| Artist |
UNKLE |
| Album Title: |
The Road: Part I |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Progressive/Dream |
| Format |
CD (2) |
| Released |
08/18/2017 |
| Label |
Songs For The Def |
| Catalog No |
SFTDCD001X |
| Bar Code No |
5060463410667 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard 6 Panel Gatefold |
| Tracks |
| The Road: Part I (Disc 1) |
| 1.
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Iter I: Have You Looked At Yourself (0:48)
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| 2.
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Farewell (6:13)
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| 3.
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Looking For The Rain (5:55)
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| 4.
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Cowboys Or Indians (6:00)
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| 5.
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Iter II: How Do You Feel (0:54)
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| 6.
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Nowhere To Run / Bandits (5:16)
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| 7.
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Iter III: Keep On Runnin' (0:30)
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| 8.
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Stole Enough (3:05)
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| 9.
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Arm's Length (4:49)
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| 10.
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Iter IV: We Are Stardust (0:45)
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| 11.
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Sonata (5:15)
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| 12.
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The Road (6:12)
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| 13.
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Iter V: Friend Or Foe (0:29)
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| 14.
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Sunrise (Always Come Around) (6:14)
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| 15.
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Sick Lullaby (4:32)
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| The Road: Part I (Disc 2) |
| 1.
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Farewell (Instrumental) (6:13)
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| 2.
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Looking For The Rain (Instrumental) (5:55)
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| 3.
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Cowboys Or Indians (Instrumental) (6:17)
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| 4.
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Nowhere To Run / Bandits (Instrumental) (5:27)
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| 5.
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Stole Enough (Instrumental) (3:06)
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| 6.
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Arm's Length (Instrumental) (4:52)
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| 7.
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Sonata (Instrumental) (5:15)
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| 8.
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The Road (Instrumental) (6:16)
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| 9.
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Sunrise (Always Come Around) (Instrumental) (6:00)
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| 10.
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Sick Lullaby (Instrumental) (4:32)
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| Date Acquired |
08/29/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
16.99 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Released in an embossed landscape paper case.
For Lyla-Blue Lavelle.
Dedicated to the memories of Gavin Clark and Toshio Nakanishi.
36 page booklet is inclusive of a wide arrangement of various paintings and works.
01. John Isaacs, Meet Me At The Empty Temple, 2010
02. Jonas Burgert, Kaltalauf, 2010
03. Nathan Coley, There Will Be No Miracles Here, 2006 © StudioNathanColey
04. Nathan Coley, What Jackson Said To Andy, 2008 © StudioNathanColey
05. Jonas Burgert, Ziergier, 2012
06. David Nicholson, Untitled, 2008
07. Jonas Burgert, Hirn, Staub, und Stop, 2009
08. John Isaacs and James Lavelle, When You Talk About Love You Make Me Feel Invisible, 2016
09. Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones, Still From 'Cowboys Or Indians', 2017
10. Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones, Still From 'Sick Lullaby', 2017
11. Doug Foster, Still From 'Sonata', 2017
12. Norbert Schoerner, Still From 'The Road', 2017
13. Jonas Burgert, Tarnt, 2016
14. Doug Foster, Still From 'Sunrise (Always Comes Around)', 2017
