UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
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Track List: Psyence Fiction
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- Guns Blazing (Drums Of Death Pt. 1) - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Unkle Main Title Theme - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Bloodstain - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Unreal - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Lonely Soul - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field Of Artist Management - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Nursery Rhyme/Breather - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Celestial Annihilation - UnkleDownload & Buy
- The Knock (Drums Of Death Pt. 2) - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Chaos - UnkleDownload & Buy
- Rabbit In Your Headlights - UnkleDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Psyence Fiction
- Release Date:
- 09/29/1998
- Label:
- Fontana London
- UPC:
- 731454097024
User Reviews: Psyence Fiction
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good cd, not too "ambitious".
, March 30, 2002Reviewer:
jerrrobi - See all jerrrobi's reviews if read somewhere that this album was too ambitious. hell no! maybe one song, but not the whole thing. lonely soul is the most ambitious song on the cd. i really did enjoy it. the most out of place song has to be nursery rhyme. get the geetars out of here! overall shadow did a good job. -
:)
, September 14, 2001Reviewer:
John - See all John's reviews <EOM>
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Pro Reviews: Psyence Fiction
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews James Lavelle and DJ Shadow are unequal partners in U.N.K.L.E., with the former providing the concept and the latter providing music, which naturally overshadows the concept, since the only clear concept -- apart from futuristic sound effects, video game samples, and merging trip-hop with rock -- is collaborating with a variety of musicians, from superstars to cult favorites Kool G. Rap, Alice Temple, and Mark Hollis (who provides uncredited piano on "Chaos"). Since DJ Shadow's prime gift is for instrumentals, the prospect of him collaborating with vocalists is more intriguing than enticing, and Psyence Fiction is appropriately divided between brilliance and failed experiments. Shadow and Lavelle aren't breaking new territory here -- beneath the harder rock edge, full-fledged songs, and occasional melodicism, the album stays on the course Endtroducing set. Shadow isn't given room to run wild with his soundscapes, and only a couple of cuts, such as the explosive opener "Guns Blazing," equal the sonic collages of his debut. Initially, that may be a disappointment, but U.N.K.L.E. gains momentum on repeated listens. Portions of the record still sound a little awkward -- Mike D's contribution suffers primarily from recycled Hello Nasty rhyme schemes -- yet those moments are overshadowed by Shadow's imagination and unpredictable highlights, such as Temple's chilly "Bloodstain" or Badly Drawn Boy's claustrophobic "Nursery Rhyme," as well as the masterstrokes fronted by Richard Ashcroft (a sweeping, neo-symphonic "Lonely Soul") and Thom Yorke (the moody "Rabbit in Your Headlights"). These moments might not add up to an overpowering record, but in some ways Psyence Fiction is something better -- a superstar project that doesn't play it safe and actually has its share of rich, rewarding music. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Experimental hip-hop outfit U.N.K.L.E. was one of the original artists releasing material through noted U.K. label Mo'Wax, which helped launch the instrumental mid-'90s downtempo breakbeat revival eventually termed trip-hop. Though hardly the label's...Full UNKLE Biography
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