Soulwax ‎– Much Against Everyone's Advice (2 CD)

The BONUS CD contains the international hits.

This "Much Against Everyone's Advice" was released in 1998, a time when everything coming out of Belgium seemed to be a small musical miracle made of grace and substance, and incidentally, it's a small masterpiece. In this album, Soulwax amaze with their ability to craft simple yet particular and refined songs, merging melodies almost in the Beatles style with cultured pop rock in the dEUS style, while when the guitars get harder, they seem in their small way to evoke certain Nirvana sounds.

Not original in the strictest sense of the word, they know how to draw very well from the source and rework everything by writing absolutely personal and heartfelt songs, which manage to strike and move those who listen thanks to their underlying melancholy. The entire tracklist is absolutely textbook, but standouts include "Conversation Intercom", "More Than This" (the real peak of the album, very calm and relaxed with acoustic guitar over electronic drums, then a guitar solo that seems to have come out of a late Beatles album), "Overweight Karate Kid", "Scream" (with its beautiful crescendo), "Saturday" (almost a reinterpretation of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, so much so that Soulwax later made a mash-up version using the base of Jackson's piece...).

Label: Play It Again Sam Records ‎– BIAS 360 CDNL

Country: Netherlands

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)