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Tracklist
- 1Dirge5:45
- 2Soul Auctioneer6:00
- 3Death Threat4:51
- 4Flying7:07
- 5Aisha5:54
- 6Lever Street3:40
- 7Aladdin’s Story4:45
- 8Broken Little Sister5:19
- 9Neptune City4:46
Reviews
Rated 6/10
Nice 90s electronica
Rated 6/10
Pretty solid ambient listening with an edge that doesn't come off as mall ninja.
Rated 4/10
Yup, didn't need to hear this one before I die. Most songs are just a repeating motif that builds but never changes. Sure, some of those motifs are cool (e.g., Death Threat, Aisha (w/ Iggy Pop), Neptune City), but some are annoying (e.g., Dirge - out of tune guitar, Soul Auctioneer - annoying warbling tone, Broken Little Sister - really freakin' noisy and way too long). Next.
Rated 8/10
I'm really surprised by the album. I may have heard of the band before. I'm not sure about that. But I didn't know the music before. Contrary to a large number of reviews, I like the music very much. Perhaps it is a little too repetitive. In any case, it was fun to listen to the album. I think I will listen to it again. 4/5
Rated 6/10
This has a pretty cool vibe. Definitely enjoyed some tracks quite a bit, while some others were just ho-hum.
Rated 4/10
Another fucking BOREFEST
Rated 8/10
Excellent album … with added Iggy Pop (What more do you want? … he’s vibrating!!)
Rated 4/10
Gloomy without much substance. It's decent background music, but you feel like something's missing.
Rated 3/10
interesting. harder electronic mix. would listen again.
Rated 8/10
Dark and stormy... it's quite the journey and much to navigate.
(Oh hi Sam! 👋)
Rated 4/10
The first track is called Dirge, but I actually liked that one - the real dirges come later. My main issue with this album though is that it’s trying a bit too hard to be a very 1990s idea of cool, and has aged like milk as a result.
Rated 6/10
Very light 3 stars. There are enough cool moments to justify it. But this is definitely no essential record.
3/5
Rated 2/10
The only Death in Vegas song I know is Scorpio rising so I am looking forward to listening and learning more about them.
The album starts with Dirge and its a great start, its dark and gloomy and builds well. I love it. Aisha was also a fun track. The rest of the album was just boring. there was nothing that grabbed you. I am shocked this made the list!!
Favourite song: Dirge and Aisha are great tunes
Least favourite: The rest of the album was just boring
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 6/10
November 4, 2024
"What am I? I'm a murderer" 💀
Where were you for Spooky Month, Death in Vegas?
Only having heard the track quoted above, "Aisha", before today, I assumed I wouldn't like this album. (It has a cool energy but I find it overly repetitive and wears out its shock value quickly.) And yet there's something to these Contino Sessions...
"Soul Auctioneer" has a dark yet danceable energy; "Flying" is a great slice of neo-psychedelia; "Broken Little Sister" has both the noise and the lead singer of a Jesus and Mary Chain song.
It's a 'results may vary' album to me, but at its best it's a great soundtrack to a nighttime city walk.
HL: "Dirge", "Flying", "Neptune City", "Aladdin's Story"
3.5
Rated 10/10
Atmospheric and cool
Rated 8/10
Obligatory "never listened to this whole album before outside of a few tracks", and I don't know why I didn't. Maybe I actually did and forgot. Either way I'm usually very down for these kind of down tempo, trip-hop, electronic type affairs.
I can see how people will find this incredibly repetitive, but I really like the slow build that they employ on a lot of the tracks. The soundscapes and musical themes all develop over time into something more, and a whole big mood.
Rated 4/10
Sold 100,000 in the UK, so there's that, I guess.
It's anyone's guess what the ACTUAL GOAL of this music is. I mean, it's fun to go down to the studio and just make noise, and I like the drums/bass/guitar formula as much as the next person. But what are you bringing to this party? Especially in 1999, la fin de siecle. Post-Radiohead, Post-Nirvana, Post-Britpop, Post-Portishead.
The bookending songs, "Dirge" and "Neptune City" are the most interesting ones on the album, and I won't remember them tomorrow (I barely remember them now). Not really songs so much as a kind of background noise you might hear at the new latin-fusion restaurant in some mid-population city like Des Moines or Santa Clarita. Just okay, just enough edge to make it almost tip over into the badass side of the rock spectrum without really hurting anyone. Looks like a lot of effort went into this, but for what?
Rated 6/10
Iggy Pop you will always be famous
Rated 8/10
Very 90s. I like.
Rated 6/10
It was a weird one. But some songs were decent
3 ⭐️