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skulliest | Edmonton, Alberta Canada | 02/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Well, I ran across this CD a while back and think it is deserving of a review. I bought it a long time ago and gave it a good listen, but it fell behind the other releases I have from FLA. But recently I've fallen in love with it. A little while ago, I found that I'm much more intrigued by the older FLA than the newer stuff. Don't get me wrong, the newer stuff is mind-blowing too. Bill Leeb is a master at dipping his sonic paintbrush in the darkest of colors and creating masterpeice after masterpeice. From old to new, FLA succeeds at creating very dark and, at times, disturbingly creepy songs. I've been listening to this collection of B-sides and I've noticed that the remixes by Greg Reely don't really stray too much from the originals; not that there's anything wrong with that... the originals are awesome. Very sinister. Overkill is here from the nearly impossible to find Provision single. Laughing Pain is a standout as well as Big Money. There is a guitarless and kinda funky version of The Blade, The only track here that was sonically out of place was the Intermix tune - Monument. Not that it is a bad song, on the contrary. It is a brief resurfacing of Intermix that is welcome. But, all in all, this is a worthwhile purchase for hardcore FLA fans who want to have all of the remixes and B-sides to complete their collections. And for newcomers to the FLA scene, this one might not be at the top of your list, but I'd recommend it to be up there somewhere.To hell with it... Just go and buy them all..."