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Delgados
Universal Audio
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
 
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All Artists: Delgados
Title: Universal Audio
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chemikal Underground
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Europe, Britain & Ireland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Their Best
music fan | Maryland | 11/14/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I really like the Delgados, but initially, I didn't like Universal Audio. It sounded bare compared to their traditional sound, and the songs were more sugary than I expected. After repeated listening, however, the album grew on me. The melodies sound more basic but there is a great deal of subtlety in the songs. The strings are gone, but the Delgados texture their songs brilliantly even without them. I especially like what they did with the vocals.



There is great variety in this album and all of the songs are great. Although I love the moody feel of Albums like Hate and Great Eastern and the great melodies of Peloton, Universal Audio is the best collection of Delgados songs thus far."
Great Scots
Alf0d | Birmingham, England | 12/03/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ever since I heard Everything Goes Around the Water on a freebie cd from Select Magazine (RIP) i've been a massive fan of this truly indie Scottish group (they run the Chemikal Underground label). Pixies-esque on their first LP, Domestiques they've embraced many musical styles over the span of their excellent five albums (this is the fifth).



The fourth, Hate, saw them immerse themselves in epic orchestrations but, while final track Now and Forever harks back to Hate, this is by and large The Delgados at their most poppy and upbeat. Fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian had a similar Eighties-esque makeover on their last album with equally impressive results. Surely fellow vanguards of the "new Scottish gentry" Franz Ferdinand sang about on their debut, it's about time this group got the acclaim and sales they deserve.



This is the kind of album the phrase "all killers no fillers" was made for, but if I had to pick an absolute favourite track it'd be Everybody Come Down. Fan. Tas. Tic."
Can't stop listening to it
G. Phipps | Seattle | 11/29/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Universal Audio is their masterpiece. I've been a fan since Peleton and have all their albums, so I think I have a bit of perspective. Oddly enough, even though the sound is stripped down from Hate, there so much happening sonically in each song that I unearth new sounds every time I listen. Universal Audio is so good that I can't listen to anything else. It truly bears repeated listening. Album of the year, definitely. Do yourself a favor and get this immediately. Highlights: The City Consumes Us, Sink or Swim, Bits of Bone, Girls of Valour, Keep on Breathing, Now and Forever, Come Undone. It's all good. I get chills when I listen to it."