I still count Leftfield's "Rhythm & Stealth" as a ground breaking release that had nothing to compare it to in 2000.
yeah, but it's still not as good as their first album which was 5 years earlier
Well, that's not the point of the discussion, as we were talking about post 1997 releases... ;-)
(and the Phat Planet killer bass line of course - try that one at full volume)
all leftfield tracks just _have_ to be listened to at full volume, as close to the subwoofer as it's possible to get :)
Preferably on a free highway.
Sneaker Pimps fan ? :-)
yeah :) but again, they've not been able to produce anything as good as their first album (although this might have more to do with them missing Kelli Dayton's vocals - saying that, her solo album was totally disapointing)
Yep. "Becoming X" is by far their best album. Splinter has its weak tracks, while Bloodsport got much better again. Still I miss Kelli Ali's vocals on it. Her own solo album is not bad, but the first half of it is far superior to the second half. As we are already on the topic of groundbreaking albums - "Becoming X" is in my opinion the original trip hop album. Massive Attack's "Mezzanine" was released later, and their prior albums were not really what I would call trip hop. --- Thomas Touzimsky "Some millennia, you should better stay in bed."