The Faint Album: “Danse Macabre Remixes”

Most of the remixes are dull and fail to present an interesting interpretation of the original "Danse Macabre" album.

I was especially disappointed with the remix of "Glass Danse"- I expected someone like Paul Oakenfold to do a better job.

The only remix that really stands out is "Let the Poison Spill" by Tommie Sunshine. It transforms the original song in a very refreshing way, totally taking out the gloomy atmosphere of the original and turning it into something uplifting and danceable.

On the whole, this is an album you can listen to but there's nothing special about it.

Danse Macabre was a great cd but the remixes just had more zing if you're into pushing your subs to their fullest. It's more of an ear candy release. It's like.. "lets take the Faint and turn the songs into something that would be a good soundtrack for a nightclub scene in some action flick". Danse Macabre is more for my indoor listening pleasure and the remixes are for the car when I like to rattle windows as I drive by. Just two different ways to enjoy the Faint.

As with almost any remix disc, die hard fans of the original won't like it. This album was no exception. The only reason that this album is not totally horrible is the fact that they have a great foundation. While Danse Macabre is an amazing CD, the remixes seem to be nothing but club/techno cuts of some amazing songs, focusing more on consistent beats and overworked build-ups than on the vocals. The only thing this album didn't fail to do was rob The Faint of their original "ectroclash/industrial" sound. If you can make it past the first song, the rest of the album doesn't sound as bad. While the trite nightclub beats and mainstream pop mixes almost cloud out the original intent, they still remain The Faint.

The Faint are a great band, but it seems kind of funny to me how they are associated with the emo/indie scene due to their label, Saddle Creek, instead of the newer wave/industrial genre. Remix albums are key to the latter two forms of music and honestly how often is their a remix of a Bright eyes or Cursive song by paul oakenfold. Sure the remixes are repetative and laden with samples, but thats what a remix is. Its usually a dance song, and with inventive artists like Photek remixing a jammin' Faint track you can boogie on down to these sweets all night.

Don't go by the negative reviews from the others. This is a definitely a great remix set from The Faint from their Danse Macabre album of a couple of years ago. All of the remixes are top notch with my favorite being Glass Danse remixed by Paul Oakenfold. The Conductor remixed by Thin White Duke is another wonderful remix taking the original and making it very club friendly. My other 2 favorite remixes on here are Agenda Suicide by Jagz Kooner and Your Retro Career by Ursula 1000. Overall though every single remix on here are good. Definitely worth it if you are into remixes or electronica.

SJ

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