Resist (album)
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| Resist | ||
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| Studio album by Kosheen | ||
| Released | September 17, 2001 | |
| Genre | Drum and Bass, Trip hop | |
| Label | Moksha Records Sony BMG |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Kosheen chronology | ||
| Resist (2001) |
Kokopelli (2003) |
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Resist is the 2001 debut album of Kosheen, a drum and bass trio from Bristol, England. The album was first released in the Benelux countries as a limited edition by Moksha Records. The UK edition was released in September as a sixteen-track record by Sony BMG. The Japanese edition, released in 2003, was a double-CD set containing sixteen B-sides.
Resist was released to worldwide critical acclaim and became a tremendous international success. It is still considered one of the greatest drum and bass albums of all time.
Contents |
[edit] Track Listings
[edit] Benelux Limited Edition
- Demonstrate
- Hide U
- Catch
- Cover
- Harder
- (Slip & Slide) Suicide
- Empty Skies
- I Want it All
- Resist
- Repeat to Fade
- Hungry
- Face in a Crowd
- Pride
- Cruelty
- Let Go
- Playing Games
- Gone
[edit] UK 2 x Vinyl LP
- Demonstrate
- Hide U
- Catch
- Cover
- Harder
- (Slip & Slide) Suicide
- Empty Skies
- I Want it All
- Resist
- Hungry
- Face in a Crowd
- Pride
- Cruelty
- Let Go
- Gone
[edit] UK Enhanced CD
- Demonstrate
- Hide U
- Catch
- Cover
- Harder
- (Slip & Slide) Suicide
- Empty Skies
- I Want it All
- Resist
- Hungry
- Face in a Crowd
- Pride
- Cruelty
- Let Go
- Gone
- Hide U (John Creamer and Stephanie K Remix Edit)
- Hide U (Enhanced Video)
[edit] Singles
- 2000 "Empty Skies"/"Hide U" #73 UK
- 2000 "Catch" #86 UK
- 2001 "(Slip and Slide) Suicide" #50 UK
- 2001 "Hide U" #6 UK, #23 AUS
- 2001 "Catch" #15 UK, #27 AUS
- 2002 "Hungry" #13 UK, #53 AUS
- 2002 "Harder" #53 UK
[edit] Review
Kosheen, one of the new millennium's brightest junglists, makes a fierce introduction with their Kinetic Records debut, Resist. The title itself boasts a confidence and a desire to be unclassifiable, and Kosheen lives up to the test. They bring in classic new wave synths and mold breakbeat grooves into something dramatic. The first single, "Hide U," blasts with thick electronic breaks, and Sian Evans' soulful vocals are tragic but endearing with the fact that this track is tangible and raw.
Kosheen is attuned with what makes them become a trio -- and that is emotion. The human quality found on Resist suggests their powerful disposition inside drum'n'bass, but also in tweaking electronic music. "Hungry" swirls in acoustic-friendly backdrops and kitschy house loops, and it's the anguish felt in Evans' voice that serves a warning of someone's spiritual disarray.
"Slip and Slide (Suicide)" takes things a bit further. It's a massive bombast of syrupy jungle hits, a fall into club land, but a sophisticated call to poor behavior. Kosheen taps into what's internally affective. Resist is stylish and literate in doing so, but also a delectable addition to what emerged from Bristol in the early '90s. (AllMusic [1])
