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Artist
Project Pitchfork
Title
First Anthology
Format/Cat
2CD TRI 415 CD
Label
Trisol
Style
Industrial Electro
Date of review
6th May 2010
Reviewer
Carl Jenkinson
Rating
7/10
This double anthology (which is obviously a posh way of saying it's a 'best of'!!) offers a comprehensive oversite of the band's first decade between 1991 & the days of 'Dhyani' & 'Psychic Torture' & 2001 & the all-conquering 'Daimonion', doubtless leaving the way clear for a second anthology to turn up in due course. All the tracks are remastered (although a couple are labelled as 'restored', your guess is as good as mine as to what the difference is!) which is a nice thought but the fact is that it smoothes out some of the rough edge which sort of takes away some of the spark as well, particularly on such offerings from the very early days as 'Caught In The Abbatoir' & 'Song Of The Winds', where the rawness is an important part of their appeal although this is less of a problem with the later songs-I just wish they'd used the album version of 'I Live Your Dream' rather than the drippily commercial single version! As well as the hits such as 'Souls', 'Timekiller' & 'God Wrote' there are a good selection of lesser-known tracks such as 'Lie On Grass' &, on a purely personal note, it's a nice touch that the whole thing ends with the perfection that is 'Green World' where the evocatively natural atmosphere is affected not at all! And let us not forget that there's a new track to enjoy in the form of 'Burning' which echoes the clinical albeit not unemotional mood of their most recent works & is an enjoyably emotive piece. Whether it, or the fascinating band history & pictures (nincluding the embarrassing 80s goth picture that most bands sportingly allow to appear on such projects as this!) in the accompanying booklet, are enough to tempt all but the most devoted Pitchfork completist to buy this remains to be seen but it does offer a timely reminder of just how important this band have been over the years.



Hard-Wired Industrial Review
Home  
   
Review ratings:  
1. Avoid 6. Not Bad
2. Poor 7. Good
3. Weak 8. Very Good
4. Worth The Effort 9. Excellent
5. Shows Promise 10. Must Have
   
Artist
Project Pitchfork
Title
First Anthology
Format/Cat
2CD TRI 415 CD
Label
Trisol
Style
Industrial Electro
Date of review
6th May 2010
Reviewer
Carl Jenkinson
Rating
7/10
This double anthology (which is obviously a posh way of saying it's a 'best of'!!) offers a comprehensive oversite of the band's first decade between 1991 & the days of 'Dhyani' & 'Psychic Torture' & 2001 & the all-conquering 'Daimonion', doubtless leaving the way clear for a second anthology to turn up in due course. All the tracks are remastered (although a couple are labelled as 'restored', your guess is as good as mine as to what the difference is!) which is a nice thought but the fact is that it smoothes out some of the rough edge which sort of takes away some of the spark as well, particularly on such offerings from the very early days as 'Caught In The Abbatoir' & 'Song Of The Winds', where the rawness is an important part of their appeal although this is less of a problem with the later songs-I just wish they'd used the album version of 'I Live Your Dream' rather than the drippily commercial single version! As well as the hits such as 'Souls', 'Timekiller' & 'God Wrote' there are a good selection of lesser-known tracks such as 'Lie On Grass' &, on a purely personal note, it's a nice touch that the whole thing ends with the perfection that is 'Green World' where the evocatively natural atmosphere is affected not at all! And let us not forget that there's a new track to enjoy in the form of 'Burning' which echoes the clinical albeit not unemotional mood of their most recent works & is an enjoyably emotive piece. Whether it, or the fascinating band history & pictures (nincluding the embarrassing 80s goth picture that most bands sportingly allow to appear on such projects as this!) in the accompanying booklet, are enough to tempt all but the most devoted Pitchfork completist to buy this remains to be seen but it does offer a timely reminder of just how important this band have been over the years.