Underworld - Barking (Sept 13 2010)

Fabulous record. Underworld & The Chemical Bros have really stepped up this year.

Loving this.

deej we're sorry that you don't understand why we like this entire album.

-nothing on this is nearly as joyous as 'scribble'

there are few things in recorded music as joyous as scribble. you really think the album should be filled with over the top joyous songs? one is more than enough for me but even ALAF gets really close to being too happy, hands in the air. i don't think anybody is getting excited about Hamburg Hotel. it's the consensus 'shoulda been a b-side' track from what i've been reading in reviews and on the forums. still, if you don't like it, there are other things you can listen to and a whole heap of threads you can post on!

it certainly doesn't ruin the album and it's a good break from the 3 track onslaught of bird 1, scribbs and ALAF

there are few things in recorded music as joyous as scribble

hyperbole aside, i kind of agree with this.

always loved a fim is the best workout song ever. soon to be licensed to gyms across the nation.

really enjoying this, diamond jigsaw's the only track I don't like so much

I'd just assumed Diamond Jigsaw was the big trancey one, that's actually Between Stars, which I love. Never would have expected Van Dyk to have produced the one indie pop track here. That's pretty great as well, though...

and a whole heap of threads you can post on!

― brotherlovesdub, Friday, September 10, 2010 10:09 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

sorry didnt realize this thread was only for LP buttkissing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa2YkFUQgqk

man is it me or is this a TOTAL BITE of 'downpipe,' the song he already did w/ underworld 2 years ago? is this a conceptual thing, or like, is he just lazy?

This?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmpisSFlCc

The new track's most distinctive bit is probably the big riff that starts around 3:30. It's only vaguely similar to the riff that starts around 4:15 in Downpipe. Far from "a total bite." Otherwise, Downpipe is a lot moodier, and down-tempo, and vocal-driven. Maybe you could be more specific about the similarities you're hearing. (Or do you have a much different mix of Downpipe in mind?)

yeah it adds the riff @ 3:30 but its the same basic "doom doom. doom. doom doom. doom" backgrounds w/ the bleepy part added as it goes on -- just didnt have the big epic wooshy part in the middle w/ the snare roll breakdown

'total bite' is overstatement but its clearly the same formula

i guess an alternate post on teh similarities wd be "i guess we know what knight contributed to the underworld track"

Okay, I'll buy that. I guess I think of those loops as being pretty commonplace in lots of techno tracks, but it's likely enough that he contributed that element.

GEEK ALERT
Technically the two background loops are different, although they both alternate single and double stabs:

https://sites.google.com/site/pnauert/riffs.png

The Downpipe pattern is the backbone of "Groove La Chord," among other tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM2It3WbXGk

Fancy 10" box set, I see.

apparently the Newbury Comics on Newbury St is selling a whole bunch of autographed copies of this for $10

I can see why deej only digs the first three tracks but this whole album is basically coming across to me like an iteration of Second Toughest... that actually works for me.

underworld / tomato covers breakdown

http://madebyhk.com/19/08/2010/underworld-by-tomato/

those Beaucoup Fish single covers are effing gorgeous

The videos that attend the deluxe edition of this thing are all pretty great, particularly "Moon in Water," because dance stops my breath.

"Between Stars" = the indie version of "Sexy Bitch"

"Always Loved A Film" is my favorite song of the year, I think

I heard it a week ago and it's instantly hit my top ten. Incredible track.

i love that one altho i like 'scribble' a lil more

Anthemic as it is, Scribble is all about the little sonic details for me, the tiny glints of melody threading through everything.

Pretty much love the whole thing now, such a joyous album.

if hamburg hotel and lousiana arent the names of pubs in barking i will be dissapointed.

Would I like this?

If you like hearing the year's best albums, yes, you would very much. This coming from someone who also counts Caribou and Four Tet among the best things he's heard this year: Barking is fantastic.

Hamburg Hotel was written in a hotel room in Hamburg on Feb. 1, 2008, debuted live the next night in Berlin.

"Between Stars" is so bad-ass

I woke my housemate up by drunkenly, and apparently very loudly and flatly, singing along to Between Stars at 2 AM the other day.

finally going through the ALAF remixes; the Michael Woods one is A++++

always loved --> scribble = total 1-2 knockout. like everyone else has said, def top 5 2010 albums. about a third of the album reminds me a lot of the singles from New Order's Waiting for the Sirens' Call, which totally works for me.

^^

ilxor repping so hard for this = death knell

;_;

Hey thx for the new display name!

deej you'd be glad to know I'm coming around to Gucci Ma-- or should we not open that door? I wouldn't want to make you have to stop listening to him or anything, y'know, since our tastes cannot ever align.

I wish you guys would do this in another thread

I didn't start it ;_;

deej u gotta listen to scribble again and cheer up

D4n is this yr fav album of the year?

Probably. The only things competing right now are Vampire Weekend, Owen Pallett, Big Boi and Janelle Monae.

Big Boi, Janelle, Underworld all in my top 5 or so of 2010 as well.

Good picks!

Did anybody get the limited box with the cd of alternative versions?

WHAAAAAAAA

I did. The box is amazing. Must have.

The alternate versions are mostly very good. Some of them better than the album versions. All of them worth hearing.

I was wondering if there was a thread on this one. Really love it, great sounds, lots of attention to detail, overall an awesome party album. I do like much of the work this band has done post-Emerson but I was always left wondering, "where are the great singles?" This album is pretty much all singles. "Scribble" is currently my favorite of the bunch, although I liked it better when I misread it as "Scrabble". "Between Stars" and "Diamond Jigsaw" are just an amazing 1-2 punch. I originally thought "Always Loved a Film" was kind of a mediocre single but going back and listening to it again at high volume I realize I definitely underrated that one. Just a great solid tune. To me this sounds like a really good New Order album in spots, very 2010 but also has a few nods to their roots. I agree that "Hamburg Hotel" isn't much but it does sound nice, and I like having an unstructured track to go along with everything else here. I love this album because you can listen to it all at once, or pick and choose tracks from it, and it always sounds good. Totally not what you'd expect from a group many still think are a 90's relic!! Incredible that they (along with the Chems) are putting out some of the best work of their career!!

80s relic

i listened to this last night and there are a coupla nice tracks but as with the chems it hasn't struck me as a real improvement on the previous album.