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A good start, but then it just sounds the same...

Madison_Bob | Wisconsin | 08/29/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I heard the song "The World Belongs To Us" on an IPOD right after seeing that Pixar "Robots" movie. It was dark outside, I was tired and cold, and I had just sat through about 90 minutes of a Robin Williams voice-over. In short, my soul was in a dark,dark place. But the song made a big impact - it was driving, brooding and yet catchy. I found myself humming the chorus all night...



I bought the album "Re:vision" (with "The World Belongs To Us" as the first track) with expectations that were, perhaps, too high. Why it had been several weeks since the fawning, marble-mouthed voice of Mr. Williams bubbled up into my consciousness, like reflux from a bad burrito. Perhaps, I hoped, perhaps listening to the whole album would wipe all memories of him from my mind(except maybe Aladin...I'll give him that one). Alas, "Re:Vision" did not do that. Nanu, nanu.



Apart from Track 1 "The World Belongs To Us", and to a lesser extent Track 5 "Flesh Menagerie (funker vogt rmx)", nothing really stood out for me on the album. The other songs are sort of the run-of-the-mill eltronic-techno-industrial-"the system is down" stuff, with one track substitutable for another.



Perhaps I need to give it a few more listenings for it to grow on me more. Perhaps I need to take down the giant 25 foot poster of Robin Williams hanging above my bed and unlock the shackles of digust and revulsion by my own hand. When will I realize that no song, no album, however well intentioned, can wipe away "Patch Adams" from my soul? Perhaps when I accept that truth, I will truly enjoy "Re:vision"



Bob"