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Music : Ruckus
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Ruckus by: Galactic |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0060768464322 Label: Sanctuary Records Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sanctuary Records Release Date: October 07, 2003 Studio: Sanctuary Records Sales Rank: 68132 MPN: 84643 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Worst of.....If, like me, you love to see Galactic live, do not buy this CD. I always felt like the Houseman was a necessary distraction for the band to keep the funk on the planet. This album is all Houseman and no funk! That is a crime! I don't mean that its not up to galactic funk standards, that would be one thing. I mean it is over-produced, the drums are so electronica they sound like drum machines. Are you kidding me, Stanton is funk soul of the band (the world?) and that it what they are reduced to? Are you getting the point. Even the lyrics suck. Nothing more than repeated choruses. Enough Rating: - Not sure what the other reviewers are thinking.I'm a long-time Galactic fan, and I just don't understand how anyone who likes Galactic could not LOVE this album. Compared to every prior effort, this one holds together tightly from beginning to end. The only song I'm ever tempted to skip is the remake of "Tenderness", which interrupts the otherwise infectious flow and groove of the first true studio statement I've heard from the band. Prior releases were good, but were more a collection of songs to my ears. This has a new, modern, and consistent sound. Yes, it's a different sound that we may be used to, but every great band has to evolve, and I like where this is going. Ruckus still gets frequent play after over a year of heavy rotation in my iPod. Get it. Rating:  - Dan The Automator ruins it.Galactic decided to go with a big-name producer named Dan the Automator. Dan the Automator took an amazing, explosive, quirky funk sound and gutted it of any soul it had. I'm sure these songs sound good live, that is without Dan the Automator's overproduction and mixing (Drum machines over Stanton Moore? For shame! The horror!). The album itself is flat except for a few high points - "Paint" is good, "The Beast" is funky enough, "Never Called You Crazy" is good, and "All Behind You Now" is a great song, or would be live. That's about it. The rest of the album varies from so-so to outright boring, and considering the amazing amount of talent Dan the Automator had to work with in Galactic that's a crime. Crazyhorse Mongoose ... Read More: Rating: - Galactic Becomes GenericThis CD was a complete bore compared to their previous releases. How long can you listen to them repeat a simple rhythm? It barely qualifies as music. Some advice to Galactic: next album better have some chord changes & melodies (aka "music") as well as solos, experimentation, etc., (aka "galactic"). Rating:  - A great sendoff for the Houseman(Probably) Galactic's last studio album with Theryl "The Houseman" DeClouet features the vocalist more than any other release. "Ruckus" finds Galactic focusing more on tighter songwriting and less of a jamband sound. To me, an occasional fan of jamband music, this is a refreshing turn. I think jambands are fun, but after a certain point they can become boring and less meaningful (i.e. if you try and subsist on a diet of 7-minute-long solos, you're eventually going to get bored and they'll start to sound way too similar). Anyway, Galactic's tight new sound utilizes a few things that they hadn't dabbled in before; hip-hop sound (heavy drums and bass) and more songwriting contribution from all members of the band. The result is refreshing, new, ... Read More: |
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