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  • Summary: The Icelandic band is quite a bit different from the one that released 1999's varied 'This Is Normal,' losing most of its members and changing its name (now, officially, "gusgus") and record label in the interim. Now consisting of just 4 members--three DJs and a new vocalist--gusgus offer upThe Icelandic band is quite a bit different from the one that released 1999's varied 'This Is Normal,' losing most of its members and changing its name (now, officially, "gusgus") and record label in the interim. Now consisting of just 4 members--three DJs and a new vocalist--gusgus offer up a more focused sound on 'Attention,' which tends toward stripped-down electronica and early-'80s electro sounds. Expand
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
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  1. Occasionally, the album's spare, simple approach feels chilly and monotonous, but when it all comes together, as on the percolating, insistent "Your Moves Are Mine,"Attention reveals itself as a stylish, strangely romantic collection of club music.
  2. The most potent and cohesive album of its career.
  3. Continues in the GusGus tradition of decent, thinking-man's dance music.
  4. 70
    Sleek and motorized, gusgus has paid close Attention to detail in etching a metallic mural of current interests.
  5. Urb
    60
    A solid [re]introduction to the scene. [Sep 2002, p.106]
  6. Mixer
    60
    The well-produced sheen of Gusgus' biggest club hits may be gone, but longtime fans should be open-minded enough to accept these mostly interesting, and danceable, explorations of techno's funky roots. [Sep 2002, p.80]
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    The sense of creative retreat is disappointing. [Jan 2003, p.118]

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  1. chrisc
    Dec 27, 2002
    8
    nice retro sounds earth has a beautiful voice love the photo of the highway in the fog