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UNKLE brings a variety of good things about techno music, and crafts them into stunning tracks. When I listen to it, I hear trip hop, drum and bass, ambient, and alternative rock-ish type techno. The tune 'Lonely Soul' can be arguably called 'the greatest tune to come out of electronica'. It features the vocals of Richard Ashcroft and the production of the man himself, DJ Shadow. He brings in classical orchestras in this 9 minute epic, which is a fine addition to this album. The rest of the tracks are well crafted. The only skip-able track I found was 'chaos', which can be dull at times.

Instead of being an original album of it own (as was Shadow's 'Endtroducing...'), it takes concepts we already know about electronica, and polishes them to an incredibly digestable piece. It is no classic, but an album worth owning...perhaps cherishing, for years to come.

Brilliant Assortment of Delightful Chaos!
Crafty, lively, witty, uneven but never boring. What a fine brew. From the very first track featuring a fine performance by Kool G Rap in the staggering "Gunblazing [D.o.D. pt 1]" this album captures the ears, the heart, the imagination and last but least, the feet. From here it just takes off into the cosmos, colliding with celestial bodies of different types.

Excellent performances hear by all guess artistes: KOol G Rap does his gangster rap thing as mentioned above. Alice Temple crooning to the trip-hop peice "Bloodstain". Richard Ashcroft's epic lenght "Lonely Soul" accompanied by a string section that remind us of many tracks in "Urban Hymns". Badly Drawn Boy (who ever that is) delivers a hard rock flavored "Nursery Rhyme" backed up by some heavy guitars and turn table scratches by DJ Shadow. An excellent performance by Mike D. doing "The Knock [D.o.D. pt 2]" backed by guitarist Jason Newstead and even more intriuging stuff by Shadow. Sweet and ironic lyrics by Atlantique (?) on "Chaos". Finally a fitting closing track featuring a splendid performance by Thom Yorke singing "Rabbit in Your Headlight" that sounds like something he might have done on his own album "OK Computer". (love that bass guitar).

Kudos to the masterminds of all this chaos, the men from UNKLE, DJ Shadow and James Lavelle for mentaining the sci-fi theme incorparated with great production values. Good job, y'all.

Some beautiful moments...
As a die hard Radiohead fan I bought this album after hearing the track "Rabbit in Your Headlights", sung by their front man Thom Yorke. However, I was not sure what to expect from the rest of the album, and I must say, I was not disappointed... well, not completely. The album contains some truly amazing highpoints, such as the track "Lonely Soul" and "Blood Stain", which alone make the price of this album (used) more then worth it (you should be able to acquire this CD [...] used on this site).

Some of the reviews claim the album lacks a flow of togetherness, but this is simply false. All the tracks flow one from the other beautifully, and I felt there was no detachment or inconsistency between the songs... albeit the various genre influences. But its on this regard, genres, that you will either think this is a masterpiece or just so so. Not being a rap fan, I found the albums rap/hip hop tracks to be rather dull and seemed much less thoughtful then the high standard set by "Lonely Soul" and "Rabbit in Your Headlights". I think the hip hop elements could have worked well in this, but they were just presented poorly here. For example, the lyrics too "Knock" seemed to be painfully old tired cliché lines.

However, despite some less then inspired moments, "Psyence Fiction" is an impressive work overall, and well worth the beautiful moments it presents, which are many considering the best songs are easily over 5 minutes each. And if you do have a higher tolerance of rap/hip hop then I, you will most likely find even more to love in this album.