15. John Isaacs, Sick Lullaby, 2017
www.unkle.com
Facebook: unkle
Instagram: unkleofficial
Twitter: unkleofficial
Art Direction, Producer – James Lavelle
Co-producer – Jack Leonard
Cover – Jonas Burgert
Design – George Stewart-Lockhart, James Lavelle
Mastered By – Mandy Parnell
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Songs For The Def Ltd
Copyright (c) – Songs For The Def Ltd
Licensed To – Red Essential
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foobar2000 1.3.15 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-09-01 02:21:52
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Analyzed: UNKLE / The Road, Pt. 1, Disc 1
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -2.29 dB -22.45 dB 0:48 01-Iter 1: Have You Looked at Yourself
DR6 -1.98 dB -10.28 dB 6:13 02-Farewell
DR7 -0.00 dB -9.56 dB 5:55 03-Looking for the Rain
DR7 -0.00 dB -10.82 dB 6:00 04-Cowboys or Indians
DR16 -4.05 dB -24.25 dB 0:54 05-Iter 2: How Do You Feel
DR4 -0.00 dB -6.59 dB 5:16 06-No Where to Run / Bandits
DR15 -1.28 dB -18.66 dB 0:30 07-Iter 3: Keep on Runnin'
DR7 -0.31 dB -10.60 dB 3:05 08-Stole Enough
DR6 -0.00 dB -7.02 dB 4:49 09-Arm's Length
DR10 -1.91 dB -15.05 dB 0:45 10-Iter 4: We Are Stardust
DR7 -0.00 dB -10.66 dB 5:15 11-Sonata
DR5 -0.00 dB -8.12 dB 6:12 12-The Road
DR15 -2.31 dB -21.77 dB 0:29 13-Iter 5: Friend or Foe
DR5 -0.00 dB -7.85 dB 6:14 14-Sunrise (Always Comes Around)
DR7 -0.46 dB -11.22 dB 4:32 15-Sick Lullaby
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 791 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.3.15 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-09-01 02:22:09
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Analyzed: UNKLE / The Road, Pt. 1, Disc 2
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -2.07 dB -11.06 dB 6:13 01-Farewell
DR7 -0.00 dB -10.07 dB 5:55 02-Looking for the Rain
DR8 -0.00 dB -11.40 dB 6:17 03-Cowboys or Indians
DR5 -0.00 dB -7.33 dB 5:27 04-No Where to Run / Bandits
DR9 -0.14 dB -12.52 dB 3:06 05-Stole Enough
DR6 -0.00 dB -7.35 dB 4:52 06-Arm's Length
DR8 -0.07 dB -12.06 dB 5:15 07-Sonata
DR6 -0.00 dB -9.50 dB 6:16 08-The Road
DR6 -0.00 dB -8.17 dB 5:59 09-Sunrise (Always Comes Around)
DR8 -0.75 dB -12.41 dB 4:32 10-Sick Lullaby
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 657 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Rob Wacey:
James Lavelle has never been afraid to think outside the box. With his ever-rotating wheel of collaborations, he has managed to maintain a prolific output of primarily electronic music enriched with a burgeoning wave of assorted styles and sounds over the past 25 years. Here, inspired by his experience curating the 2014 Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank, Lavelle presents UNKLE's fifth studio album. The mission statement for The Road, Pt. 1 was to create another unique effort that celebrates the history of its sound up until that moment, inspired by modern multicultural London. The opener, "Farewell," is a gorgeous piece with Lavelle's vocals passionately layered across a beautiful rich bed of strings and thudding, reverb-laden beats before moving on to the album's lead single, "Looking for the Rain," featuring longtime collaborator Mark Lanegan. It's a somewhat ominous yet inviting track comprising Eastern-style strings, synth leads, and pronounced percussion with Lanegan's unmistakable gravelly voice adorning the mix. As with previous appearances, his voice is the perfect choice to illustrate a picture that's so effectively painted through lyrics such as the chorus refrain of "There's a wraith-like shadow appearing/And though my eyes are veiled/I'm looking for the rain to fall," while a chugging, overdriven guitar carries the track verse to verse. The album maintains the more primary use of live instrumentation, like its predecessor, 2010's Where Did the Night Fall. However, pertaining to the unifying theme of Lavelle revisiting his roots in early production days and keeping one hand on the pulse of the present, there is an unmistakable dose of bold trip-hop from its beginnings, most identifiable in the album's treatment of percussion. Some of the collaborations here are also brand-new ones; "Cowboys or Indians" is a magnetic slab of electronica, punctuated with melancholy acoustic guitar, swimming synth bass, and punching snares, featuring Elliot Power, Mïnk, and YSÉE (Power's vocals are somewhat akin to frequent UNKLE collaborator Robert Del Naja, who is unfortunately absent this time around). "Nowhere to Run/Bandits" is another song to just feature Lavelle at the forefront vocally. Carried by a tireless thudding drum sound, tightly wound basslines, and Lavelle's languid yet rich and soothing vocals sitting atop a wave of dissonant guitar, it's a great mid-album stomper that effectively moves the listener along with it. An ethereal, magnetic, and alluring piece of work, The Road, Pt. 1 is a robust album with ebb and flow. Here's looking forward to Pt. 2. [The Road, Pt. 1 was also released in a two-CD Deluxe Edition featuring a bonus disc of instrumental versions.]
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