It'd be better if he chose only highlights of the records, the source material is not that great for it to be put out again like this
Intro is "Lili Marleen". This sounded dated even when it came out, but I can understand the appeal the same way as I get why people like more recent Current 93 or PTV3 - sounds to me like what the pioneering industrial outfits were/are doing later in their careers
Everything is perfect until somebody starts singing in that ridiculously dated '68-drugged-out-hippie-Caroliner-Rainbow fashion on "Frankincense and Fish"
It seems like I like his music better when he's making EP's, no matter in which form he publishes them afterwards (RYM lists only "Spielraum" as an EP out of these three titles, but I could assume the other 2 were also intended to be separate releases.). To those who know my music taste me liking some kind of a compilation consisting of 3 (potential) EP's should come to no surprise, since I love me some disjointed records.
Maybe instrumentally the most entertaining to me out of the trilogy, but the voice is no less unpleasant than on "Tilt" and "The Drift"
"Lovei Swhat" samples Haddaway's "What Is Love"
The title song (?) samples/cites Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
![Primus - Frizzle Fry [Reissue]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/19350-frizzle-fry-reissue.jpg)
I thought they sometimes sound like The Residents even before hearing the bonus covers medley of "Hello Skinny" + "Constantinople"
This started out nice, but then we had to hear the Severina type beat reggaeton - it's so reaggaton, it's turbofolk. What follows is maybe too "foam party" for my taste, but the couple of ending compositions are nice again.
This sounds more like a continuation of Jarre's classic Equinox from 1978, than re-imaginations of the actual musical material?
Interesting blend (kinda bland, also) of relatively radio-friendly EDM styles: a little bit of brostep, a dash of prog house etc. A lot of these sound very Europoppy.
"Field Trip" samples "Machine Gun" by Portishead (uncleared, learned later)! Think this is slightly better than the first one
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