Aural Sculpture

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Import remastered reissue of 1984 album that's out-of-print domestically. 19 tracks including eight bonus tracks, 'Here & There', 'In One Door', 'Head On The Line', 'Achilles Heel', 'Hot Club' (Riot Mix), 'Place De Victoires', 'Vladimir & The Beast' & 'Vladimir Goes To Havana'. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Some Kind of Strange
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Some Kind of Fantastic
  • Pretty good...but repetitive.
  • Very Atmospheric (feels like being somewhere both beautiful and dark)
  • Beyond good
  • Some Kind of Strange -- Inspiration divine!
 Some Kind of Strange
Collide
Manufacturer: Noise Plus Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Alt IndustrialAlt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
Hard RockHard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Chasing the Ghost
  2. Vortex
  3. Beneath The Skin
  4. Zerospace
  5. The Damage

ASIN: B000090PEX
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

  1. Crushed
  2. Euphoria
  3. Modify
  4. Somewhere
  5. Slither Thing
  6. Inside
  7. Mutation
  8. Tempted
  9. Shimmer
  10. Complicated
  11. So Long

Album Description

Sensual, powerful, exotic, and alluring ...

The orchestrated layers of sound and emotion unravel an expressive journey, exploring one's place within themselves and the universe. Meaningful lyrics and hypnotic vocals combine with an aural sculpture to form a unique listening experience. "Some Kind of Strange" is seductively captivating on many levels from the primal to the sublime. Collide creates a distinctive harmony and clashing of sounds.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Some Kind of Fantastic.......2007-07-20

Some Kind of Strange was an excellent album. It has a goth/vampire mood music feel to it and that is exactly what I got it for. It is a good album and I plan to get others by this group.

4 out of 5 stars Pretty good...but repetitive........2007-04-18

Let me start off by saying that Collide is a truly amazing band. Their release "Chasing the Ghost" was beyond anything I've ever heard before. I've had it for about a year now, and still I can listen to the whole album in one session without getting the slightest bit bored with it. I would definitely suggest "Chasing the Ghost" for those of you who are new to Collide.

Now for this album: It wasn't horrible. "Crushed" is very a catchy song with an atmosphere of subtle vengefulness to it. "Euphoria" is also another amazing song that has a nice sultry and down-tempo, shoe-gazing type of feel to it sided with an electronic edge. The song seems very mellow at first, but around the third repeat of the chorus it picks up a bit and really climaxes, leaving you completely hypnotized with the song's ending.
The rest of the album isn't bad either and has its high and low points like any other album. After the first two songs, the rest of its tracks pretty much maintain one constant tempo, which is undoubtedly part of Collide's magic, but can get a bit monotonous after awhile. I guess the listener's own preferences would play a part in whether or not they can tolerate some slight monotony. I must say though, the down tempo feel really creates a carthartic atmosphere.
There are some other good songs to this album too, such as "Tempted" and "Slither Thing" which takes on a different and almost unexpected feel...and a few other, also.

Overall this album was pretty good...not Collide's best....but certainly not horrible. I'd only suggest it to those who have already been exposed to Collide, however. Chasing the Ghost would have to be the suggested album for those just discovering this band.

5 out of 5 stars Very Atmospheric (feels like being somewhere both beautiful and dark).......2007-04-13

Some Kind of Strange is a mesmerizing. Collide are very successful at creating atmospheric music that is slow and beautiful. Music of this kind can often get repetitive and cause the listener to lose interest. Collide avoids this pitfall. This album is captivating.

Some of my personal favorites include:

"Euphoria", "Somewhere", "Slither Thing", "Complicated"

Also, "Vortex" (A double disc Collide remix album) is definitely worth checking out. It is probably one of the most interesting remix albums I have ever heard.

5 out of 5 stars Beyond good.......2007-04-13

I visited a friend of mine i hadn't seen since october, and she immediatly began raving about some CD's i had given her. I realized then that I myself had been listening to Collide since beginning of october and have not stopped since i got "chasing the ghost"

The music of collide is sensual and energetic and is just beyond anything that music today has to offer. The maturity of sound and lyrics is in scope with stuff from Nine Inch Nails.

Recently i began buying other albums by this phenomenal group and Some Kind of Strange has captivated me. Euphoria is one of the best songs on the album but its not the only thing it has to offer.

Describing the sound and energy isn't enough, it can only be experianced.

