Vegetarian Books
Bookmark the site !
Select Country
UK Vegetarians
US Vegetarians
DE Vegetarier
FR Végétariens
Music : In Silico
See Larger Image |
In Silico by: Pendulum List Price: £15.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £5.98 You Save: £10.01 (63%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 10 days
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0825646956616 Label: Wea Manufacturer: Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Wea Release Date: May 12, 2008 Studio: Wea Sales Rank: 191 MPN: 511089 Disc 1:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: In Silico might be the second album from Pendulum, but it's their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album Hold Your Colour was a muscular collection of hard drum'n'bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On In Silico, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band's production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum's fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener "Slowdown" imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progressive rock-out mode, while the elegiac "Propane Nightmares" commences with a Mariachi trumpet serenade. Dance connoisseurs will probably complain Pendulum's beats lack a certain finesse, but if you like your dance music a) fast and b) hard then In Silico has all bases covered. --Louis Pattison Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not the "crossover" everyone makes it out to beFirstly, maybe I should explain where I'm coming from in writing this review. I'm a true junglist and an avid Pendulum fan, I have been since I first heard "Spiral" all those years ago. I watched them make 2 years of great records before they finally dropped "Hold Your Colour" in our laps. Needless to say it was sensational. I love every single track on that album and it remains today one of my all-time favourites. So when I caught word of a new Pendulum LP in the making, I immediately had high hopes for another DnB stormer. By the time I reached "The Tempest" I was almost in tears. It was, to me, like finding out a band I loved had split up. Pendulum are dead. This album is just an awful attempt, by a band I don't even know anymore, ... Read More: Rating: - The Cheesiest Dance/Rock Album... Ever!The same Big Beat drumming over the course of all 10 tracks...check. Vocals taken from the Cher 'I Believe' hall of shame...check. Lyrics that make 'Firestarter' sound like a deep statement...check. Sound effects from the Scooter pro tools set...check. ...and we are ready to roll! Prepare to unleash hell!! The thing is - occasionally we all like to inflict a little pain on ourselves and I can't believe I'm saying this... 'In Silico' can be quite a fun listen sometimes. Just sometimes mind... Rating:  - The Worlds FinestIm not a massive fan of drum n bass and dont think i ever will be but 'In Silico' has certainly drawn me in and made me think twice. I constantly listened to Radio 1 talking about how great Pendulum were so i thought i had to listen for myself and see if they were all they were cracked up to be!! They certainly didnt disappoint! I only brought this album at the weekend and it has been playing on my car radio ever since. 'Propane Nightmares' is probably the stand out track on the album and the most recognisable to any non-pendulum fan but 'The Other Side', '9,000 Miles' & 'Granite' are other faviroutes. A must buy for anyone! Rating: - in silicoMy first impressions were good, as pendulum introduced me into d`n b. But after much listening and reading outher reviews I have come to notice that this album is just there to get them into the charts, regardless of true brum and bass. Pendulum have fused together a load of power chourds and a live drummer to what could potentally been a d`n b track. So in all; this is just really bassy rock music, (and I hate rock). Rating:  - An album that will be quickly forgottenI must say that I agree entirely with the review by Mr H Pearce, entitled "A change of direction", and cited as the "most helpful critical review" - he has hit the nail on the head. I too was a big fan of Hold Your Colour as a superb cross-over album, with just the right amount of grittiness to make substantial rock and DnB references, without making both completely homogonised and bland. Alas, in Silico homogonises pretty hard, and the result is an album that sounds as though it were expressly composed for the lastest Hollywood blockbuster soundtrack. As per Mr Pearce's insightful review, it will doubtless have a few feet tapping when it comes on that bit later in some of the bars, but this album will be forgotten long ... Read More: |
|
