowns of epic proportions: No Roots is a studio realisation of that. Highlighted by "I Want More", downbeat tunes build until their climax when an uptempo number will kick in. "Sweep" is simply a 909 drum and percussion loop with synth flourishes that drops into "Miss You Less, See You More", a classic house tune that closes part one of the album. Something other than a collection of hands-in-the-air floor-fillers and downbeat songs to chillout to, No Roots should be listened to in its entirety. It's a cohesive body of work that builds and dips in all the right places. --David Trueman


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So deep, yet so anthemic. So good..., 6 Nov 2004
By Mitya (Nottm., UK) - See all my reviews
It's never considered cool or likely to increase your chances of being seen as a veteran fan if you say the newest album is their best ever, but this is. It's a subtle yet blatent, soreen yet full-sounding exploration of, well, just about everything. Everything that Faithless so famously stare into, that is. Be it politics, inequality, midnless dancing, love, and the rest.

Faithless have always written intricate and measured music, often of some genius, and I don't think it's fair to say their previous output was more about mindless dance anthems. The likes of Sunday 8pm are littered with moving, artistic pieces of music. This album continues this trend implicitely, and works both on technically musical and emotive levels.

There is scarcely a lacklustre track on the album. I Want More offers that holy grail of meaningful sub-tones yet gung-ho anthemic club melodies, as does Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow and What About Love which, as someone stated, really is this album's dance anthem.

In a nut-shell? Careful, deliberate music which is both artistic and endlessly anthemic.

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A bit too concept-full, 10 Jun 2004
By Normann Aaboe Nielsen (Odder Denmark) - See all my reviews
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Faithless is well-known for their mixture of modern rythms (I haven't quite found out whether it is house or dance) that they produce so slick that it really cannot be done much better. Sister Bliss' musicallity is fantastic and creates tapestries and walls of music where the voice and words from Maxi Jazz are arranged like pearls, glittering and demanding.

What brings out the joy in me is "Massdestruction" where the video on the CD is splendid and the music good ol'e Faithless. That number is outstanding and although it is close to "Insomnia" in its trance recitation that is Maxi Jazz at his best.

Sadly the rest of the CD is hit by a CONCEPT: The group has chosen to play all the numbers in the same key (C) and although this does make it easier for DJ's to inmix other tracks it brings the music to a bit of a stillstand. Too ambient, you could say. The worst is though that Maxi Jazz is stepping to the background in many tracks and is letting the soft-voiced LSK do the job. No, I don't like that - give me back the REAL Jazz and his insisting voice.

But I must still surrender: I like Faithless so much that I will recommend this album to you - but remember, it is more conceptual that the previous.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars No Roots, 23 Jun 2004
By Mr. J. Fraser (Kelso, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I have always enjoyed Faithless' music. They have remained true to thier art yet still came up with some instantly recognisable tracks such as "Insomnia". "Mass Destruction" (the remix) is one such track. The album is quite mellow most of the time though. The band is joined by "LSK" for this album who gives some of the tracks a different feel than previous "Faithless" tracks. The concept of it being 2 big songs is interesting. You'll notice this if you pay attention two the lyrics of each track.

If you are a fan of this band then you should buy this song without reading any review. If you are not sure and just want some good music then get this.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy swan song
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