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All the surprise of a political campaign....

W. Johnson | The Mile High City | 11/28/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Why do I say that. This CD might have been highly awaited for had it not been in circulation before the final version finally dribbled out into the stores. So anyone who was into Greg Dulli had likely heard much of the cd or knew what to expect. All the surprise of a political campaign or looking at your X-Mas presents that have been hidden away from your prying eyes.Taken as a singular entity Twilight is a fair enough album and would be marked as an interesting diversion. That it is the work of Greg Dulli, raises the bar considerably higher. Unfortunitely Twilight doe snot quite hit the mark. My key issue was the meeting of Dulli's signature soul oriented songsmanship with more of a techno/electronica sensibility. It is a sound that comes off as something of a compromise and slightly inorganic. If you are a Dulli completist or are looking for something slightly different from the alternative rock subset this is a fair enough album to listen to over time. Don't expect to be blown over by it though."

It's not SUPPOSED to be the whigs, people!

Brent Chapman | indianapolis, in United States | 01/09/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"yeah, yeah, it's not the whigs. but neither was "1965", in my opinion. this is greg dulli. a little happier, freed up from rock angst, liberated by a drum machine. the guilt that fueled dulli in the whigs days, at least up to "black love", seems to have dissipated. now he's all about getting it on. i loved the whigs, and i love "twilight." yes, they are very different entities, but after hearing "1965" you had to know where dulli was heading with his next project.overproduced? yeah. but who cares? this is lush, get-it-on music. i have a copy of "love" before the fila brazilia extreme makeover, and it's great, but the album version fits perfectly into the feel of the record. sure, this album is not perfect, "annie mae" falls a little flat for some reason. but all of the other songs are very good, with some greatness scattered into the mix.and let's not forget shawn smith and happy chichester. are there any less appreciated guys in music today? these guys are amazing talents, but no one's heard of them. the three part harmonies between these guys are heartbreaking.so go out and get the record. and get the new howling maggie, too."

Fallacy of gestalt

A. O. Dugo | Washington, DC | 03/17/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It seems that listeners don't understand that this album is NOT Greg Dulli, nor is it Fila Brazillia. It is an entirely new and synergistic beast, and this is why it is not called "Fila Brazillia plays Dulli" or something of the like. This is one of the few albums that I can listen to for hours upon hours, and this is entirely the result of experimentation, collective vision, and a superb analogy between lyric, instrumentation and production. Somehow, the Twilights are able to combine racking heartache and betrayal with appropriate bittersweetness to create a masterpiece of ephemera. I constantly feel after listening that I have lost something deep inside -- but found the marrow of myself nevertheless. Of the songs abounding in the soundtrack I play inside my head, tracks from Twilight invariably pop up out of the blue, and I find myself humming for hours. It's a truly complex album too -- I'm always finding a note here or there that I never noticed, without which the songs wouldn't quite be the same -- the hallmark of an excellent work. Quite frankly, this is a beautiful album of true and unfettered emotion -- the layering of sounds only serves to further amplify -- and the segues are fantastic, rivaling perhaps the second side of Abbey Road. The irony here is the album's ability to make you feel as if you're falling in love despite lyrics such as "tell me where you were." Again, a bittersweetness that always leaves me wanting more."