-CoucH

5 out of 5 stars Some Kind of Strange -- Inspiration divine!.......2007-04-13

To those familiar with the band it's no surprise to find the haunting vibes within each and every song. This Cd absolutely has to be one of the most inspiring of all the Cd's I own. In fact, one of the songs on the Cd actually sparked an inspiration..an idea for a novel actually. It's not completed at this time, but I remember hearing the song and the story instantly coming to life..as if the lyrics had been written with the main character in mind. There is simply so much personality in Collide's music, and Some Kind of Strange is a mover---meaning, you simply can't just listen to the cd without feeling.. something.
Aural Sculpture
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I guess I am the best reviewer of this album since...
  • Want the facts?
  • Should get 10 stars.
  • Go listen to their earlier music!
  • Hard to believe this is 20+ years old
 Aural Sculpture
The Stranglers
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
British PunkBritish Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
New WaveNew Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
Alternative RockAlternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Dreamtime
  2. Feline
  3. Raven (+4 Bonus Tracks)
  4. The Meninblack
  5. Black and White (+6 Bonus Tracks)

ASIN: B00005NZH9
Release Date: 2001-10-22

Tracks:

  1. Ice Queen
  2. Skin Deep
  3. Let Me Down Easy
  4. No Mercy
  5. North Winds Blowing
  6. Uptown
  7. Punch & Judy
  8. Under the Name of Spain
  9. Laughing
  10. Souls
  11. Mad Hatter

Album Description

Import remastered reissue of 1984 album that's out-of-print domestically. 19 tracks including eight bonus tracks, 'Here & There', 'In One Door', 'Head On The Line', 'Achilles Heel', 'Hot Club' (Riot Mix), 'Place De Victoires', 'Vladimir & The Beast' & 'Vladimir Goes To Havana'.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I guess I am the best reviewer of this album since..........2005-12-29

...since I've listened to it when it was released in 1984. The best Stranglers album ever? maybe, at lest the one with the best songs. There are some low points, too, I really hate Mad Hatter, No Mercy and Spain. The best ones, no doubt are Let Me Down Easy, Laughing and Souls. The first two are A major while Souls is in D minor. Their atmosphere is intense in sophistication, balance, rhythm and a 100 percent brilliant harmony. I don't think this is a pop album, besides, I could say it stimulates some sort of childhood sensibility. I recommend to slow down a bit a half-tone these 3 tunes (also including Skin Deep) to understand and taste them better. North Winds is also an excellent tune, the darkest of the album. Ice Queen is an excellent intro. Uptown and Punch and Judy go hand in hand. I don't say this album is perfect, but I gave it 5 stars since it's one of my best favorites of all time.

4 out of 5 stars Want the facts?.......2005-12-26

There are those who strongly prefer the Stranglers' early stuff and do not like Aural Sculpture or Dreamtime. Please include me amongst those who do not like the early stuff [which dominates "The Very Best of" CD] and much prefer this album and Dreamtime.

5 out of 5 stars Should get 10 stars........2005-10-06

This last great album by the Stranglers is a MASTERPIECE! "Aural Sculpture" is an apt title. Anyone in a review who says something like 'I like this or that track' simply has not listened to it enough or is hung up on the aggressive "punk style" of their earlier work. Let me stress something here for those of you thinking of buying this... EVERY SONG ON THIS CD IS FREAKING GREAT. It doesn't hit you the first few times you listen because it's more complex and sophisticated than most. Even the band thought it was one of their best... "Oh the bliss, oh the pleasure caressing your ears. How can you have survived until this historic moment?".

1 out of 5 stars Go listen to their earlier music!.......2005-03-01

SKA Kitson has it right. I'd never heard of these guys until Aural Sculpture, so I thought they were pretty good (hey, this was the 80's!). I loved "Skin Deep" and a couple of the other cuts on this album. Then my husband introduced me to their earlier work! Wow! I couldn't believe it was the same band. If you hear their punk-era music and then put this CD on, you will be dismayed to hear how weak they became. Don't bother with this CD - go buy "Rattus Norvegicus" and enjoy the real Stranglers.

5 out of 5 stars Hard to believe this is 20+ years old.......2005-02-13

Guess I date myself when I say I'd listen to this CD all the time way back when.

The Strangler's poppier future was coming nicely into play with the release of Feline and was pretty much cemented into place with Aural Sculpture. Early Stranglers purists will scream sellout, I'd call it evolution. If the Stranglers were trying to capitalize on the 80s sound, they did it masterfully.

