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Like The Killers, The Bravery, Shiny Toy Guns, HelloGoodbye, and The Sounds, The Faint brings us the vibes of The Cure, New Order, and other 80s new wave bands, with a nice mix of synth driven dance tracks (agenda suicide, glass danse, let the poison spill, your retro career melted, the conductor) and harder, alternative rock tracks. If you like the bands I mentioned, don't hesitate to this CD, their follow-up "Wet From Birth", and the remix CD of this album!
August 8, 2007Okay, so The Faint aren't doing anything new or revolutionary, but they have a pretty unique sound and definitely drop the smokin' dance-y tunes we have come to expect from them.
Honestly, this record is loads of fun. It makes you want to dance around the room and sing along like a fool. Plus, their lyrics touch on themes not usually addressed in your usual dance rock fare (see: The Conductor, Ballad of a Paralysed Citizen).
It gets five stars based on its sheer fun quotient.
May 27, 2007This CD is incredible. Some songs are good, some songs are incredible. Go and buy this CD right now! The best songs on this cd are:
1. Glass Danse
2. Your retro career melted
3. Agenda Suicide
4. Let the poison spill from your throat
5. Total Job
July 26, 2006 "Dance Macabre" literally means "Dance of the Dead" and is an achaiac traditon of dancing with the corpse at a funeral; sort of like a final party thing. That being said, the title seems very approprate for the very goth-rock inspired, electronic sound of this album. Mixing morbid themes with dance beats, The Faint definetly have some issues, but those issues make a pretty cool sound.
April 16, 2006As a big synth fan of all types and as a long-time Faint fan, I would say Danse Macabre is still one of the best, if not THE best, cd in my entire electro collection. Their other albums are also definately top runners. To any new listeners who are trying to decide which album to buy first, pick this one up and if you love it (how could you NOT?), then check out their newest release: Wet From Birth. It has some irresistable violins in some songs. Danse Macabre is best for a first listen because of songs like Glass Danse and Let the Poison Spill. They grab you right away and throw you for a high energy whirlwind of purely perfect music that has you bouncing around like a maniac in no time. As you listen to it more, songs like The Conductor, Total Job, and Agenda Suicide make their presence more known. Every song on here except Ballad of a Paralyzed Citizen has at one point been my "favorite song", and after all that, Danse Macabre will go down as one of my all-time favorite CDs. THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANY MUSIC FAN.
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