- Audio CD (Sep 21 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Saddle Creek
- ASIN: B00005NF1H
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #61,577 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Agenda suicide |
| 2. Glass Danse World |
| 3. Total Job |
| 4. Let The Posion Spill From Your Throat |
| 5. Your Retro Career Melted |
| 6. Posed To Death |
| 7. The Conductor |
| 8. Violent |
| 9. Ballad Of A Paralysed Citizen |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
The old saying goes that if you pretend to be something long enough, you'll eventually become it. If this is true, then the men of the Faint must have spent a lot of time between their rocking debut album, Media, and their third full-length, Danse Macabre, practicing their Duran Duran, Cure and Depeche Mode impressions. In the process, they have become all that is, was and probably ever shall be good about new wave music, combining arty electronics with smart social commentary to create an album that is sublime in its ability to recall more goth-rock times while still coming across as entirely original. Songs such as "Posed to Death" and "The Conductor" take on sounds of the band's contemporaries--in these cases, Marilyn Manson and Daft Punk, respectively--but their doing so seems rooted in clever reclamation of new wave sounds appropriated by current artists. In making angular, passionate and hypnotic music, the Faint are not out to give a history lesson but rather to move a languorous generation of indie kids. And whether mentally or physically or both, Danse Macabre will do just that. --Sarah A Sternau
Chronique amazon.fr
Originaire d'Omaha dans le Nebraska, The Faint n'en est pas à son coup d'essai lorsque sort Danse macabre même si le grand public ne découvre véritablement la formation qu'avec cet album. En effet, les précédents Media et Black-Wave Arcade ont été surtout remarqués du côté de l'underground mais leur formule, très inspirée par les new et cold wave (c'est-à-dire loin de leurs débuts folk lo-fi), y était déjà en place. Au point que lorsque paraît Danse macabre fin 2002, on puisse apparenter le groupe à l'elecroclash, et à Fischerspooner notamment. "Agenda Suicide" est un tube imparable, la pochette évoque Kraftwerk époque The Man Machine et, comme ses confrères d'Interpol ou Radio 4, The Faint est un combo définitivement marqué par les années 80. --Hervé Comte
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Mix of Sounds,
By "depressedunholyone" (Unknown,MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Danse Macabre (Audio CD)
This CD has very diverse sounds on each track. The best songs on this CD are: The Conductor, Agenda Suicide, and Let The Poison Spill from Your Throat. The other songs were so-so, the listed songs are just way more powerful. This is a good CD to go running to, just the right blend of beats and sounds to get you going. I was surprised with the amount of lyrics for each song, because usually in this genera of music the lyrics are lacking.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Addicting,
By A Customer
This review is from: Danse Macabre (Audio CD)
I LOVE this album. I friend of mine recommended I check it out so I bought it. However I didn't listen to it for awhile (a year at least). Finally I decided to give it a try and from the 1st track I was hooked. Every time I get the chance I put it on for others to hear and I have yet to find the person who doesn't at least say it's catchy. I find it funny that kids from Nebraska make great 80s "eurotrash" pop. I'm listening to the album right now--you should be too.
5.0 out of 5 stars
In my top 20,
By bondage (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Danse Macabre (Audio CD)
Easily one of my favourite albums ever. I remember having heard 'Agenda Suicide' on the radio and falling in love with it, then one day missing my bus and filling in the time browsing the racks of a 2nd hand music store and finding this record, and i thank my lucky stars i did!! Perfection in a messed up kinda of way. Dance Macarbe actually sits alongside OK Computer and The Fragile, Origins of Symmetry and Source Tags and Codes. It's individuality sets it apart and makes it a classic.I'm only bitter that they toured with Placebo in Europe and not Australia. If you love retro without the hollowness of 80's bass and general annoying melancholy, this is your stop!!
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