Wonderful pop tunes lurk all over. "Ice Queen" has a gloriously repetitive warbling that stays with you. Things don't skip a beat with the silky smooth "Skin Deep" and catchy "Let Me Down Easy", "No Mercy" and "Under the Name of Spain". Each and every track is a gem really in its own right, Hugh Cornwell's calm vocals add sparkle. A favorite CD of mine for those laid back moods.

Love them or hate them for their direction change and seemingly endless collection of greatest hits CDs, it's impossible to discount the charms of Aural Sculpture.


Aural Sculpture
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I guess I am the best reviewer of this album since...
  • Want the facts?
  • Should get 10 stars.
  • Go listen to their earlier music!
  • Hard to believe this is 20+ years old
 Aural Sculpture
The Stranglers
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
British PunkBritish Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
New WaveNew Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Dreamtime
  2. Feline
  3. Raven (+4 Bonus Tracks)
  4. The Meninblack
  5. Black and White (+6 Bonus Tracks)

ASIN: B00000263P
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Ice Queen
  2. Skin Deep
  3. Let Me Down Easy
  4. No Mercy
  5. North Winds Blowing
  6. Uptown
  7. Punch And Judy
  8. Under The Name Of Spain
  9. Laughing
  10. Souls
  11. Mad Hatter

Album Description

Import remastered reissue of 1984 album that's out-of-print domestically. 19 tracks including eight bonus tracks, 'Here & There', 'In One Door', 'Head On The Line', 'Achilles Heel', 'Hot Club' (Riot Mix), 'Place De Victoires', 'Vladimir & The Beast' & 'Vladimir Goes To Havana'.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I guess I am the best reviewer of this album since..........2005-12-29

...since I've listened to it when it was released in 1984. The best Stranglers album ever? maybe, at lest the one with the best songs. There are some low points, too, I really hate Mad Hatter, No Mercy and Spain. The best ones, no doubt are Let Me Down Easy, Laughing and Souls. The first two are A major while Souls is in D minor. Their atmosphere is intense in sophistication, balance, rhythm and a 100 percent brilliant harmony. I don't think this is a pop album, besides, I could say it stimulates some sort of childhood sensibility. I recommend to slow down a bit a half-tone these 3 tunes (also including Skin Deep) to understand and taste them better. North Winds is also an excellent tune, the darkest of the album. Ice Queen is an excellent intro. Uptown and Punch and Judy go hand in hand. I don't say this album is perfect, but I gave it 5 stars since it's one of my best favorites of all time.

4 out of 5 stars Want the facts?.......2005-12-26

There are those who strongly prefer the Stranglers' early stuff and do not like Aural Sculpture or Dreamtime. Please include me amongst those who do not like the early stuff [which dominates "The Very Best of" CD] and much prefer this album and Dreamtime.

5 out of 5 stars Should get 10 stars........2005-10-06

This last great album by the Stranglers is a MASTERPIECE! "Aural Sculpture" is an apt title. Anyone in a review who says something like 'I like this or that track' simply has not listened to it enough or is hung up on the aggressive "punk style" of their earlier work. Let me stress something here for those of you thinking of buying this... EVERY SONG ON THIS CD IS FREAKING GREAT. It doesn't hit you the first few times you listen because it's more complex and sophisticated than most. Even the band thought it was one of their best... "Oh the bliss, oh the pleasure caressing your ears. How can you have survived until this historic moment?".

1 out of 5 stars Go listen to their earlier music!.......2005-03-01

SKA Kitson has it right. I'd never heard of these guys until Aural Sculpture, so I thought they were pretty good (hey, this was the 80's!). I loved "Skin Deep" and a couple of the other cuts on this album. Then my husband introduced me to their earlier work! Wow! I couldn't believe it was the same band. If you hear their punk-era music and then put this CD on, you will be dismayed to hear how weak they became. Don't bother with this CD - go buy "Rattus Norvegicus" and enjoy the real Stranglers.

5 out of 5 stars Hard to believe this is 20+ years old.......2005-02-13

Guess I date myself when I say I'd listen to this CD all the time way back when.

The Strangler's poppier future was coming nicely into play with the release of Feline and was pretty much cemented into place with Aural Sculpture. Early Stranglers purists will scream sellout, I'd call it evolution. If the Stranglers were trying to capitalize on the 80s sound, they did it masterfully.

