A Hundred Days Off: Underworld: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Momove

2. Two Months Off

3. Twist

4. Sola Sistim

5. Little Speaker

6. Trim

7. Ess Gee

8. Dinosaur Adventure 3d

9. Ballet Lane

10. Luetin

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Unlike the Chemical Brothers--their longstanding U.K. brothers in electronica--Underworld have been allowed to grow (relatively) old without being accused of stagnating. A Hundred Days Off, Underworld's first studio release since the departure of member Darren Emerson, demonstrates why. An ecstatic headrush of percolating beats, swirling synth, and shape-shifting melodies, A Hundred Days Off drags everything from Delta blues to space-age pop onto the dance floor. Because the pair takes their cues in part from the real world, filtering each idea through the prism of a rave record, we get wonky faux church bells chiming in one especially frenzied passage of the nine-minute epic "Two Months Off." Elsewhere, as on the curiously named "Trim," straightforward vocal phrasings are set against (what might be) twangy, scotch-soaked guitar while a static drum beat clicks in the distance. On the towering centerpiece track, "Dinosaur Adventure 3D," a vicious cymbal guts an otherwise unassuming house track, albeit one built on an increasingly complex (and speedy) palette of sounds, before a tribal vocal goosesteps over top. Clubby, dubby, and positively smokin'. --Kim Hughes

Album Description

Japanese edition of the British duo's 2002 album. 10 tracks, the same as the domestic, but with an earlier release date.

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4.2 out of 5 stars (85 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars funky smooth, Mar 8 2004

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shawn migdal (syarcuse ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Hundred Days Off (Audio CD)

you gotta be kidding!! what a really great cd! once you start, you know that your in for a really great musicial ride. well balance between voices and beats. smooth to the ears!! funka funka wonderful. enjoy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars first underworld experience, definately not last, Jan 18 2004

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missy blue (zimbabwe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Hundred Days Off (Audio CD)

I never thought i would appreciate these guys even though i knew they were good. when Dinosaur 3d was released I admitted i didn't understand it although i was fascinated at least by their amazing video. I even complained to a friend about the long video for their single and how it was played hogging . Then one day i was home alone and again the song played. i was pretty bored and lay down staring at the ceiling...and closed my eyes listening. Next thing i knew and was up dancing to it feeling the beat finally understanding it. Over the next weeks i did a 180 and became an avid underworld and began to completely appreciate their music.
Getting an album as un-mainstream as Underworld was a task esp. where i live but my mum surprised me with this disc a few months after i fell hoplessly in love with underworld. It's an amazing disc and my favourite track is Little Speaker probably bc i've neva heard anything like it.
One of the best things about underworld is it is so good yet it seems from other fans is it is nowhere near their best.
This album is one of my complete fave's. I definately will be purchasing their other albums or at least their '92-'02.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fresh start for Underworld since Beaucoup Fish, Nov 25 2003

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Lil' Rowlands (Detroit Lakes, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Hundred Days Off (Audio CD)

Underworld has come a long way after starting off simple (Underneath The Radar and others) and coming on strong with albums like Everything, Everything; LIVE, Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Second Toughest in the Infants. My take on A Hundred Days Off would be this --> Underworld sort of fell apart in this album for two reasons. They lost one of their great members (Emmerson) and the beats were more ambient and easy-going. Don't get me wrong though, I thought of Underworld A Hundred Days Off was a fresh start cause they did things a little different in the songs on it. Number 7 sounds like something Aphex Twin would do in his ambient works and Dinosaur Adventure 3D reminds me of some music I would hear in The Matrix. When I first purchased this album, I was RELAXED when I listened to it. I thought Two Months Off was a bit strange in the beginning but it DEFINATELY gets better throughout, Mo Move was a very nice introduction for the album, and Sola Sistim put me in a dream world. Ballet Lane is a great song you could listen to while it is raining outside. That's my take on A Hundred Days Off...I hope my review has made sense

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5.0 out of 5 stars War Machine!
While the reviews here seem to make it out as the worst Underworld album, it's hard to really say there is a worst. All of them were different. Read more

Published on Nov 21 2003 by Nikolaus O. Reed

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynomight!
I had modest expectations when the news of Underworld coming out with a new album after the departure of Darren Emerson in 2000. Read more

Published on Nov 19 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Slick, impassioned, pointed & posed ... incredible!
I don't know how they do it!

Underworld has now released four five-star albums in a row (not including the Live "Everything, Everything", which is of a different sort). Read more

Published on Nov 18 2003 by hyperbolic squiggly

5.0 out of 5 stars Slick, impassioned, pointed, & poised... incredible!
I don't know how they do it!

Underworld has now released four five-star albums in a row (not including the Live "Everything, Everything", which is of a different sort). Read more

Published on Nov 18 2003 by hyperbolic squiggly

5.0 out of 5 stars Slick, impassioned, pointed, & poised... incredible!
I don't know how they do it. !!!

Underworld has now released four five-star albums in a row (not including the Live "Everything, Everything", which is of a different sort)... Read more

Published on Nov 18 2003 by hyperbolic squiggly

5.0 out of 5 stars Organic, impassioned, pointed & poised... Incredible!
I don't know how they do it!!

Underworld has now released FOUR consecutive 5-star mindblowing albums (not considering the live "Everything, Everything", being of a different... Read more

Published on Nov 18 2003 by hyperbolic squiggly

5.0 out of 5 stars carries me away on golden clouds
This is a wonderful album. Very divers from ambient to tekno to steel guitar, but always sophisticated. Quite urban cool sounds. The lyrics do matter and are true, no cliches...

Published on Oct 7 2003 by Bert Krus

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than most people say, really.
When Darren Emerson left Underworld, anyone could see that a critical backlash was coming. After all, Underworld had been consistently well received by the critics throughout... Read more

Published on July 24 2003 by Angry Mofo

4.0 out of 5 stars This is Limited Edition Disc is worth the money
This is a beautiful CD. It is a Limited Edition Tour CD from the Underworld's 2002 Australia tour. This CD has 2 discs. The first disc is A Hundred Days Off. Read more

Published on July 10 2003 by Jason Chlebus

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not the best
As an avid listener of Underworld I was slightly disappointed by "A Hundred Days Off". The album seemed to lack the spark and drive which had prevailed in both "Beaucoup Fish"... Read more

Published on Jun 14 2003