Track Listing

1. I Should Know
2. Ghosts
3. Lost Not Found
4. Days Go By
5. Throwing Shapes
6. Candles
7. All Or Nothing
8. Alive
9. 7AM
10. The Brazilian
11. Simple Things Part 2
12. Days Go By (Acoustic)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50137 in Music
• Released on: 2002-06-04
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Not exactly dance-pop as commonly defined by Erasure or the Pet Shop Boys, Dirty Vegas's self-titled album nonetheless fits into the genre. In fact, "trace-pop" is arguably the best definition, as it is the likely offspring of Madonna's Ray of Light and Electronic's seminal debut CD. Promising, yes, but the songs become rather indistinguishable from one another, mainly because the vocals--compressed and folky--lend a sameness to tracks that are otherwise diverse in tone and pace. About half the album really shines. "I Should Know" marries a thumping techno beat with a euphoric Disney-like wonderment. "7AM" boasts the best melody on the album. The instrumental "The Brazilian" showcases the song's strength underneath the homogenizing vocals. And finally, "Days Go By," featured in a popular car commercial, mesmerizes with synthesized bongos and cosmic rhythmic brush strokes. --Beth Massa

From URB Magazine
Realize it or not, but you and most of mainstream American society are already intimately aware of UK trio Dirty Vegas. Thanks to the increasingly interesting world of car commercials mining the best of left-field electronic music for their soundtracks, we now have the world's first band to debut as part of a Mitsubishi campaign. Their electro-heavy "Days Gone By" will instantly invoke images of that hot brunette in the sexy cap dancing her cute little butt off, pop-lock style, from the heavily rotated advert (apologies to those with better things to do than watch TV). So when track 4 rolls around, prepare for anyone within earshot to ask, "What is this song?" Marketers around the world simultaneously weep with joy.

For the most part, Dirty Vegas play up the notoriety by not straying too far from the template set by "Days Gone By," with dance-intensive tracks like "Throwing Shapes," sharing the Mitsubishi song's thick psychedelic undertones, gurgling electro bass tones and slightly treated vocals of Steve Smith. Still, these fellows have their eyes set on more than just the dance floor, as they delve into straight pop-rock songwriting on numbers like "All or Nothing" (think an album track from mid-period Genesis. If you can't, your dad might have some in the den) and an acoustic version of "Days Gone By." From there the album kicks into cruise control, riding the easy-listening thump of "Alive" and the higher BPMs of "7am." So you want to go for a ride?

Timothy Brown

Customer Reviews

Love this CD!! Downtempo & Trance Tracks
I had been familiar with Dirty Vegas through the very popular song Days Go By. When I ought this cd, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was blown away by the cd. It is a eclectic mix of electronica that I would compare to Crystal Method's Vegas album in quality.

There are a number of lazy, downtempo tracks as well as some awesome Trance Songs, which I am not familiar with at all, but would fit right in with a set of usual Club Trance fare.

Better than the car commercial...
It's too bad the fellows from Dirty Vegas have gone under the radar, as this CD is a gem amongst my collection. Great harmonies in the vocals and a chill ambiance give this album significant hours of play-time in my CD changer. It has an uncannily romantic feel to it as well which never fails to please whenever a date is around. Thumbs up, all the way.

You Should Know
Try not to think of the car commercial and you'll find "Days Go By" as a great song. Play the whole thing and you'll find how the rest of the songs also epitomize the sound of club music. They're a little like transcient pop, a little techo, and a little new age, but best of all are the hypnotic grooves which dominate this collection. This is dance music made chic with words that give food for thought. For example: "Never know what the future will bring, leave the past cause it don't mean a thing, so this is all or nothing."