Wonky Album Review

[shadyboy]

Been listening to Wonky for a couple of weeks now and trust me guys, in no way does any of it sound like The Altogether!!!

Wheres your review then Shady?
...sounds like you are already familiar with the album, I think you'd be more than qualified to critique

Hee hee...keeping my powder dry, but its a belter trust me!

Will post a review next week....

[shadyboy]

Having said that, if u want a review earlier I might do it if enough of u beg!!!!

[memly]

[JIMBO]

Mixmag review is terrible - in the written sense. Only covers half the tracks and seems largely uninterested in the return of one of Mixmags own GIANTS of dance. Was there no-one else in the office free? Or all too busy listening to Skrillex?

[TheEmbryo]

Yes, in fact all those reviews seem pretty dreadful. Who do they even bother - so one of the tracks is "a joyful growl of bubbling, deep techno, bathed in a bath of squiggly acid" - seriously is this helpful information for anybody? Or is it just pretentious wank so they keep on sending them promos?

[vvt23]

I agree they are all badly written and miss off reviewing half of the tracks.

Nice to see some positive reviews though (mixmag can sod off, although it wasn't bad).

Still very jealous of those who managed to hear the album already - is this via the promo - if so where did you get that?

[Vadertech]

I have to say that when I first heard the DJ version of Wonky, it felt like something was missing. After hearing the album version, I can say that I love the MC rap over the top of the original DJ mix instrumentals. It fits so well, and I feel it even makes the track more frantic, which I love. I'm glad this grew on me because I was disappointed in the original version I heard in the Maida Vale set.

[Badger]

Wonky wasn't played on the Maida Vale set.

The Dj Version was played on the 6 Mixmas broadcast and the Mixmag Dj Lab sets.

[Vadertech]

Sorry, yeah, it was the 6mix set I heard it on. They keep changing their set every time they play so i always forget which mix they were in.

[Matteo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nxj9

[Badger]

Nice bbc review.

[shadyboy]

Mojo gave it 8 out of 10 - "The best Orbital album since 1994's Snivilisation? Certainly."
Q gave it 8 out of 10 - "Wonky restores the Hartnolls' reputation among electronic music's greats."


And some muppet, who clearly doesn't know a thing about music nor Orbital writes here....
http://7bitarcade.com/music/article/alb ... tal-wonky/

For me it's an 8 out of ten and in rank of albums now would be 4th behind Insides, Sniv and Brown......

[Pirtek]

Excellent BBC review

[legspin]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99debcde-77aa ... z1qgGIS4iZ

I know alot of us are "middle-aged" at this stage (I'm still acting my shoe size personally) but I wasn't expecting a review from the Financial Times, never mind a positive one.

[Badger]

You have to register to read...any chance of posting it on here in full?