Deluxe CD+DVD package includes DVD with 5.1 DTS & Dolby Surround and Ambient versions of the album, and every RECOIL video ever made.
CD Reviews
Stunning....A real step forward of Recoil
Sith | 09/28/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a real step forward (much better than Liquid). The sound creative of this album is far beyond 'Playing the angel' though i didn't really want to compare with DM but it makes me curious what if DM would sound like if Alan still in the band. Listen to it from start to finish is a real stunning exprerience. One of the best album for year 2007 without a doubt."
BUY THIS CD!!!
Stop Googling Me | Florida, MO | 08/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is latest album from Recoil (aka Alan Wilder), one of the most underrated musicians of our time. It is an excellent mix of blues and soundtrack-like-soundscapes. If you like bands like Massive Attack and Portishead, you've GOTTA get this album. You WON'T be disappointed."
RECOIL!
tak1 | 08/16/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Recoil has already established a tight discography before releasing their latest Subhuman. So it was very curious for me to see what sounds Subhuman would obtain. I believe this record is coherent from beginning to end but still offers many ideas throughout that makes it interesting to listen to. As always, the overall vibe of the music is more cinematic but with a more grassroots blues kind of feel. Yes, before Recoil made some tracks with the blues influence but this time it's more of the central point. My personal favorite tracks are 3,4 and 6.
Recoil should be applauded for making music that stands on its own. When you listen to the music, you sense that there's no fulfilling of anyone's expectations but the artist's own.
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Alan Wilder has set the bar high again
Xadrick | New York, NY | 09/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Brilliant & inspired. The album is the best in years (from any genre) and it feels like its own film score. Never has blues, electronic elements, samples & various atmospheric textures been blended together so beautifully to make something that is both wonderfully dark & epic.
Alan Wilder is one of the few musicians/producers these days who never disappoints. Like anything that's worthwhile, this album requires a few listens to truly get addicted to. But any fan of music will find something to like about this album. The artwork is a nice touch too.
Favorite tracks include "The Killing Ground", "Allelujah", "5000 Years" & "Backslider"."
Superhuman
Author Brian Wallace (Mind Transmis | Texas | 10/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Occasionally the world is gifted with a true work of genius. Everything comes together like it should. The concept is unique; the packaging superb; and the final product outshines the highest expectations. Such is the infinite nature of Recoil. Alan Wilder is a prime example of an artist who made lots of money through his art, took time off to enjoy the fruits of his labor, then culled a reservoir of experience and talent to come back and release a profoundly satisfying work of art (seemingly unfettered by anything commercial or superficial). The only question I was left with was: only seven songs? All the extras on this release make it completely fulfilling, though.
This powerful and driving composition will inform and enrich any particular landscape you happen to be occupying at the moment on the planet earth. You will be taken into an ultrarich and stimulating tapestry of thoughts and sounds that go leagues beyond anything else. It is post-modern blues of the highest caliber.
It took real vision to conceptualize and actually fully realize the marriage between two seemingly disparate genres of music. Not only that, but the mind is treated to social commentary, a delving into the substantial pains of existence; and on through a delightful and mind expanding journey of sound that leads to catharsis. There are deeper levels upon levels of sounds here that emerge through various "listens."
Recoil is true art, something that effectively elevates and expands the sonic horizons of this generation. Soul music has now taken on magical and stunning dimensions!
Track Listings (7) - Disc #1