Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Following a tide of critical acclaim and numerous appearances on every other chill-out compilation since records began, Groove Armada’s Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) has an awful lot to live up to. Vertigo released two years previously was a phenomenal success both critically and commercially spawning hits like “If Everybody Looked the Same” and the mighty “At the River”. Having found their niche of downbeat anthems that amble along smoothly, Groove Armada are exploring their style further. The opening track “Suntoucher” is a slow-burning dub plate featuring Jeru The Damaja which breaks into a supercool horn riff, a fantastic start to the album but at six and a half minutes does drag on a bit. Even the slightly more up-tempo numbers like first single “Superstylin” or “Fogma” don’t rush into anything too hectic, letting it build slowly before the bass hook and drums kick in with a lukewarm impact. Goodbye Country is another triumph for Groove Armada in musical terms with every track as good as the one before, but with so little of the quirky house for which they are equally accomplished it seems a shame that they chose to veer so strongly in the relaxed, downbeat direction. –David Trueman
Customer Review: Boring but true……
I appreciate there is a real tendency to have endless glowing reviews on amazon and that people rarely post negative feedback. Well, i’m afraid I am going down the glowing praise route. This album is absolutely supurb, without a doubt in the Top 5 of my entire collection and worthy of every star I have given it.
It has everything. The chilled out blissful tunes that made GA such a big hit with their first album Vertigo and the stomping floor fillers that get played out and about all the time. critics claim a good album must deliver from start to finish and take you on some sort of a journey. this album does exactly that, from the hip hop tinged Suntoucher via the upbeat Superstylin’ and Fogma (which is an immensely dirty fat tune!) which both raise the pulse somewhat, the haunting but beautiful Edgehill (try this LOUD on headphones!) to what is a real hidden gem, the dub mix of Tuning In. Now this tune features in GA’s later album ‘Lovebox’ in its vocal entirity and isn’t nearly as good as the dub. It is so melodic and deep and again slightly haunting but so so gorgeous. the vocals are so very sweet and just pull you along with a deep powerful slow bassline. It’s very basic and very simple but it really works.
this album is relatively old now but has not lost one speck of brilliance. It’s fair to say i love GA and have all their albums but the others do not come close to this. It is such a treat. My girlfriend had this album and dismissed it after a couple of listens so I made her try it again and needless to say she absolutely loves it now!!
An essential in any electronic music lovers library…….
Customer Review: Hello nightclub goodbye country indeed
This album may have recieved some chritisim over the past year or so yet what people fail to realise is that its a quality cd from a quality british duo. The tunes are all so different and unique. Like no other.
I mean superstillin is amazin, top notch. yes its not there best and no means there worst ( although they dont have a worst as of yet) but it is still well worth the asking price of two measly 5 pound notes. They still manage to produce quality tunes time after time and i listen to it every two weeks at least from a collection of 500cds. This really is true GROOVE armada!
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