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ArseSpanker Reviews Fundamental.

#1 Post by ArseSpanker »

So the time comes, several months prior to it's release and the time when I will first hear it, to review Fundamental. I know there has been a lot of speculation. The speculation stops here! Really. The packaging of the album is lavish and feral with a caliphate element. That good. But I guess we're all here for the music, right?

God Willing

It's an introduction. It introduces. It's a veritable handshake of an entry point into the album that, not only establishes, but also prefaces what is to come.

Minimal

We've all been speculating about what this song will be like. I can reveal exclusively that it sounds like the first single from this album. Yes, it's that good. Neil's oxygenated vocals meet Chris's hydrogenated keyboards in a way that, with the clever teasing of Trever Horn's production, can only be described as 'water'.

The Sodom and Gomorrah Show

This track is, in what appears to be a whole album concept, another track from Fundamental. "Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention, death and destruction" have all been mentioned in relation to this track and I would like to add the word "sophism". There... I said it.

I'm with Stupid

Yes I am, but enough about my personal life....

Psychological

We've all heard the instrumental, remixed, demo, limited, white label, collectors’ edition. Is it real? Is it a plot by the Military Industrial Complex? Has anyone else noticed that you can sing "Twenty three" along to this? You know what I'm saying.

I made my excuses and left

This reminds me of the time I woke up on the floor of my local AA group meeting after a particularly long bender. But I digress.

Integral

Is this track really integral? Well, it could be described as "necessary". Certainly one has to sit through it to get to the next track. It's not a big leap from integral to fundamental, is it? What are the Boys trying to tell us? Trevor Horn shimmers throughout.

Numb

Like eating a chocolate orange while descending a flight of stairs. This song reminds me of that feeling you get when you wake up in a different part of town to where you fell asleep and you're not on the 85 bus home. This song is track 8.

Luna Park

Need I say more? Someone's hungry and is going to eat all the little people.

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Casanova in Hell

Yes. No. Maybe.

Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century (20th Century for short) was the hundred years that proceeded the year 2000. it lasted for a tenth of a millennium and lots of things happened during it, such as the release of the Back To The Future Trilogy. A big, big subject.

Indefinite leave to remain

And so our journey ends, appropriately enough, with the last track on the album. The final song, if you will. The end. Trevor Horn's production makes like the Mr Muscle man scrubbing the skirting board. On acid.

So, to summarize:

Fundamental is like a cockfight between a turkey on heat and an egg with attitude. Who wins? You decide.
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#2 Post by Glenny4 »

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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#3 Post by Very »

hahaha - I'll get back with my reviews as soon as I get the CD- in a few days probably :lol:
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:shock: What's that all about :shock:

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#5 Post by Native »

Quality review, ArseSpanker. Thanks.

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#6 Post by glennjridge »

Numb sounds awesome

"Like eating a chocolate orange while descending a flight of stairs"

nice lyrics by neil but I wonder if they have a deeper meaning

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Re: ArseSpanker Reviews Fundamental.

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ArseSpanker wrote:So the time comes, several months prior to it's release and the time when I will first hear it, to review Fundamental. I know there has been a lot of speculation. The speculation stops here! Really. The packaging of the album is lavish and feral with a caliphate element. That good. But I guess we're all here for the music, right?

God Willing

It's an introduction. It introduces. It's a veritable handshake of an entry point into the album that, not only establishes, but also prefaces what is to come.

Minimal

We've all been speculating about what this song will be like. I can reveal exclusively that it sounds like the first single from this album. Yes, it's that good. Neil's oxygenated vocals meet Chris's hydrogenated keyboards in a way that, with the clever teasing of Trever Horn's production, can only be described as 'water'.

The Sodom and Gomorrah Show

This track is, in what appears to be a whole album concept, another track from Fundamental. "Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention, death and destruction" have all been mentioned in relation to this track and I would like to add the word "sophism". There... I said it.

I'm with Stupid

Yes I am, but enough about my personal life....

Psychological

We've all heard the instrumental, remixed, demo, limited, white label, collectors’ edition. Is it real? Is it a plot by the Military Industrial Complex? Has anyone else noticed that you can sing "Twenty three" along to this? You know what I'm saying.

I made my excuses and left

This reminds me of the time I woke up on the floor of my local AA group meeting after a particularly long bender. But I digress.

Integral

Is this track really integral? Well, it could be described as "necessary". Certainly one has to sit through it to get to the next track. It's not a big leap from integral to fundamental, is it? What are the Boys trying to tell us? Trevor Horn shimmers throughout.

Numb

Like eating a chocolate orange while descending a flight of stairs. This song reminds me of that feeling you get when you wake up in a different part of town to where you fell asleep and you're not on the 85 bus home. This song is track 8.

Luna Park

Need I say more? Someone's hungry and is going to eat all the little people.

Image

Casanova in Hell

Yes. No. Maybe.

Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century (20th Century for short) was the hundred years that proceeded the year 2000. it lasted for a tenth of a millennium and lots of things happened during it, such as the release of the Back To The Future Trilogy. A big, big subject.

Indefinite leave to remain

And so our journey ends, appropriately enough, with the last track on the album. The final song, if you will. The end. Trevor Horn's production makes like the Mr Muscle man scrubbing the skirting board. On acid.

So, to summarize:

Fundamental is like a cockfight between a turkey on heat and an egg with attitude. Who wins? You decide.
Pure genius, the greatest review ever!!

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#8 Post by gareth »

Can you please review the next album as well please?
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#9 Post by DJAMIX »

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Can't wait for Disco 2 review!!!
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#10 Post by F2Y »

I f*ckin can't wait to hear this album!

F2Y

#11 Post by F2Y »

Can someone get me a copy?

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#12 Post by Syncratic »

This is quite possibly the best, the most accurate and the most optimistic review I've heard. Genius. Encore, encore! Please will you review the FUNDAMENTAL LIVE DVD? :P

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#13 Post by ArseSpanker »

F2Y wrote:I f*ckin can't wait to hear this album!
As you can see, you won't be dissapointed.

I wasn't. *cough*
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#14 Post by psb-freak »

It´s scary that Luna Park pic.
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#15 Post by Chrispsb »

psb-freak wrote:It´s scary that Luna Park pic.
as you can see, it's "just fun".

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