Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Hold On To Your Structure (DVD)

Advantages: Great drum n bass tracks.
Disadvantages: May not be to everyones taste

...I first got this album in August of last year after searching for it all over the high street. I eventually managed to get it on Amazon for about Ten pounds. I achully came across Pendulum completely by accident,as I loved a song called 'Tarantula' by D.J HYPE and after Google Videoing it,I discovered that Pendulum had also released it and I gave a few of their songs a listen. I was especially taken by a song called 'Blood Sugar' and decided to get the album 'Hold your Colour'. 'Hold your Colour' is the debut album from Australian Drum n Bass set 'Pendulum',its achully a re-release and the album I have contains two different songs to the original album. Each song is extremely different to the next and they average a running time of 5 minutes each,there are 14 tracks. The cover features an eye,with bright coloured swirls around... Read review

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Advantages: lyrics to die for
Disadvantages: not enough tracks

..., 'Cacka Boom' According to the great philosopher Dury, 'No one said you must be good as gold. it's what you haven't done that matters when you're old' That line shoul be in everyones birthday card. But it's not just the lyrics. The Blockheads are and always have been a quality set-up. Check out Davey Payne's solo at the end of 'Itinerant Child' It's enough to make you go out and spend a fortune on a saxaphone! I was that man. If you can only afford one Ian Dury album, get this one. If not get the lot, but this is the best.... Read review

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Advantages: Some big tunes
Disadvantages: Inconsistent

...?Hold Your Colour? was released in 2005 as the debut album from the Australian Drum & Bass act Pendulum. This album found them bringing a commercially-friendly Drum & bass sound that gave them the chance to breakthrough (unlike most acts in this genre), however they would go on to over-do it with their second album ?In Silico? to their point where they lost their Drum & bass foundations. 1. ?Intro? 2. ?Slam? They get the album going with one of their biggest tracks and one that gave them the chance to break away into the mainstream with material that has them moving the general Electronica sound towards something that fits in with the styles that were prominent in the contemporary Drum & Bass scene and they achieved it effectively (although the synth at the breakdown wasn?t really that impressive). **Four Stars** 3. ?Plasticworld... Read review

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