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Sound Mirrors [Enhanced]

~ Coldcut
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  • Audio CD (30 Jan 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • ASIN: B000BYY1K0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,782 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Man In A Garage
2. True Skool
3. Just For The Kick
4. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
5. Mr Nichols
6. A Whistle And A Prayer
7. Everything Is Under Control
8. Boogieman
9. Aid Dealer
10. This Island Earth
11. Colours The Soul
12. Sound Mirrors

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Rather than following in the montage/cut-up lineage of What’s That Noise? and Let Us Play, Coldcut’s latest album is an overt attempt at crossing over to a wide audience. Of course, what Coldcut view as ‘crossover’ is far from the insipid cheese we’re normally subjected to via the mainstream music business. Suffice to say that even the most heartfelt song-writing on Sound Mirrors (and there certainly is some) comes with a sonic edge that will make Coldcut/Ninja aficionados proud. Utilising the vocal talents of Saul William (the cinematic "Mr Nichols"), Chicago house guru Robert Owens (the emotive "Walk A Mile") Roots Manuva (the dancehall anthem "True Skool") and Mpho Skeef (two-step anthem "This Island Earth"), Coldcut explore political/humanist themes across a rainbow of sounds and beats. It’s their most accessible album since their chart-bothering work with Yazz and Lisa Stansfield in the 80s, but Coldcut still emerge with their rebel credentials impressively intact. --Paul Sullivan

Mojo 4/5
‘One of the most vital and imaginative records that Jon More and Matt Black have ever made’

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Masters Return, 1 Mar 2006
By C. M. Perkins (Stirling, Scotland.) - See all my reviews
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This album is great to listen to. It’s so….well, Coldcut! A real mixture of styles. Hard to predict what the singles will be because a) there are several great tracks and b) none of them are particularly radio-friendly.

Several of the tracks make the rear view mirror in my car shake with the bass – which is always a good sign.

‘True Skool’, featuring Roots Manuva is already getting airplay and could be a single, especially because of the name recognition.

‘Just for the Kick’ cleverly uses a camera whirr as percussion and starts with a couple of trademark overdubs, reminiscent of early Coldcut electro.

‘Walk a Mile in my Shoes’ (Robert Owens vocals) is a nice track – a kind of ambient/deep house production.

‘Mr. Nichols’ is an interesting one – a spoken (American male) vocal sounds like a reading from a book, with someone trying to talk Mr. Nichols in from a window ledge, over a William Orbit-type backing track. The words are well written – I’d love to know the story behind them – and the music is great.

‘This Island Earth’ starts off sounding like it’s going to be a post-Yazz, plinky plonky piano house tribute, but then veers off to become a sweet soul vocal over something that could be a Roni Size track if the bpm were higher – very nice.

‘Colours the Soul’ is another one that reminds me of William Orbit’s ‘Water from a Vine Leaf’.

The album closes with ‘Sound Mirrors’ a classic Coldcut instrumental blend that sounds like it could be the closing score to a movie that would be a cross between The Matrix, Shopping and Young Americans – edgy, youthful and dramatic.

All in all, a great collection of musical styles that do all hang together nicely as an album.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Left me cold, 16 May 2009
By Binro The Heretic "mattieboyz" (Hillsborough, Sheffield) - See all my reviews
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Yes a very disappointing release from late 80s/early 90s Dance pioneers. These guys stormed onto the scene and introduced the likes of Yazz and Lisa Stansfield to the charts; circa 1990 they could do no wrong. Unfortunately time has overtaken them, and there are far better acts doing similar things these days, but better.
A reasonable dance album but nothing to write home about.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Coolcut, 11 Sep 2006
By Mr. Peter Barrett (Gloucestershire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Coldcut is one of those acts which will provide a highlight to any festival and whose influence on British dance music is massive, yet this never quite comes across on their albums.

Sound Mirrors is very easy to listen to, unlike some of their CDs, but it also has plenty of punch and imagination. Just ever-so-slightly bland.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Coldcuts the mustard
I hadn't heard of Coldcut until I heard Waklk A Mile In My Shoe while at a club on holiday in Paignton and on the strength of that song i brought the album and I would recommend... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars sad to say - a real disappointment
I was extremely eager to hear this album, but unfortunately it was a huge disappointment for me. In my opinion Coldcut have been responsible for some of the best music of my time... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth waiting for?
This was well woth waiting for. For Coldcut it is a fantastic showcase for their talents. All the tracks have stand alone quality and deserve praise in their own right. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm, Coldcut, yummy ...
This is a quality album - the music and featured vocalists are excellent and well matched. There's an interesting mix of styles, and I find that I do end up skipping certain... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2006 by panda-eyes

5.0 out of 5 stars Colcut, 'Sound Mirrors' - Rockbeatstone Magazine Review
...the third track which again is a kind of antithesis to what went before it. It's as if Coldcut are trying to shoot off all arrows in their quiver in very quick succession. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2006 by rockbeatstone

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