Wonderful pop tunes lurk all over. "Ice Queen" has a gloriously repetitive warbling that stays with you. Things don't skip a beat with the silky smooth "Skin Deep" and catchy "Let Me Down Easy", "No Mercy" and "Under the Name of Spain". Each and every track is a gem really in its own right, Hugh Cornwell's calm vocals add sparkle. A favorite CD of mine for those laid back moods.

Love them or hate them for their direction change and seemingly endless collection of greatest hits CDs, it's impossible to discount the charms of Aural Sculpture.


Feline/Dream/ Aural Sculpture
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Feline/Dream/ Aural Sculpture
    Stranglers
    Manufacturer: Sbme Import
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    British PunkBritish Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Alternative RockAlternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00006LIEI
    Release Date: 2003-03-17

    Tracks:

    1. (Cd 1- Feline) Midnight Summer Dream
    2. It's A Small World
    3. Ships That Pass In The Night
    4. Europeans Female (In Celebration Of)
    5. Let's Tango In Paris
    6. Paradise
    7. All Roads Lead To Rome
    8. Blue Sister
    9. Never Say Goodbye
    10. Savage Breast
    11. Pawsher
    12. Permission
    13. Midnight Summer Dream / European Female
    14. Strange Circustanceswhich Leads To ) Vladimir And Olga Vladimir And Olga
    15. Aural Sculpture Manifesto
    16. (Cd 2- Aural Sculpture) Ice Queen
    17. Skin Deep
    18. Let Me Down Easy
    19. No Mercy
    20. North Winds
    21. Uptown
    22. Punch And Judy
    23. Spain
    24. Laughing
    25. Souls
    26. Mad Hatter
    27. Here And There
    28. In One Door
    29. Head On The Line
    30. Achilles Heel
    31. Hot Club
    32. Place De Victoires
    33. Vladimir And The Beast
    34. Vladimir Goes To Havana
    35. (Cd3 - Dreamtime) Alway The Sun
    36. Dreamtime
    37. Was It You
    38. You'll Always Reap What You Sow
    39. Ghost Train
    40. Nice In Nice
    41. Big In America
    42. Shakin' Like A Leaf
    43. Mayan Skies
    44. Too Precious
    45. Since You Went Away
    46. Norman Normal
    47. Dry Day
    48. Hit Man
    49. Was It You (7" Version)
    50. Burnham Beeches
    Aural Sculpture + 6
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Not thier best, but very good
    		 Aural Sculpture + 6
    Stranglers
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    British PunkBritish Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Alternative RockAlternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00000IOZB

    Album Description

    Japanese reissue of the English punk/ new wave group's 1984 & second album for Epic. Features all 11 of the original cuts, including the hits 'Skin Deep' & 'No Mercy', plus six bonus tracks, 'In One Door', 'Hot Club', 'Achilles Heel', 'Place De Victories', 'Vladimir Goes To Havana' and 'The Aural Sculpture Manifesto'. 17 tracks in all. 1999 release.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Not thier best, but very good.......2001-05-23

    I have always been a big fan of the stranglers through all thier phases. This release is somewhat more uptempo than the previous release-Feline and contains many great songs. "Skin Deep", "No Mercy", and "Laughing" rank up there amongst thier best songs. As with any stranglers release there are a few throwaways ("North Winds Blowing", "Souls") but overall excellent record.

    Music:

    1. Awake and Dreaming
    2. Be Yourself Tonight
    3. Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology [Box set]
    4. Blow in the Wind
    5. Burn Baby Burn Pt.2 [CD-single]
    6. Date With Elvis
    7. Don't Try This at Home
    8. Dreamtime
    9. Earth and Sun and Moon
    10. Everything's Alright Forever

    Music

    music

    Music

    The Exotic Beatles, Pt. 3 [Import]

    Arc and Other Electronic Works

    Andre Tchaikowsky, Vol. 5

    Born To Love You

    Mister Entertainment

    Americana Series [Box set]

    All in Good Time [Enhanced]

    Adagio: After Hours Classics 3

    Artist's Mirage

    Afro-Cuba: A Musical Anthology

    And All That Could Have Been [Explicit Lyrics] [Live]

    All Time Best of Louis Armstrong

    30 Pegaditas del Grupo Laberinto

    Chopin: Piano Concerto 1, Nocturnes

    Lágrimas Negras