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█░ Artist : The Future Sound Of London ░█
█░ Album Title : The Isness (RETAIL) ░█
█░ Record Label : Hypnotic Records (clp 1206-2) ░█
█░ Genre : Psychedelic Rock ░█
█░ Rip Date : 09/08/02 ░█
█░ Ripped By : Team CHR ░█
█░ Source : Compact Disc ░█
█░ Encode Bitrate : 192k ░█
█░ Total Size : 87MB ░█
█░ Tracks : 13 ░█
█░ Total Length : 63:16 ░█
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█░ 01. Elysian Feels ░█
█░ 02. The Mello Hippo Disco Show ░█
█░ 03. Goodbye Sky (Reprise) ░█
█░ 04. Osho ░█
█░ 05. The Galaxial Pharmaceutical ░█
█░ 06. Yes My Brother ░█
█░ 07. Go Tell It To The Trees Egghead ░█
█░ 08. Divinity ░█
█░ 09. Guru Song ░█
█░ 10. Her Toung Is Like A Jellyfish ░█
█░ 11. Meadows ░█
█░ 12. High Tide On The Sea Of Flesh ░█
█░ 13. Goodbye Sky ░█
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█░ ░█
█░ "Future Sound of London returned to active recording with ░█
█░ The Isness, a record that trumpets a host of ░█
█░ through-the-ages psychedelic influences -- from the Beatles ░█
█░ to Gong to mid-'70s Pink Floyd to Spacemen 3 to the Chemical ░█
█░ Brothers -- but does little to expand on any of those ░█
█░ original inspirations. Early on, Garry Cobain and Brian ░█
█░ Dougans begin trotting out the clichΘs; the opener, "Elysian ░█
█░ Feels," has the back-masked strings of "Tomorrow Never ░█
█░ Knows," a surprisingly AOR guitar solo, and a few Chemical ░█
█░ Brothers breaks that don't sound very intriguing when ░█
█░ dredged up eight years later. It only continues on "The ░█
█░ Mello Hippo Disco Show," with a hippy-dippy vocal (one that ░█
█░ fits the absurd title perfectly) floating over a series of ░█
█░ funereal chords and the requisite Mellotron effects. "Yes My ░█
█░ Brother" finds F.S.O.L. aping easy listening lynchpin Tony ░█
█░ Hatch circa 1971 ù one of the influences not-so-curiously ░█
█░ missing from the list ù but doing a surprisingly good job of ░█
█░ it, even when the uncredited vocalist grasps for the Verve, ░█
█░ but ends up in Simply Red territory. It's clear that Cobain ░█
█░ and Dougans are still great producers; check out "Osho," an ░█
█░ excellent, though rather obvious, piece of light ░█
█░ blaxploitation funk grafted onto filmi strings. Too often, ░█
█░ though, they're apparently interested only in referencing ░█
█░ the past and sporting their rangy instrument roster: ░█
█░ flⁿgelhorn, glockenspiel, harp, flute, violin, cello, ░█
█░ harmonica, etc. It's ironic that 30 years later, a record ░█
█░ like this could make psychedelia seem as curmudgeonly as ░█
█░ rock & roll seemed then." - John Bush, AMG ░█
█░ ░█
█░ The future was electronic, now it seems to be lost in the ░█
█░ past. FSOL has taken an interesting turn with their first ░█
█░ new album in seven years (since Dead Cities in 1996, ░█
█░ discounting the re-release of their early album ░█
█░ Accelerator). For an album five years in the making, I was ░█
█░ expecting something to be truly breath-taking or ░█
█░ mind-expanding, but it sounds like the past has come back to ░█
█░ haunt me. It is NOTHING like picking up "where Radiohead's ░█
█░ Kid A left off and [turning] the standard electro-dance ░█
█░ music genre on its head" I agree with most of the above ░█
█░ review, seeing this as nothing astounding, unless you were ░█
█░ looking for a new take on psychedelic rock. Interesting, ░█
█░ but that's most of it. ░█
█░ ░█
█░ So why rip it when there is already ░█
█░ "Amorphous_Androgynous_(Future_Sound_of_London)_-_ ░█
█░ The_Isness-Promo-CD-2002-tronik"? This is the retail, ░█
█░ full 63min 16sec, different track lengths, no gap from ░█
█░ track 12 to the "hidden" track 13 (listed on the case, ░█
█░ pictures included). Nowhere is "Amorphous Androgynous" ░█
█░ mentioned, except for the FSOL website. Tip o'the cap ░█
█░ to TRONiC for ripping the promo, but it looks like there ░█
█░ were changes between the promo and retail dates. Check ░█
█░ the AMG URL for track time references, or CDnow.com, or ░█
█░ other e-tailers for track lengths. ░█
█░ Enjoy, from Chromance! ░█
█░ ░█
█░ ~ ~ ~ ░█
█░ From "amorphous_androgynous_-_the_isness-promo-cd-2002-tronik.nfo" ░█
█░ ░█
█░ 01 - Elysian Feels [04:49] (vs 06:03) ░█
█░ 02 - The Mellow Hippo Disco Show [05:50] (vs 04:32) ░█
█░ 03 - Goodbye Sky (Reprise) [01:12] (vs 01:10) ░█
█░ 04 - Osho [05:54] (vs 02:14) ░█
█░ 06 - Yes My Brother [07:29] (vs 15:03) ░█
█░ 07 - Go Tell It to the Trees Egghead [02:49] (vs 00:52) ░█
█░ 08 - Divinity [02:13] (vs 05:31) ░█
█░ 09 - Guru Song [02:35] (vs 07:57) ░█
█░ 10 - Her Tongue is Like a Jellyfish [03:27] (vs 03:45) ░█
█░ 11 - Meadows [05:27] (vs 02:33) ░█
█░ 12 - High Tide on the Sea of Flesh [08:23] (vs 03:28) ░█
█░ 13 - Goodbye Sky [06:09] (vs 04:43) ░█
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█░ 13 tracks [60:45 min] 83.6 Mb (vs 63:16 min 87.1 Mb) ░█
█░ . . . ░█
█░ ░█
█░ "* Note from the ripper: Track 12 on the CD contained the hidden ░█
█░ track Goodbye Sky, for your convenience, I cut it out into a ░█
█░ seperate track. I left the blank space intact at the end of track ░█
█░ 12 to create the same effect as FSOL has intended." -TRONiK nfo ░█
█░ ░█
█░ ~ ~ ~ ░█
█░ URLs >> ░█
█░ >> www.futuresoundoflondon.com/fsol/fsol.html >> history of ░█
█░ "The Isness" from mixCD idea to the current incarnation. ░█
█░ >> www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=2THE|ISNESS >> AMG URL ░█
█░ for the above scathing review, with purdy links and all. ░█
█░ >> www.hypnoticrecordings.com/News/FSOLIsness.htm ░█
█░ terrible label site, PR blatherings and all. ░█
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