Barry Adamson - Soul Murder [1992][EAC,log,cue FLAC]

MOJO Magazine: Buried Treasure "Album That Time Forgot."

Artist: Barry Adamson
Release: Soul Murder
Discogs: 27519
Released: 1992-00-00
Label: Mute
Catalog#: CD STUMM 105
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue / CD
Country: UK
Style: Electronic, Acid Jazz, Downtempo

Tracklisting:

01. Preface (1:14)
02. Split (3:58)
03. The Violation Of Expectation (3:04)
04. Suspicion (4:05)
05. A Gentle Man Of Colour (3:50)
06. Trance Of Hatred (0:59)
07. Checkpoint Charlie (6:32)
08. Reverie (4:50)
09. Un Petit Miracle (2:55)
10. 007, A Fantasy Bond Theme (3:57)
11. The Adamson Family (3:45)
12. Cool Green World (3:31)
13. On The Edge Of Atonement (3:16)
14. Epilogue (0:58)

Equally as ambitious as Moss Side Story, but this doesn't come off nearly as well. Apparently constructed to evoke similar underworld soundscapes, too much of this is built around simple, sparse (sometimes electronic) riffs. The production lacks force and density, and the pieces don't flow into each other with the cohesion that he's demonstrated in other work. Nifty bits of haunting orchestral ambience and lounge jazz keyboards remain, and it does hit a groove at times, especially with the goofy French pop song (with childish vocals) "Un Petit Miracle" and the brutal ska treatment of the James Bond theme.

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