Search - Legendary Pink Dots :: Perfect Mystery

One of the Dots' best releases...

B. Snavely | San Diego, CA, USA | 08/27/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is a real treat for fans of this band. Although a couple of these songs have that heartwarmingly silly-quirky-melancholic feel Dots fans know and love, many of these songs are heavier, quite thematic and full. The underbelly throbs while the details percolate to the surface gradually (especially in tracks like "pain bubbles," "lent," and "when I'm with you").



One of the best aspects of this album, as compared to other Legendary Pink Dots releases, is the fullness and the layering of the mix. The engineering and mixing is top notch, and in my opinion this is something the Dots have occasionally struggled with in the past. This disc sounds musically "fuller" than virtually any other Dots release I've heard (I own about seven of their albums).



If you already enjoy the Dots, you'll probably love this album. If you're new to the Dots, this isn't a *bad* place to start necessarily, and you may also want to look into the Canta Mientras Puedas collection which is quite good as it is a retrospective from 1990-1995, one of their coolest and most productive periods."