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Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 03/17/1998
Run Time: 50:23
Realizing that
trip-hop was a dead end, at least as far as hipness goes,
Morcheeba expanded their sonic palette on their second album,
Big Calm.
Trip-hop and
dance rhythms remain, but the trio has spent more time writing songs, crafting an album where
pop,
lounge, film
soundtracks,
reggae,
jazz, and
electronica all peacefully coexist. Consequently,
Big Calm is a stylistic
tour de force, evidence that
Morcheeba have turned into a mature, sophisticated group with impeccable taste. Occasionally, the album can sound a little distant, as if the fusions and productions were more important than the actual songs, but the trio is so musically adept, and
Skye Edwards' voice is so enchanting, that
Big Calm become irresistible in its own way.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
;)
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