1. Showdown 2. Different 3. Propane Nightmares 4. Visions 5. Midnight Runner 6. The Other Side 7. Mutiny 8. 9,000 Miles 9. Granite 10. The Tempest

In Silico might be the second album from Pendulum, but it s their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album Hold Your Colour was a muscular collection of hard drum n bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On In Silico, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band s production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum s fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener Slowdown imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progres...

#New fan for this genre! (2008-11-24) Let me start by saying that I have never been a fan of any form of dance music: in any way whatsoever!I saw these guys perform Granite live on Jools Holland, and they blew me away though. I genuinely believed them to be a guitar driven rock band: so to discover that they are D&B is quite a suprise. That said, I bought this album to find out how good their other stuff was, and it did not disappoint! Thunderous guitar riffs fused with heavy electronica, and synth fed voices create a wall of sound against a backdrop of Metallica style drums. I investe...

#In what? who cares (2008-11-21) Not a pendulum fan? neither was i really, but i decided to buy the album because i d never listened to there music properly. depending on the mood, this is why 4 not 5 stars, all the songs in this great album will get you moving some part of your body to. recommended!Jimborogers

#Not the crossover everyone makes it out to be (2008-11-03) Firstly, maybe I should explain where I m coming from in writing this review. I m a true junglist and an avid Pendulum fan, I have been since I first heard Spiral all those years ago. I watched them make 2 years of great records before they finally dropped Hold Your Colour in our laps. Needless to say it was sensational. I love every single track on that album and it remains today one of my all-time favourites. So when I caught word of a new Pendulum LP in the making, I immediately had high hopes for another DnB stormer...

#The Cheesiest Dance/Rock Album... Ever! (2008-10-13) The same Big Beat drumming over the course of all 10 tracks. . . check. Vocals taken from the Cher I Believe hall of shame. . . check. Lyrics that make Firestarter sound like a deep statement. . . check. Sound effects from the Scooter pro tools set. . . check. . . . and we are ready to roll! Prepare to unleash hell!!The thing is - occasionally we all like to inflict a little pain on ourselves and I can t believe I m saying this. . . In Silico can be quite a fun listen sometimes. Just sometimes mind. . .

#The Worlds Finest (2008-09-10) Im not a massive fan of drum n bass and dont think i ever will be but In Silico has certainly drawn me in and made me think twice. I constantly listened to Radio 1 talking about how great Pendulum were so i thought i had to listen for myself and see if they were all they were cracked up to be!!They certainly didnt disappoint!I only brought this album at the weekend and it has been playing on my car radio ever since. Propane Nightmares is probably the stand out track on the album and the most recognisable to any non-pendulum fan but The Other Side ,...

1. Silence 2. Hunter 3. Nylon Smile 4. The Rip 5. Plastic 6. We Carry On 7. Deep Water 8. Machine Gun 9. Small 10. Magic Doors 11. Threads

Portishead s Third has been a long time coming, the result of a lengthy creative topor following 1997 s dark, distinctly underrated album Portishead. Importantly, though, they ve shaken it. While the core trio of Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley remains, this is quite a different band to Portishead s 90s incarnation: gone is the slo-mo turntable scratching and smoky jazz feel, replaced by heavy, brooding rhythms, vintage-sounding electronics, and spindly guitar. Still present, though, is that sense of emotional fracture and deep gloom. Silence opens with a dense drum loop which suddenly falls away to reveal Gibbons voice, cold but magnificent: Wounded and afraid, inside my head/Falling through changes. Nylon Smile, meanwhile, is a fine example of Third s occasional folksy edge, an acoustic song reminiscent of Leonard Cohen that, around its midpoint, lifts off on a propulsive electronic rhythm, Gibbons holding one clear, hard note as synthesisers bubble beneath. At times, i...

#What a comeback (2008-11-21) Much of the time bands who have gone into hibernation return with albums which are mere shadows of their previous work. This album is the complete opposite and successfully captures the eerie tones which occupy many of their best songs. I simply cannot pick a favourite from an album which oozes style.

#what a load of crock (2008-11-11) what a load of miserable garbled junk. . . . portishead should be embarassed of themselves. . . i am only giving it one star because amazon wont let me give it zero stars. . . utter durge. .

#Moshing for hip hoppers (2008-10-24) When I first heard Portishead s second album it sounded too much like a rusty tinman falling down a flight of even rustier iron stairs into an industrial meat grinder. So the album remained unlistened to for maybe a year, until I decided to give it a second chance and eventually fell in love with it. Third is very much a further progression in the same direction as before, but I have learned from my mistakes, and know that anything unusual and unexpected takes time to get used to. Initially I hated Machine Gun, and couldn t see how it was meant t...

