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Podcast Episode
Season
Fourteen
number
728
Type
Album Review
Post Date
8/20/2024

Faithless

728 Sunday 8 PM by Faithless

Sunday 8 PM

Label
Cheeky, BMG
Release year
1998
Producer
Rollo
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Faithless may be best know for their energetic club hit God Is A DJ, but their 1998 album Sunday 8 PM spends more time in downtempo trip hop

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Bands scoring a hit with a single that doesn't sound much like the rest of the album is not unusual. Blur, Sugar Ray, the Butthole Surfers, Nada Surf, and more had hits that might have confused buyers when the bought the respective albums, and the same goes for Faithless, and their 1998 album Sunday 8 PM. Thanks to the uptempo house hit "God Is A DJ," the band gained fans on both sides of the Atlantic. However, aside from one other track, the rest of the album runs at half that speed, mixing electronic downtempo and soul sampled trip-hop. It results in an uneven album that feels more like a collection of really good singles instead of a cohesive musical statement, but the highs, including a stirring vocal performance by Boy George, make the record one worth checking out.

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - The Garden
  • 20:19 - Why Go?
  • 32:02 - Hour of Need
  • 36:01 - Rock That Doesn't Roll / Dope Nostalgia podcast promos
  • 39:03 - Bring My Family Back
  • 42:12 - God Is A DJ
  • Outro - Killer's Lullaby

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