Re: [Kraftwerk] Another opinion after listening to the album
Well, I cannot agree. It's not so bad. It isn't their best album: true. It's not revolutionary: true. Maybe it's little bit monothonic (you have to remember it's concept album about bicycles...). Maybe the last track (re-recorded TdF) is worse than original one.... But it's still good album worth to buy! I listened the whole album three times already - each time I like it more. Of course it has pros & cons but generally speaking: good job from R&F. I convince to listen it several times. It's more 'tasty' when you listen with (good) headphones. P.S.: When I hear TdF'03 I have strange thought to take my bike in make some 'tour' of my own ;-) Let's ride! Let's enjoy this moment! Even if it is not as good as Computer-World was - come on: it's new Kraftwerk's album and it's good! Next album in 12 years time :-) TK ------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:44:09 +0200 From: "Kajola L" <kajola@hotmail.com> Subject: [Kraftwerk] Another opinion after listening to the album To: kraftwerk@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <BAY1-F83tw9snfLEHmF0000cfa2@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed I have been listening to the album two times this morning. I'm sorry to say but I think this is an album that I will soon foget. The long Tour de France etape 1-3 sounds like some boring technomuzak. Of the other new tracks i think it's only "Vitamin" and maybe "La forme" that sounds "OK". To bad it wasn't better after the long waint..... :-( Well, they will always have a place in my heart for the great music the have created but i will soon forget the 2003-album.....
I mostly agree with you Tomasz. Certainly, the new version of Tour de France is weaker than it could have been. The sounds individually have gone through nice updates, the horribly electric bass has been electrofied, and the vocals have been treated much better. But the arrangement as a whole should have had much more changes for me to think it more interesting. And the melodic synth sounds... yeuh. That's my biggest concern with Soundtracks, the symphonic synth sounds that run through Tour de France (not so much in etape deux, thankfully) and La Forme. Horrible. Those sounds really belong twenty years back. Still, the album is clearly a full-pointer for Kling Klang, and just think of hearing "Vitamin" live... Wow... =) / Petter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tomasz Kirmuc" <tkirmuc@interia.pl> To: <kraftwerk@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [Kraftwerk] Another opinion after listening to the album
Well, I cannot agree. It's not so bad.
It isn't their best album: true. It's not revolutionary: true. Maybe it's little bit monothonic (you have to remember it's concept album about bicycles...). Maybe the last track (re-recorded TdF) is worse than original one....
But it's still good album worth to buy! I listened the whole album three times already - each time I like it more. Of course it has pros & cons but generally speaking: good job from R&F.
I convince to listen it several times. It's more 'tasty' when you listen with (good) headphones.
P.S.: When I hear TdF'03 I have strange thought to take my bike in make some 'tour' of my own ;-)
Let's ride! Let's enjoy this moment! Even if it is not as good as Computer-World was - come on: it's new Kraftwerk's album and it's good!
Next album in 12 years time :-)
TK
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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:44:09 +0200 From: "Kajola L" <kajola@hotmail.com> Subject: [Kraftwerk] Another opinion after listening to the album To: kraftwerk@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <BAY1-F83tw9snfLEHmF0000cfa2@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed
I have been listening to the album two times this morning. I'm sorry to say but I think this is an album that I will soon foget.
The long Tour de France etape 1-3 sounds like some boring technomuzak. Of the other new tracks i think it's only "Vitamin" and maybe "La forme" that sounds "OK".
To bad it wasn't better after the long waint..... :-(
Well, they will always have a place in my heart for the great music the have created but i will soon forget the 2003-album.....
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