[kj] Hosannas 1 KJ2003 0

[Alex Smith]

I can hear the bass on "Majestic" -- fleegingly. Otherwise, production-wise, I'd say KJ2003 buries this one.

Alex in NYC


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>From: "Stevie \"workslave\" Robinson" <heiferboy at robinsonworld.freeserve.co.uk>
>Sent: Feb 28, 2006 7:31 AM
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: RE: [kj] Hosannas 1 KJ2003 0
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>Agree with all, unlike KJ you can hear the bass on this one. In retrospect the Andy Gill Production on the KJ2003 was shockingly bad.
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>Message Received: Feb 27 2006, 11:13 PM
>From: "god botherer" 
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Cc: 
>Subject: [kj] Hosannas 1 KJ2003 0
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>This new stuff pisses all over the cartoon nu-metal of 2003. This is 
>glorious. I'm hearing TRUE Killing Joke again and it's wonderful!
>
>Oddly, the two tracks officially available to check out prior to release, 
>i.e. Implosion and the title track are IMHO the least interesting tracks on 
>the album, but still pretty fair.
>
>Here's a few things missing from the album:
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>shit Youth tampering
>crap production
>pandering to the Kerrang audience (well, maybe a bit)
>lukewarm drumming
>weak tracks
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>
>Concentrating all the efforts of the personnel on this project, and living 
>and playing together lots like a real group should, having a shit hot 
>drummer and turning up the volume on (still) the most extraordinary sound 
>these ears know of (that beatiful Geordie guitar) have all paid off - and 
>they've remembered to make it danceable!
>
>Above all, the genuine passion shines through, and I get those goose pimples 
>again which have been so rare since 1991 (with the honourable exception of 
>Aeon and one or two other bits from Pandemonium and Democracy).
>
>Hope when I buy the real thing Geordie doesn't get turned down in the mix 
>(again).
>
>Whaddyareckon?
>
>gb
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