Ruckus

Product Details

Artist : Galactic
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0060768464322
Label : EMI Music Canada
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2003-10-07
UPC : 607684643228

ASIN : B0000CDL76

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Bittersweet
2. Bongo Joe
3. Moil
4. Paint
5. Never Called You Crazy
6. Gypsy Fade
7. Mercamon
8. Uptown Odyssey
9. Kid Kenner
10. Beast
11. Tenderness
12. All Behind You Now
13. Doomed

Customer Reviews

Very dissappointing (2004-06-27)

Galactic has been one of my favorite bands for several years. I ran out and bought this album the day it came out and I was extremely dissappointed. First let me say that I am all for bands changing their style and adding new elements to their music. After all, nobody wants to hear the same thing over and over again. However, this album does not even sound like the same band that I have loved for years. I think one of the other reviewers put it best, saying that they band members sound "bored" on this album. The songs have no direction whatsoever, and certainly don't demonstrate the talent and musicianship that the band members have. They have a complete lack of energy that I think is one of the fundamental aspects of Galactic's music. I thought that the album would grow on me but every time I throw it in the CD player it is just as painful to listen to as the last. Eventually, I even threw it in the box of "CD's to get rid of," along with Hootie and the Blowfish, Bush, and various other bad CD's that I've accumulated over the years.

While I love to see my favorite bands grow and change, this album doesn't sound natural to me. It sounds like they forced a lot of extra stuff into their music just to make it sound different. I gave it a 3 just because there is so much other bad music out there that still makes this album sound awesome.

Something different... (2004-02-18)

for me. I'm not really familiar with 'funk' music since I mostly listen to metal and hardcore, but I discovered Galactic while looking through a different music site and decided to listen to the samples. I thought they sounded good enough so I bought the album and enjoyed it for the most part.

The faster songs are better, in my opinion, and I like how the bass sounds. I just wish there were more keyboards and saxophones, because those made the songs stand out more. The album was also a little repetitive at times, like when the drummer kept repeating himself, although he did excellent fills.

Pretty good and something different for me. I really like the songs Uptown Odyssey and Tenderness. Really good lyrics, too.

Happy Surprise! (2004-01-25)

I was really afraid that Dan the Automater would suck the life out of Galactic. In my head, I heard a lifeless, electronic dance mix version of Stanton, Rich, Houseman and company. Happily, I was wrong. D the A accentuates rather than obliterates. The electronic flourishes are like a missing piece rather than the entire puzzle. Recommended cuts include "Bittersweet", "The Moil" and my personal favorite "Tenderness". If this doesn't get your south side shakin, nothing will. I guarantee it!

High Fives all around (2003-12-22)

I have been a Galactic fan for sometime and like many others, I get a little skeptical when a dramatic departure from the "norm" occurs. But in the this case, I'm sure I'm not the first to say that this is an exciting, encouraging and refreshing step into the latest chapter of Galactic. The group has really done great job at folding their bedrock funk with new music approaches and techniques without losing their trademark sound. If you are dissapointed that it doesn't sound exactly like 'Coolin' Off' or 'Late for the Future', your missing the point. This is not a repeat of the past and the band's meaningful funk is not lost on me. I mean "Never Called You Crazy" and "Uptown Odyssey", come on, this one works hard!

Overproduced (2003-12-19)

I was psyched to hear that Galactic had signed on Dan "the Automator" to produce this album. I was sure he would help Galctic produce some single quality tracks and that we might even get to see these guys on MTV. What we got instead was an overproduced album that contains some great tunes that were destroyed by a very non-Galactic move toward a slicker sound which isn't very flattering to Galactic's brand of musicianship. The only highlights are the songs featuring the Houseman in which his vocals distract you from the slickly produced backing music.

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