Album
Vermilion Sands

posted: 2024-01-24 Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld

released: 1994-01-24
on label: Junior Boy's Own
artist: Underworld
genres: Techno • Progressive House
with some: Trance • Downtempo • Acid Techno • Tech Trance
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see also: All Music • Album of the Year (91%) • Discogs • Freebase • Music Brainz • Rate Your Music (3.77 / 5) • WikiData • Wikipedia
more reviews: Drowned in Sound • Pitchfork • Pop Matters • Slant • The Guardian • Uncut

From the beginning of the first track “Dark & Long,” Underworld’s focus on production is clear, with song writing coming in a distant second. The best tracks (“MMM Skyscraper I Love You,” “Cowgirl”) mesh Hyde’s sultry song writing with Emerson’s beat-driven production, an innovative blend of classic acid house, techno, and dub that sounds different from much that preceded it. In a decade awash with stale fusion, Underworld are truly a multi-genre group.

John Bush, AllMusic