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First time I heard it I thought it was similar to Olive and their sound, but darker. Didn't sound like Portishead, not like Morcheeba, or Hoover. I think this cd isn't one of those things you should leave alone...
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i bought this CD on a whim after hearing the title track on a compilation CD. i was very surprised when i first listened to it, it wasn't what i expected, but after going through twice i was hooked. ali rodger's voice is so amazing, and many of the tracks are so hypnotizing you've completely forgotten what the heck you were doing when they started. i highly recomend this album to any trip-hop fans who like the trip more than the hop. i hope they release something else someday, though i doubt they will. oh well, one can always hope!
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To be honest, I originally only bought "Things You Should Leave Alone" because I heard two of the songs, "things you should leave alone" and "big day" in two ski movies, both produced by Match Stick Productions. I was anticipating a luke warm c.d with two or three really good songs worthy of listening to over and over again. I was really wrong, and pleasantly disappointed. The songs are high tech, and the vocals are really dreamy and hypnotic. The whole album is very seductive. From a skier, it is something you can ski to. It is something, with the volume up, you can run to, you can paint to, you can do anything to it. I normally don't like that kind of music, but Puracane is very good, and quirky. Their cover of Jane's Addiction "Summer Rolls" is really good. All in all, the cd is good. There are a few songs that need to be skipped over, because they are too hypnotizing. The rest are breathe taking, landscapes of music engineering and eerie vocals.
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This is a fairly good disc, smooth production, great vocals and some cool music. Don't fall for the comparisons to portishead as they are unfounded. I fell for that and was disappointed with this disc. I would say Sneaker Pimps is closer to puracane's sound than any other trip hop artist and as I'm not particularly fond of Sneaker Pimps, I wasn't fond of puracane either. With the exception of track 4, 'went away' nothing else on here really stands out or is memorable enough for me to want to play this disc over and over. I knew that the moment I placed this disc amongst the rest of my CDs I would never pull it out to listen to again. So I returned it in exchange for the dark, hypnotic sounds of Spylab instead. Puracane is good but just not my cup of tea when it comes to trip-hop.
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i bought this cd totally on impulse after hearing only one track, 'not today'. i ended up totally satisfied, though it took a while. i first thought "geesh, she sounds like bjork" but i didn't think it for long. the music grows on you, a surprise for me as i am more the hard rock type. it's kind of sad they'll probably never release anything else or get the credit they deserve, i'd really like to hear more of their stuff and see which direction they go in. also, ali rogers has one of the best voices in the world.
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