3 bad out of 12 songs doesn't make a bad album. I look positively forward to the next 'Client' album.
'Aesthetic Perfection' blasts my brain as I listen the first time to 'Til Death. One dance floor hit hunts the next!
'Atoms & Emptiness' is a certainly good album, but it couldn't convince me completely. 'Stand Up' and 'I Forget' are in any case two super awesome club songs.
With 'No Sky To Fall', 'System Syn' do a lot better than on the previous album 'All Seasons Pass'.
I have a very complicated relationship with 'VNV Nation'. Either they produce the ultimate club hits, that I'm really addicted to or trivial songs mostly instrumentals that just bore me.
'Solar Fake' obviously has found a formula to a consistently good way producing Synth Pop albums. Soulful lyrics, catchy melodies and danceable beats.
'Noir' stands for best darkwave sound with a deep voice and strong electronic arrangements and melodies.
'Recovery' is as the name suggests a pure cover album of known hits. 'Parralox' plays the tracks in an awesome way to breathe a new life.
Recommended are the songs 'Mind Decay', 'God Am I' and of course the Pet Shop Boys cover 'It's A Sin'.
'Leaving Babylon' is a double-edged sword for me. To a great plan are there dance grenades like 'The Last Dance' and 'Prime Movers'.
For a debut album Ben Ivory has delivered a very good and solid Synthpop album here. The song 'The Righteous Ones' is especially dear to me.
'Electric' is a rather unusual 'Pet Shop Boys' album, but far better than its predecessor 'Elysium'.
