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• Artist: Living Colour
• Album: Collide0scope
• Label: Sanctuary
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-01-12

Living who? Hmm, oh yeah. I remember these guys. It's been a long, long time since we have heard from them. In fact, I think I remember their last album being Stain and it came out in the early 90's. And you will remember that the band started out as quite a commercial band with songs like "Glamour Boys" and moved slowly and steadily into the metal realm. On Collideoscope, Living Colour actually have no expectations here because no one really expected another album from them. But the label Sanctuary is picking up these older bands that still have something to say. Collideoscope is Living Colour with mixed results. Some of the tracks show them stretching way out of their comfort zone like "Flying" that could possibly be a Seal song. It is radio ready. And even though Living Colour was an originator, I can't help but feel that the people that borrowed from them, like Sevendust and 311, were borrowed from for this album. Some of the music is very interesting and works on a couple levels. On "In Your Name" they try to be technically savvy with bleeps and phasers going in and out of an otherwise fine song. As before, we find a lot of songs in dub reggae style like "Nightmare City". We could do without "Pocket Of Tears". It doesn't have the hooks that we have come to love from Living Colour. An interesting decision was made for Collideoscope, Vernon and the crew decided to cover none other than the AC/DC classic, "Back In Black" and the kick it in the ass, Living Colour style. It's tracks like "Great Expectations" that keep Living Colour standing out after all these years. If you don't have high expectations, Collide0scope might just fit what you are looking for. It's not a groundbreaking album but there is still some very high quality material on here.

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