List Price: $15.98Now Price: $11.51Release date: 2005-10-04Tracks: Disc 0:- Utopia
- Rock On
- Arpeggio
- Minidoux
- Oh Boy
- TV Dogs (Cathodica's Letter)
- Hard Tits
- Teen Beat Ocean
- Promo
- Tropical Metal
- Headache
- Moto
- Fast Life
- Radio Caca
Debut Classic
2005-11-18
I've heard horrible comparisons and blaming Jackson for copying other artists such as Daft Punk. This album IS house, but very very original at that, and probably the greatest debut album I've heard from any artist in years. Each song is put together brilliantly with montages of samples and glossy 80's texture. The album has a general dark atmosphere, but the end result isn't depressing at all but ecstatic.
Smash isn't just your old house album, it feels like an album. The only regret is the album seems to be a little short, but each song really seems to have its fullest effort, with some short fun in-betweens like "MOTO". So far I'm surprised to see this album get a bad-wrap...seriously astonished because this really feels like a classic. Anyone who thinks that this is bad has some screws loose!
Unprecedented Brilliance
2005-11-15
This album will literally amaze and rule every little bit of cilia in your brain. One of the most innovative and ingenious albums I have heard in a very long. The most unique aspect of this album that makes it so good are the tempo mismatches and the astounding clear static and clap samples. I dont know how he calibrated his EQ but I would like to find out!
One step forward, two steps back -
2005-10-22
I've been a big fan of JACKSON's remixes and tracks for several years, since he started putting them out since the late 90s, but this is his "debut" full-length CD release, and the first for major label WARP - well, Jackson takes one step forward, but two steps back - while his earlier cuts/remixes sounds more like peak-hour French electro-house ala early DAFT PUNK and/or CASSIUS, he's obviously been listening (stealing?) from a lot of AKUFEN and/or HERBERT type tracks, leading to his current cut-up style that sounds like a lot of contemporaries out there right about now - so while I cannot fault the "songs" here, I feel a bit of disappointment that what made Jackson so singular (check his earlier remixes from everyone from FREEFORM FIVE to SHAWN CHRISTOPHER) has now been overhauled to sound almost exactly like AKUFEN and the "boom selection" cut-up crew. Still, cool package, nice graphics, and worth a listen.
fairly even but good listen
2005-10-13
it sounds a lot like chris clark's clarence park meets mouse on mars idiology meets akufen's my way. utopia is an awesome track with shredded r'n'b diva vocals that sputter all over the place. hard t*ts is another track that stands out with it's piano melodies and crunchy beats that could easily have been lifted from freescha's whats come inside you. for the most part jackson keeps the tempo at a consistent mid pace throughout the entire disc so it's a pretty even listen. it's the tracks with the vocals that stand out from the pack but not neccessarily in a good way. the track with the little girl nonsensically rambling on and on is a good example. radio caca has a hidden track that starts in at about 18:47. i hate hidden tracks. this is good but not remarkable and there's nothing new or exciting here that hasn't been done before.
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