#Morose Encounters of the Third Kind (2008-10-13) This album is really on the pulse and that is the greatest compliment you can pay a band who haven t released any new material in over 10 years. We Carry On is the surging adrenaline and panicking heartbeat at the centre of this very scary ride. It s the sound of our collective urban nightmare! The Rip is an instant classic - just beautiful and yes, a bit sad. Machine Gun and Plastic wear obvious Aphex Twin and Burial influences but are still uniquely different to anything else out there. Comeback of the year.

#Amazing (2008-09-09) Look, if you ve given this album a poor review then stop, put on a good pair of headphones, and listen to this album properly without skipping tracks. Quite frankly this is the most moving thing I ve heard for a long time.

1. Clowns 2. Little Bird 3. Happiness 4. Road To Somewhere 5. Eat Yourself 6. Some People 7. A&E 8. Cologne Cerrone Houdini 9. Caravan Girl 10. Monster Love

Seventh Tree unveils an Alison Goldfrapp quite different to the one we saw on her career highpoint to date, 2005 s Supernature. Whereas that album was grandiose, glammy, and almost aggressive in its brash, thrusting sexuality, Goldfrapp s fourth album is no less sensual, but rather more subtle in its approach. Recorded with longtime collaborator Will Gregory out in rural Somerset, Seventh Tree feels like an attempt to fuse the pagan folk of cult English horror classic The Wicker Man to a lush backdrop of woozy electronics and a restrained orchestral sweep reminiscent of 70s-era Serge Gainsbourg. In practise, this means much of Seventh Tree goes where earlier Gainsbourg disciples such as Air have gone before: chilled-out, soporific electronica with a light organic edge. Luckily, Goldfrapp remains a compelling enough figure to keep matters on the right side of ethereal: the gorgeous Clowns imagines the Cocteau Twins Liz Fraser guesting on some long-forgotten Nick Drake out-take, rustic...

#Blissfully reminiscent of Felt Mountain (2008-11-28) For all those who loved Felt Mountain and were horrified at Goldfrapp s complete departure from it with Black Cherry (well, I was horrified, anyway!), you re sure to enjoy this album. I guess it s unreasonable to expect any band to keep churning out the same material - except for Status Quo who got away with it for years, how I do not know. So I would describe Seventh Tree as a beautiful return to Goldfrapp s original album, but with a slight difference. It is not as dark as Felt Mountain can be in places, but every bit as dee...

#Indispensable Album (2008-11-21) I ve left reviewing this for nine months and literally hundreds of listens. I don t believe that there s ever been another album I ve played so often. And there s no sign of my growing tired of it. On the basis of a huge number of plays, I feel qualified to say that this is a truly wonderful album without a single weak track. After seeing Goldfrapp on two consecutive nights (at Brixton) in November 2008, I couldn t bear to listen to anything other than Goldfrapp. Naturally, I gave their previous three albums fresh listens, as well as Seventh Tre...

#Back On Form (2008-11-11) If, like me, you re one of those people who was blown away by Felt Mountain but disappointed by what came after then Seventh Tree may give you cause to rejoice. Although a very different beast to FM this album shares the same quirky, sensual and exotic oddness as Goldfrapp s remarkable debut. The main difference between the two is mood - FM was frequently quite dark (and in the case of Deer Stop, downright creepy) but Seventh Tree is a long summer s day to Felt Moutain s eerie twilight. Goldfrapp obviously don t mind annoying their fans - having thoroughly c...

#5 stars for Cologne Cerrone Houdini alone..... (2008-10-20) I seem to have been lost in Goldfrapp land for the last few months!I couldn t seem to stop playing the live version of Strict Machine at Glastonbury on YouTube along with Train and others. . . . then I downloaded this. Don t worry, I read all the reviews on Amazon first and I think the considered opinion on here is correct. Which is, no it is nothing like Black Cherry . It is very subtle and growing. There is none of Alison the cool as fuck disco diva, (which like I say, I m a fan of). But this is very cool in a ve...

#David Lo Pan (2008-10-06) Ok for people that know the film Big Trouble in Little China would you agree that Goldfrapp are a lot like David Lo Pan. Let me explain - one part of them is interesting music and is quite orchestral and the other half is this rubbish glam disco. So basically two different sides. So for the people that enjoyed Felt Mountain this album is very similar. Quite orchestral in the construction but they have took influence from their dabble in electronic. The result is quite spectacular. So for a musical intellect it is definitely worth an inspection. For the le...

