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| ARTIST: | Cabaret Voltaire |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Emi Int'l |
| FEATURES: | Import |
| TYPE: | Pop, Rock |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | 24-24, In the Shadows, Talking Time, Animation, Over and Over, Just Fascination, Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself), Haiti, Crackdown, Diskono, Double Vision, Badge of Evil, Moscow |
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Customer Reviews of Crackdown
This is Phase 3 right - commercial Cabs This is a brilliant album full of stunning ambience and faster, moodier tracks but those moodier tracks are still danceable as can be.
I say this is phase 3 because the first phase was experimental and had Chris Watson. Phase two was the same only without Watson and this was the new somewhat lighter sounding Cabs but still just as intense
As a prototype to techno music this CD has it all and must really be listened to in order to appreciate it
CV's best album, no doubt.
CV's first album in their most commercial phase and what an album it is.
Tracks such as the album's two highpoints, 'Talking Time' and 'Animation' instantly jump out to the listener with their catchy lyrics and rhythms.
'Just Fascination' sounds like the Human League, but much more raw and interesting. 'Haiti' gives a nod to dub and with the chiming guitars makes for enjoyable listening.
Also featured is 'Diskono' pulled from their previous experimental phase, but nonetheless extremely catchy.
There are ambient/soundtrack excursions too with tracks like the wonderful 'Doublevision' and 'Badge of Evil'.
Overall their best album, which is my opinion, but that's upto you to decide for yourself when you hear it.
Best industrial album of its time
In the early 80's, when Industrial music meant a lot more than loud guitars with a beat, Cabaret Voltaire were considered one of the innovators and groundbreakers of the then exciting music form. They were certainly in the same artistic level as Throbbing Gristle and any 80's industrial fan would have known and owned this music. This particular brand of industrial music went on to directly influence such bands as Ministry ("Twitch"), Front 242, Nitzer Ebb and Skinny Puppy as well as many others. In this music, the sound is dark and bleak, political sensibilities and paranoia abound, the individual is lost and there is no redemption; certainly alienation at it's finest. Not the stuff for pop radio. This particular CD finds the Cabs going in the direction of dark dance music, the rhythms run cold and deep, while the vocals linger over the top with messages and warnings all too understandable. This cd is well worth the price of admission for such classics as Fascination and Why Kill Time (when you can kill yourself). I should add that the electronic music shown here is well done certainly repetitive, but intelligent and well thought out. Anyone who has a taste in harder or more experimental electonica should certainly give this a listen. The year, 1983, when this came out, still had industrial music shying away from guitars. Electronics, found music (Test Department), and experimental drone (Swans, Einstürzende Neubauten) were the norm. Ministry was to release their ode to the Human League, note the album called "With Sympathy", and had yet to discover guitars. It was a great year, and this was the best industrial album of its time.