Counterfeit 2
- Martin L. Gore
- Band Name: Martin L. Gore
- Record Label: Mute / Reprise
- Release Date: Apr 29, 2003
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80Gore's reworkings sparkle with visceral emotion, aching vulnerability, and sublime intensity.
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70The downside of Counterfeit2 is its uniformity.
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70This record is a high-quality package of music that will keep most DM fans happy, but is not exactly earth-shaking in any way.
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69Counterfeit 2 correctly presents itself as a box of hobbyish bric-a-brac for friends and completists.
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60In part gripping.... But Gore doesn't always push his voice to its brilliantly effete/effeminate extremes. [May 2003, p.104]
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60Gore's brittle choirboy voice lacks the depth and grandeur of Gahan's, but he still gamely takes on some adventurous choices. [Jun 2003, p.108]
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Gore is almost too polite to these songs, but surely that can be forgiven when his love for them is so apparent.
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60The problem lies in Gore's lack of emotional and musical range.
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40The musical treatment is Depeche Mode-lite, setting generally passionate songs in an antiseptic electronic context, and Gore's over-earnest voice lacks the presence to reinvigorate them. [May 2003, p.120]
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40While his taste is textbook classic, his arrangements are not. [May 2003, p.104]
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westra268Cool covers of weel known songs
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sergios8good job martin !!!!!!!!!!
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