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I admit being disappointed by the album as well.
Chicane was the first Trance style artist that I really got into, and I love almost all of his older BTS and prior material. His style is distinctive, yet still has that Chilled Trance aspect to it that makes it enjoyable.
I think the new album still sounds like it has aspects of the old Chicane, but he's clearly going in a different direction, and taking the next step toward pop that BTS already represented to diehard fans of FFTMC.
The new album is almost all vocal tracks, most of them are quite short, and they sound very radio friendly. There are hints of ambience along the way: Arizona Part 2, Empires, In Praise of the Sun, but unfortunately most of the album sounds more like his Cher productions than the old Chicane sound.
I don't think there's anything wrong with new directions for artists, but I have to say that judging by the initial reactions from most people on the boards, and my own, that Nick is going to lose many of his old fans with the new record.
Of course, a lot of this could be saved if he would do some Disco Citizens reworks, but so far he hasn't indicated that he has any desire to do that, and in interviews seems intent on distancing himself from his old dance music oriented image.
The remixes that came out for Locking Down and Love on the Run were both so-so for my tastes, but I do think that with the proper remixing (and removing of vocals in some cases) they could become much better tracks.
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