Search - Tones on Tail :: Night Music

Great Collection but get "Everything" instead

SandmanVI | Glen Allen, VA United States | 02/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Excellent collection by an excellent band... but "Everything" is cheaper, domestic and has all of these songs and more including the must-have "Performance".Get this if you can't find the other."

A must-have for fans of dark electronic music!

SandmanVI | 09/06/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is a close-to-complete collection of the solid body of work produced by Daniel Ash (ex-Bauhuas, current Love & Rockets) along with the help of Glenn Campling (Bauhaus raodie) and Kevin Haskins (ex-Bauhaus, current Love & Rockets) which was scattered on numerous 12" vinyl releases over about a 5 year period. * Tones On Tail was originally a pet project of Ash's while he was still in Bauhaus. And some of the tracks on Bauhaus's last album "Burning from the Inside" sound identicle to TOT ("Slice of Life" in particular"). * The music has a definate electronic body to it unlike most of Bauhaus, but Ash's trademark quirky electric guitar and spidery accoustic guitar work remain to round out the dark synth pop very well (Ash often called it "weird pop"). * All in all, TOT were ahead of their time, and may still be considering very few artists have achieved the unique balance of guitars and electronics that this band did. * This is a must have for any fan of dark electronic music. * (Other bands similar to TOT: Gary Numan, Dead Can Dance, Coil, Tear Garden, and of course, Bauhaus, Love & Rockets and Daniel Ash's solo work.)"

Could this be better than Bauhaus?

Douglas Coronel | Santa Clarita, CA United States | 07/26/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I know you are thinking I am guilty of blasphemy, but this CD could quite possibly be better than the group's earlier incarnation, Bauhaus. After all, who really thought Bauhaus last CD, Burning, was anything special? It was like a Pink Floyd garage session. This CD has amazing atmospheric original work, with combinations of eerie guitars and spacey keyboards. -Real Life- and -Rain- are perhaps the best songs ever made by Ash and company."