Search - Minimal Compact :: Returning Wheel

3.5 Stars for a neat collection

jPOW! | seattle, WA United States | 10/20/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is a nice 3 CD set, and might be considered a nice introduction to Minimal Compact, but is probably most interesting for long time fans.



You get 2 discs of archival outtakes, and remixes, and just 1 disc of "classics" that really feels incomplete, because it is.



The 15 track "classics" disc feels like an incentive to buy the whole set, and it worked, because unfortunately the band's albums are all very hard to find, and out of print.



I was excited when it came out, but in the long run this set just makes me wish they had reissued all the albums together with this stuff tacked on as bonus tracks.



A note on the packaging: The box is very nice, solid, sturdy, and has a very nice, thick booklet, full of photos, history, and also includes complete lyrics to all the songs, on all of their albums...which is really a tease since the albums are so hard to find!"

Full and dark box of the legendary band

Wlodzimierz | Warsaw, Poland | 12/30/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Coming from Israel, living in Belgium and Netherlands Minimals tried to attract attention and to fulfill their dark vision of reality. Their sound was close to Joy Division but full of the oriental nostalgia. They created cold, depressive but very original performance - because the music, words and expression in the work of the Minimal Compact form the coherent whole, the unity.

Buy this if you don't fear the cold, intelligent music"