Colours

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
The son of Alvin Stardust, Adam F was weaned on traditional musicianship. He plays most instruments on Colours himself. The clean drum and bass breaks are accompanied by swathes of jazz trumpet, saxophone, flute and indulgent Fender guitar solos: pure jazz fusion with cheesy brass/synthesiser stabs reminiscent of 1970s TV theme/incidental music-- Pat Metheny meets Starsky & Hutch. Listeners are sharply divided--loving or loathing it, considering it either jazz genius or insipid tack, although everyone agrees the Tracey Thorn collaboration is dreadful. Stand-out tracks include Top 20 hit "Circles" ("Tick, tick, tick, tick...") and "Music In My Mind" with it's vocoder. In a brilliant darker moment, "Metropolis" creates Alfred Hitchcock suspense using a perpetual drone like a swarm of killer bees and a "Wildstyle" repetitive scratch. Meanwhile, there are more highly original sounds on "Jaxx", where a drum beat merges with smashing glass. --Sarah Champion

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Customer reviews

review by: el cid date: 2008-05-09 rating:
Timeless - for want of a better word!
Words can't describe just how good this album is. Too many times you hear people talking about Drum & Bass, and the only artist they have to hand is "Pendulum".
This is Drum & Bass as it should be - a mix of chilled jazz grooves with bouncing basslines that almost change to suit the mood. Stand out tracks are impossible to pull, the album does not have a chink in the armour.
Please buy this album, the price on offer is little more than theft!

For a similarly great album, try LTJ Bukem; Journey Inwards.

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review by: date: 2008-04-04 rating:
Sounds like it was made yesterday
This is pure class. Goldie called his album Timeless, but this really is timeless. Up there with the greats, it is equally funky and dark at the same time. It ranks in my top five D+B albums.

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review by: date: 2006-12-07 rating:
Adam F's Best Piece of Work
This is a wicked release, so serious and well thought out music. Intelligent Drum n Bass and Jungle at its best.Buy the album and you wont regret it. All tracks are good but especially check out - "Music In My Mind", "Circles" and "F Jam". They are classics out of this world.

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review by: date: 2004-04-19 rating:
Perfect
I was a DJ for a number of years, and coming back to this CD after about 4 years, I put it into my system and felt as if music has not progressed since the release of this. Great for any occasion, with a mix of chilled and hard d&b, definitely one for the collection.


review by: date: 2004-03-18 rating:
The Real Thing
As well as being the best piece of work of it genre, Colours is one of the most aptly named records around. There are a lot of fans of 'dark' d&b around.... darkness has its place (especially in d&b), but the patterns evoked in this record make this one of the most colourful records money can buy.
Of course Circles is up there as the standout track, a genuine classic in days where the word 'classic' is tossed around far too liberally. This may sound incredibly pompous, but Circles is the 'Stairway To Heaven' for the breakbeat generation.
But there is so much more to Colours and I would urge anyone who hasn't already, to give themselves up and lose themselves in this record.
It is still a rush years later.

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