Faith Assembly has become known as the modern "new romantic" band, playing a lush style that many people associate with the some of the memoral artists from the 80's like Japan (David Sylvian), The Smiths, Simple Minds, Te... more »ars for Fears, or Depeche Mode. The moods and sounds of the album are especially memorable in modern classics like "Redemption" and "Denial".« less
Faith Assembly has become known as the modern "new romantic" band, playing a lush style that many people associate with the some of the memoral artists from the 80's like Japan (David Sylvian), The Smiths, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, or Depeche Mode. The moods and sounds of the album are especially memorable in modern classics like "Redemption" and "Denial".
CD Reviews
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M. Middleton | Midlands, UK. | 04/22/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Faith Assembly's "Shades of Blue" has to be their best CD to date. Using an extremely beautifal blend of male and female vocals, soft synths, samples from old films and big echoey 80s style drum sounds, "Shades of Blue" takes you right back 20 years ago. The lyrics deep and meaningful, this is an under-rated gem in the synthpop genre. Alot of Synthpop you can tell has just been churned out in a few weeks, but with this CD you can tell so much effort has been put into it. Buss' vocals are simply amazing as well, which blend perfectly with the enchanting tones of the female vocals.
Although all the tracks on the album are A* quality stuff, there are a few that stand out to me. In order of most favorite track first, they are "Denial", "Captive", "Pool of Tears" and "Darkness".
This CD is definatly worth getting your hands on if you like emotional synthpop at it's finest... and as an added bonus, there's a music video for "Denial" found on the CD."
My favorite synthpop group !!!
fxwei | Here & there. | 07/06/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you haven't picked up this album, you don't know what you're missing !! It's not just your ordinary synthpop solution; it's a high class synthpop with rich synthesizers, layered instruments, and well-blended vocals (male & female vocals combination -- which is kinda rare in synthpop genre nowadays). Plenty of great songs, as a matter of fact ALL tracks are GEMS. Don't wait no more, pick up this album; and other 'Faith Assembly' albums too. It's my favorite synthpop group at the moment !!"
One of the best Pop music CD's I ever heard!
Vinicio Valencia | MIAMI, FLORIDA United States | 12/12/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you like 80's and 90's electronic/pop music, this one is for you. 'Redemption' is the best, it's a 10 stars song! Hear the Pop-Remix near the end of the CD, IT'S SIMPLY AWESOME!. Compared to other pop bands like Depeche Mode, Alphaville, Pet Shop Boys, this ones have their own sofisticated style: a mixture of mystery, elegancy, hapiness and excelent rytms. GET IT!"
This is a great synthpop cd with a new romantic feel
Vinicio Valencia | 11/06/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"this cd is a jem. in my opinion there is not one song that is not a 5/5. the cd has a new romantic feel to it. it is hard to compare them to anyone. the song "pool of tears", has a beat kind of like a few new order songs. the songs have male and female vocals on them. the vocals are smooth but yet powerful. as an added plus, there is a neat cd rom for "denial" on it. GET THIS CD"
Track Listings (10) - Disc #1