The Art Of Noise - In No Sense Nonsense (1988)
FLAC/CUE/IMG/LOG/SCANS | Rs.Com | 240 MB
1988 | Genre: Ambient, Altenative
FLAC/CUE/IMG/LOG/SCANS | Rs.Com | 240 MB
1988 | Genre: Ambient, Altenative
Review by Evan Cater
In No Sense? Nonsense! contains some of the Art of Noise's most compelling work. With this album, Anne Dudley and company expanded their new wave experiments to include more instrumental firepower. In addition to full rock band production (including electric guitars, drums, and synthesizers), this record makes use of brass band, orchestral, and choral music. The result is about as rich and complex as they ever got. In No Sense? Nonsense! is probably best known as the album that included their take on the theme from the '50s cop show Dragnet, used in the 1987 film version that starred Dan Akroyd and Tom Hanks. That track is certainly the most accessible on the record, but it somehow seems a little too punchy for the primary ambient pop surroundings. It might fit better on a different album. This record is more notable for tracks like "How Rapid?" and "Opus for Four" that engage in fanciful genre blending. At times, the sound almost begins to anticipate later ambient dance artists like Enigma and DJ Shadow. But the Art of Noise are aptly named and consequently limited. Their artful noise collage lacks the visceral impact afforded by those later bands. In No Sense? is more often interesting than beautiful.
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In No Sense? Nonsense! was the third full-length album by Art of Noise. By the time of its recording, the group had been reduced to a duo, with engineer Gary Langan leaving the previous year—Langan's mix engineering duties were taken over by Bob Kraushaar and Ted Hayton for this album, but the music was produced entirely by Anne Dudley and J.J. Jeczalik. The album saw the group expanding their sound to include rock and orchestral instrumentation, in addition to their trademark sampling.
Many of the album's tracks are seamlessly segued; ambient soundscapes blend into percussive rhythms, dramatic buildups, melodic string arrangements, and vocal choruses and chants. Musical motifs from "Dragnet" and "Ode To Don Jose" recur throughout the album.
Tracklisting:
"Galleons Of Stone"
"Dragnet"
"Fin Du Temps"
"How Rapid?"
"Opus For Four"
"Debut"
"E.F.L."
"A Day At The Races"
"Ode To Don Jose"
"Counterpoint"
"Roundabout 727"
"Ransom On The Sand"
"Roller 1"
"Nothing Was Going To Stop Them Then, Anyway"
"Crusoe"
"One Earth"
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