This surprising album seems to come straight from the psychedelic '60s and, given its mood and those peculiar acoustic guitars, makes one think at first of David Bowie's early records. But because of the sitar and the psychedelic atmosphere, the 13 pop songs are also reminiscent of songs from the 1967 Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request. Eventually, the predominance of minor tones and the duality of acoustic versus electric guitar (plus the work on the sound) recall the excellent Animals (Pink Floyd). Many ...
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This surprising album seems to come straight from the psychedelic '60s and, given its mood and those peculiar acoustic guitars, makes one think at first of David Bowie's early records. But because of the sitar and the psychedelic atmosphere, the 13 pop songs are also reminiscent of songs from the 1967 Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request. Eventually, the predominance of minor tones and the duality of acoustic versus electric guitar (plus the work on the sound) recall the excellent Animals (Pink Floyd). Many influences indeed, but The Ladytron is far from being a pale copy of the works cited above; with this first album, Ted Velykis displays his ability as a talented songwriter. He and his band have released a major pop album that happened to pass unnoticed only because their music was not fashionable at the time. ~ Romain Guillou, Rovi
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