En-Tact

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jason-cobb

This was interesting as a document of early 90s rave culture, but of little value elsewhere. You wouldn't sit down of an evening, light up the log fire and say HEY! I know what: Let's play The Shamen's En-Tact on vinyl whilst we wind down for the day. I always thought it was quite a leap of faith from their psych prog early output to the dance crossover. En-Tact sounds like a step too far. It's the soundtrack for walking around Camden Market in 1993 and having a headache.

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boombox-generation

I didn't mind this, but it didn't really grab me either. A Thursday morning work shift is probably not the ideal setting for listening to this, either. Lots of dance tropes in here - the Hip Hoppy bits; the repeated samples on various tracks; the cutting up of the track for dynamic effect. The only bit that stood out was the 'move any mountain' refrain, and that was due to a) familiarity and b) the repetition throughout this album.

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