Dead Elvis

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Dead Elvis is the debut album by electronic and rock band Death in Vegas. It has the end of the 1990s sound with a mix of dance/triphop/jungle with rock like the Propellerheads. I must say that this sound has aged like good wine (or is it just me). Their album on the original list (and in the book) was "The Contino Sessions" which I found a bit boring, but maybe deserves another spin.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Dirt

R.I.P. Elvis

When I listened to the original list's Death In Vegas album, I was like: "Did we actually need this on the list?" then never thought about that album ever again. But apparently someone out there saw that and was like: "Hell no. We need TWO Death In Vegas albums on this list!" That's not a dig, I think that's really cool. Just goes to show how diverse music tastes are and that every album, no matter how forgettable it might be to me personally, is someone's favorite. Dudes rock. That being said, this shit kinda boring.

I gave the death in vegas album on the orginal list a 4, I really enjoyed it, this one didn’t really click the same. So I don’t think we need two albums from them.

Eh 2

Not something I would like to listen to again

On the official list's Death In Vegas selection I mentioned how much I liked it and should listen to more from this group. Here's my chance and, as I expected, I really liked this! Long double album but it was great to groove along to. Liked the guitar work in a lot of the songs.

Música electrónica. Así como ambiente. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

This is just a great, early 90's electronic album. Scratchy beats, occasional glitchyness, samples, jazzy floruishes. Perfect background music while working. Best Tracks: All The Glitters; Opium Shuffle; Dirt

That was an absolute tip of an album. I don't really know how to describe what I just listened to, but my brain certainly enjoyed it.

Intermittently cool/chill and interesting/engaging but too much that's filler/forgettable. Lacks soulfulness as does so much of the electronica of this vintage. Not as good as the otehr record, but pretty solid overall.

Alright

It's alright, a bit repetitive and long. Didn't expect to hear reggae. 3 stars.

My usual issues with this genre of music in that I just find the songs internally repetitive in a way that doesn't do a lot for me. Though I'll say this is nicely eclectic across the range of songs.

Solid ambient electronic LP with some interesting production elements and dance flair thrown in. For a 1997 release this sounds relatively modern, definitely some dated elements yet feels mostly fresh. Not as exciting or challenging as on 'The Contino Sessions,' but still feels like a decent addition and something different from the usual user list fare.

Electronica to get lost in while doing something

Turns out I quite like dub step. This was an interesting album, but too long.

This mostly isn't doing it for me, although I'm finding I love Rocco. Lots of cool stuff going on in this one. Kinda just came and went as background music and was a bit too long.

Interesting trip hoppy album that explores some different genres. Decent enough background music. All That Glitters and Opium Shuffle were actually really good for an opening one-two, but it fell off aside from Rocco.

This strikes me as a bit of a "throw it at the wall" record. It treads space from stoner blues (a la G Love) on opener All That Glitters, to dubby Opium Shuffle + G.B.H. + Twist & Crawl, to grimey drum n' bass (Dirt, Rekkit), to some more atmospheric electro (Amber). Net effect is not a bad listen, but not very focused and hardly demanding of another listen. Low 3 for me.