Liquid

Subhuman Deluxe Deluxe CD+DVD package includes DVD with 5.1 DTS & Dolby Surround and Ambient versions of the album, and every RECOIL video ever made.	Unsound Methods	Bloodline	Hydrology plus 1 + 2	Dead Inside
Subhuman After a 6-year break from recording, musician / producer and former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder returns with Recoil's 5th album subHuman. Collaborating with Recoil is Bluesman Joe Richardson, whose evocative vocal style is complimented by accomplished guitar and harmonica ...	Strange Hours First single to be taken from Recoil's 2000 release 'Liquid'. 'Strange Hours' is dark electro blues co-written & sung by Diamanda Galas. Includes a reworking of the album track 'Jezebel' performed by The Golden gate Jubilee Quartet & Diamanda Galas. Plus two unreleased songs with...	Last Night After three albums that seemed to find Moby in some sort of creative stasis, Last Night sees the once-restless DJ/producer changing the record and returning to one of his first loves: the heaving dancefloors of his native New York. Soulful, uplifting piano rave is the order of th...	Unsound Methods On Unsound Methods, Wilder seems to be tipping his hat to all his longstanding and faithful followers. 'Shunt' looks back on the purer electronic compositions of Bloodline, Hydrology and Depeche Mode. Speeding synth pulses, and the rhythmic sound of trains travelling down endless...	Third

it gets better with time!
I bought this album back in 2000 and basically loved the tracks that Diamanda appears in such as Strange hours. The rest I was cool with. I will say that this album is like wine because the older it gets the better it sounds. In other words, I believe Alan Wilder made a timeless record here. Over the years, I've been able to appreciate the Nicole Blackman tracks as well as the others. Over time this album became a classic in my book. I would even go as far as saying that it surpasses his previous efforts! If you're into the noir kinda of music then check this out!

gorgeously dark
Having never heard Recoil before, I was played a copy of this and was instantly hooked (so I have no bias or loyalty to Alan Wilder). From the other reviews here it seems that some people just don't like the dark tone of this album ... that's more a comment of individual taste than quality of the music. If, like me, you like music that artfully explores the darker depths then you'll find "Liquid" is a real treat. This is twisted and menacing, while being kinda funky and soothing at the same time ... like a chilled out version of NINs Downward Spiral album. If you want pop-synth there's plenty of that floating around elsewhere, but finding dark music of this quality aint easy.

bold
another powerful, adventurous and boldly avant garde creation from the genius mind of Alan Wilder. Buyers beware: this stuff is definitely anti-pop and certainly indulgent (all the more reasons to love it). I'm not sure what all the synth-pop enthusiasts were expecting, but this is sound at the bleeding edge of creativity and worth every listen.

Two steps below the other Recoil albums
I have to admit I was slightly disappointed with this album. After, the amazing 1997's "Unsound Methods" an album that made Depeche Mode's 1997 "Ultra" pale by comparisson. I was hoping for more of the same, but instead I had to settle for this uneven effort. First off, the tracks could have been tighter. The vocalists here can't compare with the past guest appearances. The woman on "Strange Hours" sounds like a cross between Macy Gray and Tina Turner. Yikes, not my idea of ear candy! The lyrics are pretty much uninspiring angst driven and only rarely deliver any sting to the listner. Also, the past Recoil albums just seem lyrically classier examples of high ART than this one. Definitely an album I listen more for the music than the message. I cringe everytime I hear "Supreme". I never thought I would live to see the day where lines like "baby's momma", "ass cheek", "there goes a BUTT", and "paid for by W.I.C., so who's getting dicked?" show up on a Recoil album!Alan plays more live drums on this album, which is nice, but I rather hear infectous trip-hop beats anyday over this. Sometimes the album gets kinda funky (the familiar wet bass lines we all have loved since the Mode days), but alot of times it just sounds like a modern rock album without the band. There are no instrumenatals on this album which is also sad. "Liquid" is still worth buying for tracks 2-6 and 9. The stand out tracks are Jezabelle, Breath Control, and Last Call for Liquid Courage. If your new fan buy this album first just so you have even better albums to look forward too!

It grows on you.
I gave a review of "Liquid" quite some time ago and I said that it wasn't as good as "Bloodline". Well, the times have changed! Not to say that one is better than the other, but "Liquid" is definitely much more intricate musically than the debut. Songs like "Breath Control" and "Want", featuring the fantastic bass playing of Curve's Dean Garcia, will mesmorize you. I even think "Strange Hours" is a great track, considering I'm not the biggest fan of Diamanda Galas. All in all, if you're a fan of the earlier Recoil recordings, then you shant be disappointed with "Liquid"