Underworld – Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future (2016) [e-Onkyo FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

While Underworld’s Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have retained what was special about their greatest triumphs – Dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest in the Infants were two of the most revered dance albums of the 1990s – Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future is never weighed down by its makers’ history. Karl Hyde’s “found” lyrics (using snippets of overheard conversations) are affecting, fractured evocations of the disorientations of modern urban life. Even the album’s title is a real-life utterance, a phrase Hyde’s father said to his mother shortly before he died. Opening track I Exhale has the sleazy ambience of David Bowie’s Lodger, its “blah, blah, blah” motif echoing the “far, far, far, away” refrain of Red Sails. But that and If Rah aside, Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future is dreamy and unabrasive. Gently menacing instrumental Santiago Cuatro has a Middle Eastern feel, while the smooth synthpop texture of the closing track Nylon Strung reaches a state of bliss. — www.theguardian.com

Tracklist:
1 I Exhale 08:11
2 If Rah 07:13
3 Low Burn 06:45
4 Santiago Cuatro 04:01
5 Motorhome 06:24
6 Ova Nova 05:32
7 Nylon Strung 06:48

Bonus Track for Japan:
8 Twenty Three Blue 06:44

Personnel:
Karl Hyde – vocals, guitars
Rick Smith – keyboards, mixing, vocals

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