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Urban Hat€monger ? 06-14-2006 04:02 PM

A Certain Ratio
 
Been listening to them a lot lately.

It`s fair to say that they probably spent most of their career under the shadow of Joy Division at Factory, but that shouldn`t detract from some of the stuff they did.

They`re a good mix of of post punk with funk influences.I`ve seen them described as Joy Division mixed with James Brown , which is probably true for their first single but it doesn`t really do justice for the rest.

anyway here`s a link for Early , a retrospective collection of some of the bands work at their peak from 81-85.

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cardboard adolescent 06-14-2006 04:03 PM

Sweet, I've been meaning to get into them.

Thanks Urban.

hiu 06-14-2006 11:04 PM

A Certain Ratio are pretty top notch, I always find myself making compararions to Gang of Four when listening to them which, generally is a good thing. I'd Like To See You Again is my favourite album, though they never made an albums worth of material that stood out to me, just a couple of great songs each album.

IndiElectronica 06-15-2006 04:07 AM

a band that only brits seemed to ever like... what i've heard I thought was pretty dull...

will give that link a try tho

Expletive Deleted 06-15-2006 04:20 PM

I have Early and I love it, but I hear the rest of their output is pretty uneven and they don't really have any albums worth buying. Is that true?

Urban Hat€monger ? 06-15-2006 04:27 PM

Pretty much.

They seem to be one of these bands that deteriorate with every album , they became more & more electronic with each album. To Each their first albums is where most of the Joy Division comparisons came in. Sextet & I'd Like to See You Again are more funk & electronica based.
Anything after those three are really not worth bothering with.

swim 06-26-2006 02:18 PM

I like them a lot. To Each and Sextet are my favorite albums. They're not really the best at making a good album but they do write damn good songs.


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