In Silico (Special Edition)

Product Details

Artist : Pendulum
Format : Enhanced, Limited Edition
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0825646952762
Label : Warner
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2008-05-12
UPC : 825646952762

ASIN : B0017PCX3O

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Showdown
2. Different
3. Propane Nightmares
4. Visions
5. Midnight Runner
6. The Other Side
7. Mutiny
8. 9,000 Miles
9. Granite
10. The Tempest
11. Propane - VIP remix
12. Propane -Celldweller remix
13. Propane Video (edit)
14. Granite live video (From Electric Ballroom)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

In Silico might be the second album from Pendulum, but it's their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album Hold Your Colour was a muscular collection of hard drum'n'bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On In Silico, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band's production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum's fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener "Slowdown" imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progressive rock-out mode, while the elegiac "Propane Nightmares" commences with a Mariachi trumpet serenade. Dance connoisseurs will probably complain Pendulum's beats lack a certain finesse, but if you like your dance music a) fast and b) hard then In Silico has all bases covered. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

The Worlds Finest (2008-09-10)

Im not a massive fan of drum n bass and dont think i ever will be but 'In Silico' has certainly drawn me in and made me think twice. I constantly listened to Radio 1 talking about how great Pendulum were so i thought i had to listen for myself and see if they were all they were cracked up to be!!They certainly didnt disappoint!I only brought this album at the weekend and it has been playing on my car radio ever since. 'Propane Nightmares' is probably the stand out track on the album and the most recognisable to any non-pendulum fan but 'The Other Side', '9,000 Miles' & 'Granite' are other faviroutes.A must buy for anyone!

in silico (2008-08-26)

My first impressions were good, as pendulum introduced me into d`n b. But after much listening and reading outher reviews I have come to notice that this album is just there to get them into the charts, regardless of true brum and bass. Pendulum have fused together a load of power chourds and a live drummer to what could potentally been a d`n b track. So in all; this is just really bassy rock music, (and I hate rock).

An album that will be quickly forgotten (2008-08-18)

I must say that I agree entirely with the review by Mr H Pearce, entitled "A change of direction", and cited as the "most helpful critical review" - he has hit the nail on the head.I too was a big fan of Hold Your Colour as a superb cross-over album, with just the right amount of grittiness to make substantial rock and DnB references, without making both completely homogonised and bland. Alas, in Silico homogonises pretty hard, and the result is an album that sounds as though it were expressly composed for the lastest Hollywood blockbuster soundtrack.As per Mr Pearce's insightful review, it will doubtless have a few feet tapping when it comes on that bit later in some of the bars, but this album will be forgotten long before Hold Your Colour. No stand out classics here, in an effort to appeal to absolutley everyone. Bit of a shame.

Had to listen to a few songs twice but.... (2008-07-25)

Its a great album! I must admit they do seem to have changed their sound since hold your colour, however im an indie/rock/bassline guy, and pendulum seem to have mixed these genres plus sum drum n bass, tho i must also admit that they seem to have moved slightly away from drum n bass, but each song is unique, my fav's being 'different', 'the other side', 'mutiny', and 'the tempest', where 'the tempest' and 'the other side' are more heavy than most of the other tunes.Overall id say 9/10, took a cuple of goes before liking the album but very hard for me to put the album down!

makes a change (2008-07-25)

this cd was brought in by one of my 16-year-old's friends. It is the first bit of music that any of this group of metalheads have played that I have enjoyed. I will go further. I love it - I usually like clubby stuff, trance (loads of different Euphoria in my collection) so this is a bit different for me. Anyway this old lady likes pendulum, you too may find that it makes it easier to live in a house full of male teenagers.

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