1. Offshore 2. Bruised Water - Chicane & Natasha Bedingfield 3. No Ordinary Morning 4. Don t Give Up - Chicane & Bryan Adams 5. Spirit - Chicane & Jewel 6. Halcyon 7. Sunstroke 8. Stoned In Love - Chicane & Tom Jones 9. Wake Up - Chicane & Keane 10. Come Tomorrow 11. Leaving Town 12. Daylight 13. From Blue To Green 14. Love On The Run - Chicane & Peter Cunnah 15. Locking Down 16. U R Always 17. Saltwater - Chicane & Maire Brennan 18. Early

#I ll echo all the positives (2008-11-07) Agree with most of the reviews listed. If, like me, you went to Uni in the early 90 s and have been a fan of that genre ever since you ll have almost grown up with Nick Bracegirdle s music and all the myriad offferings it inspired and spawnedFrom the days of saltwater to the excellent maddening crowds CD, his music has always evolved, always delivered and always impressedKeep it up for another 10 years Nick . .

#Ahhh - Finally! (2008-10-20) It s 1997, my TV s switched on and I m watching MTV. A song is just starting, but the name hasn t appeared yet. I hear a very low hum, which starts picking up a beat and a beach appears. . . The title of the song and artis come up, one that i have never heard before but that will mark a new era in music history: Chicane - Saltwater. It blew me away. i still remember seeing the woman on the beach (from a bird s eye kind of view) and the sun reflected on the sand & water. The beat, the melody, the tune, it was AWESOME and i could not cope without the CD...

#Okay (2008-10-14) I was and always have been a fan, but listening to this CD makes me realise why I don t listen to them all that much anymore - from 96 to present, unless you know their music, you can t tell which ones are from 96 and which are new as the sound never changes. Back in 96, it was new and fresh, but now it all just sounds dated. While other artists from the same era, BT, Hybrid, Way Out West and so on developed, Chicane just stood where they were. (To be fair, BT went off to a different planet, but at least he developed). And let s be honest, would they have had ...

#Get involved. (2008-10-12) Let me just start by saying i like Chicane. The album far from the maddening crowds wasn t a let down when i bought it after hearing and falling in love with Offshore (all those years ago!). Behind the sun was an amazing follow up album too and both have been in my favourites ever since. But Nicks later stuff didn t quite reach the same standard as far as i m concerned. Then i saw this best of album coming out and i was interested to see what tracks would be chosen. Half the tracks i d not even heard before so i was sceptical as i assumed it would be lik...

#Fantastic Album - A complete must have!! (2008-10-11) I bought this album today and all I can say is it is simply fantastic - I had no idea Chicane had so many well known tracks. I won t ever tire of listening to this cd - it has brought back loads of happy memories!!

1. Basshunter Angel In The Night 2. Eric Prydz Pjanoo 3. SASH! Feat. STUNT Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) 4. Angel City Feat. Lara McAllen Love Me Right (Oh Sheila) 5. September Cry For You Darren Styles Club Mix 6. Fedde Le Grand Put Your Hands Up For Detroit Alex K Remix 7. DHT Feat. Edmée Listen To Your Heart 8. Hypasonic Feat. Nazine Dream Of You Northstarz Vs Pez Tellett Remix 9. Booty Luv Boogie 2Nite Hypasonic Remix 10. Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo Wonderful Days 11. Jeckyll & Hyde Feat. DJ Aligator Freefall (No Gravity) D&G Remix 12. Platnum Love Shy Bass Slammers Remix 13. Lazard Living On Video Rocco Vs Bass-T Remix 14. Jessy Look At Me Now Milk Inc Mix 15. Southside Spinners Luvstruck 16. Dance Nation Move Your Love Micky Modelle s Even Higher Remix 17. Dee Dee Forever Original Extended Mix

#Best Club Album Yet !!! (2008-10-27) Well i must say i thought this was just another compilation of the latest tunes that i don t care about at all. How i was wrong !!This is brilliant, it contains new songs such as Cry for You and also contains some real classics such as Luvstruck which we recognize from Kevin and Perry. The list really does go on and not only are they brilliant tracks but they are also all club mixes of these songs so there s added bass and speed on most tracks. Good for general listening but obviously much better in the car, club, house party or anywhere with loud...