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Track List
01) [untitled]
02) Chemistry
03) Hold My Hand
04) Restless
05) Keys to the Kingdom
06) Price You Pay
07) Burn My Shadow
08) Mayday
09) Persons & Machinery
10) Twilight
11) Morning Rage
12) Lawless
13) Broken
14) When Things Explode / Tired of Sleeping
01) [untitled]
02) Chemistry
03) Hold My Hand
04) Restless
05) Keys to the Kingdom
06) Price You Pay
07) Burn My Shadow
08) Mayday
09) Persons & Machinery
10) Twilight
11) Morning Rage
12) Lawless
13) Broken
14) When Things Explode / Tired of Sleeping
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3:22
4:59
5:04
4:45
6:22
4:57
3:18
6:04
5:21
5:15
2:36
4:42
13:42
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3D Case
3D Thumb
3D Flat
3D Face
3D Spine
First Released
2007
Trip Hop
Trippy
Rock/Pop
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War Stories is the third album from Unkle. The album was released in Japan on 20 June 2007 Europe and the UK on 9 July 2007, followed by a 24 July release date in North America. War Stories debuted at #58 in Australia. The album was promoted by three singles: "Burn My Shadow", "Hold My Hand" and "Restless". The video for "Burn my Shadow" featured the actor Goran Višnjić.
The cover art was designed by 3D of Massive Attack.
The track "Chemistry" is used as the instrumental track for "Hello/Goodbye (Uncool)" by Lupe Fiasco from his 2007 album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. Lupe Fiasco chose War Stories as his #1 album of the year as posted to a video on Myspace.
The track "When Things Explode" was used during the dramatic ending of the episode "Number Crunch" (Season 1 Episode 10) from the TV series "Person of Interest".
The song "Burn My Shadow" was used during the climax of the movie Repo Men. It was also featured in an Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood trailer and the trailer for the 2009 video game Fuel. The song "Chemistry" was featured in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC "The Da Vinci Disappearance" and the documentary movie Countdown to Zero (2010).
Reviews of the album were generally favorable. Notably, the tracks "Burn My Shadow" and "When Things Explode" (which are thematically similar and feature the vocals of Ian Astbury) received nearly universal praise, even from negative or mediocre reviews such as those written by Pitchfork Media and NME.
User Album Review
In thirteen years Unkle have only released three albums. War Stories is a reminder that despite channelling most of their energies into remixing other people’s work, James Lavelle and Richard File are equally capable of producing quality tracks of their own as they are of remoulding others.
Part of Unkle’s success lies is their ability to coerce music’s top vocalists into singing; this and their knack of matching the ‘right’ voice with the most suitable instrumentals is central to their music hallmark – tracks that sound individual but which fall under the distinctive Unkle umbrella. War Stories, a genre-hopping feast, follows this mould. Some may argue this signals a drying up of ideas on Unkle’s part or an over reliance on a failsafe formula – not so; album number three is diverse and engrossing.
The signature fusing of trip-hop beats with rock energy is here in abundance. “Mayday” with its pilfering of the bouncing prog rock riff in Kasabian’s “Empire” features garage rock group the Duke Spirit. Ian Astbury of the Cult features on “Burn My Shadow” with its similarity to the ear-drilling drumming of Pendulum’s “Voodoo People” remix; Astbury reappears on “When Things Explode” which uses the same sparse drumming as Radiohead’s “Climbing Up The Walls”.
The main criticism then is that War Stories draws too heavily from other musical sources and sounds tired or familiar. But there is enough variety here to narrowly miss falling into the heard-it-before trap. Tracks such as “Chemistry” flying the trip-hop flag are urgent and compelling while “Broken” featuring Clayhill singer Gavin Clark is unashamedly pop but speeds along with an absorbing vibrancy. Josh Homme guests on the attitude-laden “Restless” while “Hold My Hand” (James Lavelle’s vocal debut) exudes Manchester Britpop soul minus Mani and Ian Brown.
War Stories is one of two things – a dynamic collection of songs from a pair of audacious experimentalists or a hackney-ed attempt to recreate the success of the Psyence Fiction days. Whichever view you take, there’s no question of Unkle’s enduring reputation as master genre mergers.
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War Stories is the third album from Unkle. The album was released in Japan on 20 June 2007 Europe and the UK on 9 July 2007, followed by a 24 July release date in North America. War Stories debuted at #58 in Australia. The album was promoted by three singles: "Burn My Shadow", "Hold My Hand" and "Restless". The video for "Burn my Shadow" featured the actor Goran Višnjić.
The cover art was designed by 3D of Massive Attack.
The track "Chemistry" is used as the instrumental track for "Hello/Goodbye (Uncool)" by Lupe Fiasco from his 2007 album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. Lupe Fiasco chose War Stories as his #1 album of the year as posted to a video on Myspace.
The track "When Things Explode" was used during the dramatic ending of the episode "Number Crunch" (Season 1 Episode 10) from the TV series "Person of Interest".
The song "Burn My Shadow" was used during the climax of the movie Repo Men. It was also featured in an Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood trailer and the trailer for the 2009 video game Fuel. The song "Chemistry" was featured in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC "The Da Vinci Disappearance" and the documentary movie Countdown to Zero (2010).
Reviews of the album were generally favorable. Notably, the tracks "Burn My Shadow" and "When Things Explode" (which are thematically similar and feature the vocals of Ian Astbury) received nearly universal praise, even from negative or mediocre reviews such as those written by Pitchfork Media and NME.
User Album Review
In thirteen years Unkle have only released three albums. War Stories is a reminder that despite channelling most of their energies into remixing other people’s work, James Lavelle and Richard File are equally capable of producing quality tracks of their own as they are of remoulding others.
Part of Unkle’s success lies is their ability to coerce music’s top vocalists into singing; this and their knack of matching the ‘right’ voice with the most suitable instrumentals is central to their music hallmark – tracks that sound individual but which fall under the distinctive Unkle umbrella. War Stories, a genre-hopping feast, follows this mould. Some may argue this signals a drying up of ideas on Unkle’s part or an over reliance on a failsafe formula – not so; album number three is diverse and engrossing.
The signature fusing of trip-hop beats with rock energy is here in abundance. “Mayday” with its pilfering of the bouncing prog rock riff in Kasabian’s “Empire” features garage rock group the Duke Spirit. Ian Astbury of the Cult features on “Burn My Shadow” with its similarity to the ear-drilling drumming of Pendulum’s “Voodoo People” remix; Astbury reappears on “When Things Explode” which uses the same sparse drumming as Radiohead’s “Climbing Up The Walls”.
The main criticism then is that War Stories draws too heavily from other musical sources and sounds tired or familiar. But there is enough variety here to narrowly miss falling into the heard-it-before trap. Tracks such as “Chemistry” flying the trip-hop flag are urgent and compelling while “Broken” featuring Clayhill singer Gavin Clark is unashamedly pop but speeds along with an absorbing vibrancy. Josh Homme guests on the attitude-laden “Restless” while “Hold My Hand” (James Lavelle’s vocal debut) exudes Manchester Britpop soul minus Mani and Ian Brown.
War Stories is one of two things – a dynamic collection of songs from a pair of audacious experimentalists or a hackney-ed attempt to recreate the success of the Psyence Fiction days. Whichever view you take, there’s no question of Unkle’s enduring reputation as master genre mergers.
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