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Top Amazon Review
The self-titled debut from Clor might not be quite what you'd expect from an outfit formed from members of Roots Manuva's live band, but this album is anything but a disappointment. Taking inspiration from the angular electronic post-punk of mid-period Devo, the pure techno pulse of Kraftwerk, and the enigmatic wordplay of Pavement, Clor is adventurous, original and unusually, for such experimentally-tinged albums, almost criminally tuneful. Kicking off with the excellent "Good Stuff", singer-guitarist Barry Dobbin immediately nails his eccentric colours to the mast, singing about sucking up poison "though a curly straw" over metronomic beats and neat stabs of guitar. Interestingly, Clor seldom turn to that old chestnut of rock, the distortion pedal: "Love + Pain" is so clean the melody veritably sparkles, while "Dangerzone" slows things down and spaces out, like a 21st Century remake of Kraftwerk?s spartan "Radioactivity". Meanwhile, on "Hearts On Fire", they pull that trick that few but the Super Furry Animals can successfully pull off, morphing from rock song to techno workout with such eminent skill you can barely see the join. A remarkable debut.
Customer Review 1
CLOR ....hello goodbye. Im gobsmacked...........I heard tracks on this Album on the Clor myspace site........the music is stunning, rivetting in its power and drive Barry Dobbins voice is one in a million..........techno electronic and heavy guitar riffs..........each song I listened to confirmed these guys were special, really special I couldnt stop playing the stuff. Infectious like Kings of Leon...made me smile like the Magic Numbers..
Now the bad news...I heard they split. NO you have to be joshing me ...too much talent , too many great songs unwritten
Im choked, gutted and amazed.
Buy this Album its a classic.
Customer Review 2
A musical breath of fresh air. With all the overhyping and re-invention of 'retro' music, it would be easy to put Clor in the same box as Razorlight, The Killers et al. Clor, however, come as a breath of fresh air in a musically stale genre. It's electro, pop rock at it's best and the most original and intelligent record of it's kind I've heard for months. Even people I know who dismiss this kind of music as 'not their thing' are able to appreciate what a damn good record Clor have come up with. Well done boys.
Customer Review 3
Enough "Little Miracles" to keep the punters happy. One thing for sure, it's never boring. Occasionally infuriating in the way some tracks promise more than they deliver. Once very annoying with the hyperactive Princeisms of "Magic Touch". Mostly though Clor, s debut album is a beguiling mixture of wired pop with awkward angular rock graining and esoteric stabs of electronic instrumentation.It's got to happen sometime so I might as well get it out of the way.....Yes comparisons can be made with the sublime Arcade Fire in the way Clor approach music askance and wring fresh sounds and textures out of the pop palette. And vocalist Barry Dubbins (How un show biz is that for a name?) does share The Arcade Fires Win Butlers pained crescendo of a voice. While this album has lots to recommend it, no way is it as gloriously symphonic as "Funeral". Still there aren't many better pop songs than "Love + Pain" around at the moment. The notes skitter errr skittishly for the verse but the chorus suddenly buffs up those ragged edges to be a thing of emollient beauty. "Good Stuff" is perhaps surprisingly good stuff; a terse riff ties itself in knots over scruffy jabs of keyboard and implacable percussion. "Outlines" is rather dull at first but once the 80,s sounding keyboard flutters into the mix and the staccato chorus line of "Each of us is special in our own unique way" is repeated like some sort of self serving mantra then it becomes very interesting. "Hearts on Fire" rubberises a classic XTC style guitar motif pinioned by throbbing vox before the extended instrumental jam that plays the song out. "Gifted" is like an Eno ballad off "Taking Tiger Mountain", all gauche prickles of guitar and little bursts of twanging keyboard. "Stuck in a Tight Spot" gets all excited again, with a hammering riff and jerky passages of yes you got it, more keyboards. "Dangerzone" is terrific, with pulsating multi-tracked electronics and heavy handclaps which is never a bad idea in my book.It's a pity that the last third sees the band retread ideas tried more successfully elsewhere on the album. The next three tacks are unconvincing, lacking the idiosyncratic melodic verve that characterises the earlier material .Happily things pick up again for final track "Goodbye". More handclaps and a lovely lilting bass line on what is the albums sweetest song. All in all though, for a debut this is accomplished metaphysical pop music that promises much for the future. Someday a real masterpiece maybe? As "Dangerzone" says a consistent "Pocket full of miracles" Clor isn't quite that, but there are enough little miracles here to keep even the most demanding listener happy.
Customer Review 4
Packed with would be pop hits in an 80s style!. With Live8 romanticising the musical summer of twenty years ago, Duran Duran playing stadiums, 'Hit Me Baby One More Time', those funny uber-mullets that suddenly loads of blokes are wearing (not me, no chance!) and now this; 2005 really has been the year of that most unexpected of revivals, an eighties one! Totally uncalled for too if you ask me, speaking as someone who can well remember that painful decade, it was rubbish and the music was, by and large, dire (straits).None of that should reflect badly on Clor though. Their debut starts at the place Blur left off with 'Trouble In The Message Centre', injecting that Numanoid template with so many pop hooks and lyrical songs that even the most die hard eighties detractor will surely be won over. Singer Barry and guitarist Luke (formerly DJ's at the eclectic Bad Bunny club night in Soho) aren't just mere electro-pop boffins though, they've clearly indulged in some Can, Eno, Roxy Music and there's probably the odd BBC Radiophonic Workshop album in their DJ box too! It's all tastefully thrown into their melting pot of pop madness. The opening trio alone ('Good Stuff','Outlines','Love + Pain') are each would be or actual singles that could easily spark a resurgence of interest in The Human League and Sparks. This is one of those amazing first albums where the band arrives out of nowhere already fully formed, great things surely await!
Customer Review 5
Well I liked it. After seeing the live show, and loving the two singles (LOVE + PAIN and OUTLINES), I thought it would be worth getting the album. I had some doubts that the live sound would work on record, but Clor have obviously realised this and have adapted the songs to fit. And it's a cracker of an album! Although the band have pop sensibility and excellent song writing talent (think fall and early devo), the upbeat keyboard-based tunes, sparse use of guitars and mostly electronic drums will not appeal to everyone. If your taste in music is a little quirky then the album might be perfect for you. Clor obviously have alot of good ideas, but instead of dwelling on them, each song is over in a 3 minute blur, even the album's masterpiece (Garden of Love) is only about three and a half minutes. Chances are, if you've liked any of the singles (the third single GOOD STUFF is going to be released soon) then you'll like the album.
