Okay, I know this albumis about five years old but I strongly think it's worth mentioning. Acouple weeks ago I found a place online where I could order the UKpressing of this disc, which I had always known was clearly a differentversion than the US release which I have owned for years. I was notready for such an incredibly pleasant and drastic surprise.Everything's beefed up and played out with the force and energy thatblows the US release away completely. Although Justin Warfield's rap isweak, the opening tune, "Bug Powder Dust" hits hundreds of times harderwith a powerful pounding driving bass line and an incredible melodycompletely missing on the one I already had. Other guests and othertracks follow suit with an abrasive side of dub completely void on theother version, currently collecting dust in my collection. Playingthroughout the disc on nearly all of the tracks is a star-studded teamof various Dub Syndicate veterans Skip MacDonald, Doug Wimbish, KeithLeBlanc and Bim Sherman. Guest vocalists and players include SineadO'Connor, Jah Wobble and other singers. An 11th track, "5ml. Barrel," aspoken word piece from Will Self backed by some incredible music wasn'teven on the US version. It's no wonder to me, looking back how thisdisc bombed in North America.
samples:
- Bug Powder Dust (the better version - from the UK CD)
- Sleepyhead (with Bim Sherman)
- Somewhere
- Bug Powder Dust (the crummy US CD version - just for comparison sake)
Thanks, Mute for making these available now in the USA. While Red Star did reissue Suicide's first album in 1997, this version is coupled with a second CD.
Album of the Year
1. Coil, "Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol.1 "
2. Nurse with Wound, "An Awkward Pause"
3. Autechre, "EP7"
4. three way tie:
Tom Waits: "Mule Variations"
To Rococo Rot: "The Amateur View"
godspeed you black emperor: "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada"
5. Stereolab, "Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night
6. Labradford, "E luxo so"
7. two way tie:
Low, "Secret Name"
Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile"
8. two way tie:
Trans Am, "Futureworld"
Jim O'Rourke, "Eureka"
9. four way tie:
Mogwai, "Come on Die Young"
Add N to (X), "Avant Hard"
Sonic Youth, "Goodbye 20th Century"
Plaid, "Rest Proof Clockwork"
10. six-way tie:
Angels of Light, "New Mother
People Like Us, "Hate People Like Us"
Pan Sonic, "A"
Mouse on Mars, "Niun Niggung"
Plateau, "Spacecake"
Flaming Lips, "The Soft Bulletin"
BAND
OF THE
YEAR
1. Coil
2. godspeed you black emperor!
3. Legendary Pink Dots
4. two-way tie:
Stereolab
Squarepusher
5. Low
SONG
OF THE
YEAR
1. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker"
2. Coil, "The Dreamer is Still Asleep"
3. godspeed you black emperor!, "Moya"
4. Mogwai, "Stanley Kubrick"
5. godspeed you black emperor!, "Blaise Bailey Finnegan, III"
MUSIC
VIDEO
OF THE
YEAR
1. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker"
2. Bjork, "All is Full of Love"
3. three-way tie:
Add N to (X), "Metal Fingers in My Body"
Beck, "Sexx Laws"
Leftfield, "Afrika Shox"
4. three-way tie:
Lamb, "B-Side"
U.N.K.L.E., "Rabbit in Your Headlights"
Meat Beat Manifesto, "Prime Audio Soup"
NEW
BAND
OF THE
YEAR
1. Angels of Light
2. five-way tie:
The Beta Band
Cyclobe
Plone
Pole
The All Seeing I
CONCERT
EVENT
1. Labradford/godspeed you black emperor! (notably in various combinations including Low, Mogwai and Matmos)
2. Trans Am / Pan Sonic
3. Tom Ze with Tortoise
4. Current 93 NYC
5. four-way tie:
v/vm
Stereolab / Papa M
Legendary Pink Dots
Man... or Astro-Man??
BEST
LABEL
1. Warp
2. Kranky
3. three-way tie:
Thrill Jockey
Mute
Matador
4. World Serpent
5. Fat Cat
6. Soleilmoon / Staalplaat
BEST
PRODUCER
1. John McEntire & Jim O'Rourke
2. Timbaland
3. Jack Dangers
4. Steven Stapleton
5. Howie B
WORST
BAND
1. three-way tie:
Nine Inch Nails
Limp Bizkit
Backstreet Boys
2. Korn
3. six-way tie:
Coil
Britney Spears
Blink 182
Plone
Marilyn Manson
Kid Rock
WORST
ALBUM
YOU
BOUGHT
1. Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile"
2. Tricky, "Juxtapose"
3. Mogwai, "Come on Die Young"
BEST
COMP
1. Warp's 10th Anniversary collections
2. Reach the Rock Soundtrack
3. v/vm, "AuralOffalWaffleTenPintsOfBitterAndABagOfPorkScratchings"
4. five-way tie:
Fight Club Soundtrack
Matrix Soundtrack
Eyes Wide Shut Soundtrack
Matador's 10th Anniversaty
Soundbombing II
BEST
MOVIE
1. two-way tie:
Blair Witch Project
Being John Malkovich
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Fight Club
4. two-way tie:
American Beauty
The Matrix
5. two-way tie:
Run, Lola, Run
Dogma
6. Sixth Sense
7. two-way tie:
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Sleepy Hollow
8. three-way tie:
Princess Mononoke
Iron Giant
eXistenZ
9. The Straight Story
10. Man on the Moon
11. American Pie
BEST
TV SHOW
1. The Simpsons
2. Futurama
3. South Park
4. That 70s Show
5. X-Files
6. two-way tie:
Law and Order
Just Shoot Me
BEST
BOOK
1. The Onion Presents, "Our Dumb History"
2. "Wreckers of Civilization," by Simon Ford
BEST
ACTOR
1. Kevin Spacey
2. Ed Norton
3. three-way tie:
Johnny Depp
John Cusak
Tom Cruise
4. John Malovich
BEST
ACTRESS
1. Christina Ricci
2. three-way tie:
Nicole Kidman
Heather Donahue
Annette Benning
3. three-way tie:
that chick in Run Lola Run
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Cameron Diaz
BIGGEST
DISAP-
POINTMENT
1. Star Wars
2. Y2K and all the other hype
3. Blair Witch Project
4. The Haunting
EVENT
1. Columbine High
2. Seattle Riots
3. New Year's Eve
4. Coachella Music Festival
WEBSITE
1. brainwashed
geez, can't you get more original!
2. Superbad.com
3. Pitchforkmedia.com
4. Disinfo.com
5. hamsterdance.com
HERO
nobody got more than one vote
VILLAIN
1. Bill Gates
2. A four-way tie: Milosevic
the Media
Richard D. James
George W. Bush
MOST
ANNOYING
TREND
1. Pokemon
2. gay teen bands (N'Sync/Backstreet/98 Degrees) / teen popstars (Britney Spears)
3. three-way tie:
Y2K fever
Millennial surveys/polls
Piercings
4. two-way tie:
Emo
Cargo Pants