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In Silico by: Pendulum List Price: £11.99 CD-Charts Price: £6.98 You Save: £5.01 (42%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0825646956616 Label: Wea Manufacturer: Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Wea Release Date: May 12, 2008 Studio: Wea Sales Rank: 38 MPN: 511089 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: In Silico might be the second album from Pendulum, but it's their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album Hold Your Colour was a muscular collection of hard drum'n'bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On In Silico, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band's production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum's fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener "Slowdown" imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progressive rock-out mode, while the elegiac "Propane Nightmares" commences with a Mariachi trumpet serenade. Dance connoisseurs will probably complain Pendulum's beats lack a certain finesse, but if you like your dance music a) fast and b) hard then In Silico has all bases covered. --Louis Pattison Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - What's the deal with everyone saying they're not dnb anymore? sound the same to me!Having listened they seem to be exactly the same pendulum as in Hold Your Colour, with a bit more singing and bit more rock, but overall dnb. If they didn't make it sound new, it would sound exactly the same as hold your colour! Some may think they r becoming mediocre but stuff them cos i think that they are completely unique!! Rating:  - DissapointingAfter the Hold Your Colour album I was expecting big things from this pendulum album, and yes some of the music on this album is pure genius, but I can't help but feel this album was made in a hurry. Some of the songs basically sounding the same. There is no question about a lot of use of compression, and the mix in some places is very erratic, things constantly moving forward and back to make up the sound levels. I really don't mean to say that the tracks on this album are bad, far from it, some tracks are brilliant, for instance the end of 'midnight runner' is actually an incredibly nice sound and great contrast with the first part of the song. What I'm saying is that; I'm not sure this compilation of tracks works as an album ... Read More: Rating:  - Stick to what you're good at!First off, I haven't given the whole album a listen. You might think that negates my review, but after hearing 5 of the tracks from "In Silico" receiving biggest airplay, any motivation to delve any deeper was quickly lost. It's not because i'm a hardcore narrow minded dnb fan, stuck in a genre and expecting another "Hold Your Colour". I praise any act who embrace diversity in their approach to music and are not restricted by a trademark sound. It's just obvious to me that Pendulum's latest ambitions go far beyond their talents. Rule number 1 of crossing genres in music: be (atleast quite) good at the genre you are attempting to cross over to. The biggest addition to Pendulum's music in "In Silico" are lyrics and rock ... Read More: Rating: - Pendulum - In SilicoFirst of all, i would like to say that if you dont like drum and bass, then it doesnt matter cos pendulum are no longer drum and bass. This album is AMAZING. I would also like to say to all the dnb fans: OPEN YOUR MIND, THEY ARE QUALITY AT WHAT THEY DO! They used drum and bass as a means of creating their own music, after having made a name for themselves in the genre, and hopefully now more artists will come along with having been influenced by them. Tis album is made to confuse the dnb fan with all sorts of diversity, like Hold Your Colour, but completely different. Here's a 'lowdown' on the tracks: 1. Showdown - 10/10 This is a great funky rock tune, introduced with some swift vocals saying how great pendulum are and that they are ... Read More: Rating: - great albumI first got into pendulum through slam and loved the first album in my opinion this one is an even better album than the first with all the tracks flowing together better than the first one the reason I have given it 4 stars is because I think that hold your colour has stronger independent songs you can listen to 'Girl in the fire' on hold your colour and get into it the same as you get into it when listening to the album but songs like propane nigtmare and showdown are great but even better when listened to as a whole album |
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