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Decksandrumsandrockandroll
Album 1997: Wall Of Sound / Dreamworks / Universal


Propellerheads album featuring History Repeating, some international releases of this album contained You Want It Back as an extra track and the Japanese release also contains a bonus disk containing five other tracks.
 

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Track Listing

01. Take California
02. Echo And Bounce
03. Velvet Pants
04. Better?
05. Oh Yeah?
06. History Repeating
07. Winning Style
08. Bang On!
09. A Number Of Microphones
10. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
11. Bigger?
12. Cominagetcha
13. Spybreak!
 
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Review
 By Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Really, the title says it all — Decksanddrumsandrockandroll is about as close to rock & roll as big-beat techno is going to get. Taking their cue from the Chemical Brothers, the Bath-based duo Propellerheads offer a set of pummeling, ultra-loud beats that may dabble in funk, house, hip-hop, soul, and rap, but which all come out sounding as aggressive as rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that — at its best, big beat is as invigorating as any other music — but Propellerheads don't have the finesse, innovation, or style of the Chemical Brothers, the leading proponents of big beat. When they shake the beat up, whether on the wah-wah-drenched "Velvet Pants" or the pair of John Barry/James Bond tributes (a reworking of their cover of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "History Repeating"), it sounds like a tactical move, since they know they can't spend the entire album on thundering dance cuts like "Bang On!" and "Take California." That said, Decksanddrumsandrockandroll remains a strong big beat album, even if it ultimately doesn't reveal anything new, because the duo knows how to craft a hard-hitting, infectious rhythm track. And while that doesn't make them the next Chemical Brothers, it does make them the best in this style since the Chemicals.

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