UNDERWORLD - debut LP on vinyl - dubnobasswithmyheadman - 1994 ORIGINAL release
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This is the original release of the classic Underworld album on vinyl. It's in great condition. Extremely minor scuff on the sleeve. Other than that, all perfect. Note this is the original and not the cheaper 20th anniversary re-release of one of the finest records ever produced. I'm gutted to be selling it but I need to offload a few of my most valuable albums as I'm saving with my partner for a deposit on a house.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the album: dubnobasswithmyheadman received widespread acclaim from music critics. Writing in Melody Maker, a year before he left to co-found the specialist dance music magazine Muzik, Ben Turner proclaimed that "Dubnobasswithmyheadman is the most important album since The Stone Roses and the best since Screamadelica... While others are content to go techno techno techno techno [a reference to the lyrics of "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited, a UK No. 1 hit the previous year], Underworld have taken a step back, utilising Karl Hyde and Rick Smith's experience in rock music and throwing it full in the face of 22-year-old DJ, Darren Emerson. The result is utterly contemporary, the sound of the moment, beautifully capturing melodic techno, deranged lyricism, historic bass and lead guitars and astounding walls of rhythm... This breathtaking hybrid marks the moment that club culture finally comes of age and beckons to everyone."[15] NME said, "Before Underworld's startling remixes for Björk and Orbital last year, no-one would've put money on ex-members of... popsters Freur making the first visionary record of '94... The sheer weight of ideas on offer and the constant variance of sounds and textures add up to a coherent, cogent whole, not a series of jack-tracks sequenced together, nor a series of hits with filler thrown in... By writing 'songs'—albeit playful, deranged ones—Underworld have come up with a solution for the facelessness that blights some dance music."[11] Vox wrote that "apart from the lumbering blasphemy of 'Dirt Epic' [sic], the only non-event here, it's all go-with-the-flow stuff laced with intricacies... Attractive, undulating and with moments of innovation, this Underworld offering transcends many of the limitations of its genre."[12]
John Bush from AllMusic gave the album 5 out of 5 stars saying, "From the beginning of the first track 'Dark & Long', Underworld's focus on production is clear, with songwriting coming in a distant second", also adding that "Underworld are truly a multi-genre group".[10] Adie Nunn from Drowned in Sound gave the album a perfect 10/10 score describing it as "An album indie kids and pop kids could like as well as the electronic elite, whist the band retained their credibility".[16] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine gave it 4 out of 5 stars saying that "It stands as their greatest overall contribution to electronic music" and also stating that "The album blends Acid House, Techno and Dub into a refined, epic headrush".
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