Underworld - Classic or Dud?

I see Amazon are now selling the 2 cd reissue of STITI for £13 and the deluxe box set version for £60 (both sans T Shirt)

fell asleep to the second toughest reissue last night but kept waking up during the nuxx build because it's so wacky

I am tempted to buy the reissue solely because it has "Born Slippy (Original)" on it, which I already own. help

i'm not going to discourage you from buying this reissue

I was slightly underwhelmed by this one. Glad I didn't spend £70 on it

I see Amazon are now selling the 2 cd reissue of STITI for £13

guh I just bought it like a week before that, from Amazon, for £20

oh well

nobody talk about how brilliant the £60 version is because I just couldn't quite justify it (but might buy it on mp3 as it is much cheaper)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nTRJuvDnM

whoa, definitely channeling some mid-70's Eno there

here's the full version btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvU8wuXQgE8

oh hell yeah

i'm really excited at where this is going. this feels like their biggest departure in years

Sounds like Hit the North.

full length is doing way more for me than the single version

couldn't pinpoint this before but those background vocals remind me so much of Eno's "Golden Hours"

I am just now getting to this and it's not what I expected, but that doesn't seem to matter because I am really digging it.

love this

Wow, I hated this but i'm really happy to see the positive sentiment in here.

it's underworld season

I'm curious to see the setlists for the NL shows. They've been in the studio again so perhaps something new will get played.

um every season is underworld season

Used Everything, Everything for a run (again) this morning and it really is just the most amazingly energising music.

^^^

wow this is a brilliant idea. I haven't listened to it much, I assume it all flows together and would probably be better to work out to than like 1992-2002?

also holy crap I cannot believe DJP started this thread, he is like #1 Underworld fan!!

Indeed!

I forgot that Underworld were one of those bands that released recordings of, like, an entire tour

has anyone heard some of them? are there any clear standouts? do their live sets even differ all that much from show to show bcz when I saw them in NYC a few months ago it was more or less a dj set of album cuts w/ virtually no improvisation or "live"-ness apart from Karl Hyde singing

Their live shows are a sham now as far as performances go. Rick just raises faders and applies some light effects. Everything is the same night to night. The Live Here Now shows are very similar from that Oblivion tour so just find the one with the best set list and get that one. I still have doubles of almost every show from that tour so if you want to buy one, let me know.

I found a t0rr3nt that has them all that's almost finished ;)

Their early tours were amazing with loads of live improvs and differing set lists. Nowadays not so much.

What was the name of the one we put together over on the dirty forums? Still got the cd somwehere but can't remember what it was called

Bootleg Babies

Oh, that was in the torrent I got!! I'll listen to that first.

the 2005 live Tokyo set was incredible. felt like an Everything, Everything Pt 2 in some ways though it was much longer.

hmm can anyone hook me up w/tokyo 2005?

i haven't dug around for it yet but there is a playlist on youtube http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE5C9D2056FF360ED

i've been listening to it at work and it is fucking awesome

i listened to everything everything while i was running today and i felt like a fucking god

oh-yeah.gif

i did this trick today and it worked. pearl's girl was especially pearl-fect.

can't wait to try it w/ the live Tokyo set, i might combust when "Two Months Off" comes on

also holy crap I cannot believe DJP started this thread, he is like #1 Underworld fan!!

still not a fan of Second Toughest... though

I wasn't either for a while, I'm still not as a whole, but Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love, Rowla, and Pearl's Girl have all grown on me.

Pearl's Girl is fantastic, yes

Ambient Underworld is much more interesting to me than the beat driven club tracks. Wish they'd give up on the club tracks and just focus on the atmospheric stuff now.

+1 to UW being incredible work out music.

I would hate to have them focus on one particular aspect of their sound - they've been so good at basically everything

I think "Motorhome" from their new album is prob in their top 15 or maybe even 10 tracks, it is so beautiful and impeccably-textured! It sounds like Eno or some shit ("High Life" must have really rubbed off on them)

I have taught my toddlers how to sing the main synth theme from "If Rah" and they periodically request the song by shouting "LUNA LUNA LUNA" at me

I will accept my Greatest Dad Ever award now

I've tried with that new album like five times and I just find it so boring. Can't get into it at all.

That's / too / bad

they periodically request the song by shouting "LUNA LUNA LUNA" at me

Presumably when they're old enough they can move on to LAGER LAGER LAGER LAGER

new album still sounds awesome to me

i've only tried once but so far i'm with don van gorp. i don't hear any of the focus or tension between carefully calibrated parts in a ruthless point-a-to-point-b sweep that i feel like made them great at their best, just an unfocused pile-on of bland ideas meandering and lyrics that have gone from compelling-and-slightly-embarrassing to drunk-dad-cringey.

The 2nd half of the album is better.