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KMFDM - Agogo Audio CD

A fair review of the KMFDM "Agogo" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all KMFDM reviews here, or go back to the KMFDM tabs.

KMFDM Band: KMFDM
Title: Agogo
Rating:
Release Date: 1998-11-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Thank You [#] 2: Godlike 3: Virus-Dub 4: Rip the System! 5: Naff Off 6: Mysterious Ways 7: Ooh La La 8: Hole in the Wall [#] 9: Agogo [#] 10: Zip [#]

The title track is smoother than velvet.
Plenty other better KMFDM albums but this contains some essentials: Ooh La La, Naff Off, and Agogo. . . that song is so grooovy! It is seriously one of KMFDM's best songs. 7 minutes of retro-industrial with a funky edge. I do recommend you get this if you have every other KMFDM album including the original NAIVE. Nuff said.


Shared Human Flesh with Satan's Brother!
And, really, was I supposed to be? KMFDM albums aren't normally met with such harsh resolve from these hands, but this isn't really a "KMFDM album" and it doesn't deserve a lot of acclaim. First, I have to say that this isn't typical of KMFDM and I wasn't really impressed with it. Its more of a trinket for fans than anything with substance, with a lot of tracks but little in the way of "new stuff. " It's more akin to a collection of songs that were/are out-of-print mingling with a lot of elderly sounds than anything, with a couple of songs I really wanted to have thrown in so I'd buy it.
And it worked. I bought it.

That said, there are two things on the album that I really enjoyed getting my hands on:
(1) I was really glad to see "Ooh La La" pop up on something besides the Hellraiser III soundtrack, because I'm not really a soundtrack collector. The themes on soundtracks are too sparse to always have appeal, and it oftentimes seems like a gem ends up mixed into lots of lumps of coal. And "Ooh La La" fits that bill, because it is a great song mixed into a sub par soundtrack. It has the beat a KMFDM song requires, the lyrics, and the build as a whole. It would have easily passed as an album staple with no problems, but ended up on that soundtrack for a while before this.
(2) "Mysterious Ways" is good because KMFDM covers are always fun. It was pretty cool to hear them doing U2 the way they wanted to do them, making a song that sounded a lot better than the "real thing" to me (and, no, I'm not a U2 fan). In fact, it was an odd experience. A minute into a U2 song and I hadn't reached for the fast forward!

And the other stuff, while out-of-print or some remix of another song, isn't really needed. I like it because its premixed into a sampler of songs I enjoy, some like Virus and Godlike and Hole in the Wall alot, but its still not something I'd point someone who hasn't had KMFDM contact at and say "you want this. " I say that again because the "unreleased material" doesn't mean "new songs. " It simply means "new mixes and a couple of new songs. " So, recapping, I'd say steer clear unless you're a fan in need of tracks for your audio veins!.


Strap on your Agogo boots and go for a ride
The cover of U2'S "Mysterious Ways" far surpasses the original. This is a wonderful collection of rare tracks from one of my favorite bands. And "Zip" is probably one of the most hilarious songs I have ever heard. I am not a guy, but I can only imagine what it would be like to get my caught in the zip of my pants. Although other than these two priceless tracks the rest of the album is not all that great. But if you are a KMFDM fan, and desire to have a complete collection be sure to pick this up.


not their best
Their other albums have a higher level of intensity and creativity then Agogo. I like KMFDM a lot but Agogo is not the best work I have seen the band do. It just seems that Agogo was but toghether by their record company knowing that it would be one the last times they would be able knowing that the band would break up soon. There are good songs on here like the cover of U2's mysterious ways and is defenetely good for the die-hard KMFDM fans.


Cool mixes
Both those songs are really dumb. This album rocks, but with the exception of two songs: "Thankyou" and "Zip". The rest of the album, however, is great. "Godlike" is the heaviest mix of "Godlike" that I've ever heard; "Agogo" is really funky; "Virus-Dub" is awesome, it's got a cool Carribean beat to it, and it's way better than "Virus-Pestillence"; "Hole In The Wall" is okay, but I've heard better mixes; "Naff Off" is really good; and the mix of "Rip The System" is mediocre (it's a bad song anyway). Basically get this album for "Godlike", "Virus-dub", "Naff Off", and "Agogo".


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