Burial - Untrue ALBUM REVIEW

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  • Listen: • Burial, Untrue
    A defining moment for electronic music across the board, Burial's sophomore album evokes a state of continuous bliss under grey skies.
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    BURIAL - UNTRUE / 2007 / HYPERDUB / DUBSTEP, FUTURE GARAGE, AMBIENT
    CLASSIC/10
    Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
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  • @airex12
    @airex12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    For those that don't know, Burial made this album in a software called SoundForge, a very archaic and outdated audio software even for its time. It didn't have a step sequencer or way of quantizing rhythms like you would find in modern DAWs, so he basically placed raw audio clips freehand until they "sounded" like 2-step beats, giving them the iconic Burial lurching and off-kilter drum feel. He mentions in an interview that he could tell when the drums were going to sound good if they looked "skeletal as fuck, like a fishbone". He also mentions he gets the name "Burial" due to how he always felt his music wasn't as good as the music that he liked, so he had to cover and "bury" his music in static and ambience to hide it, making it sound like it was playing on pirate radio.

    • @sylvianblade75
      @sylvianblade75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Burial making this album with SoundForge is like trying to build a jet engine with a hammer.

    • @foreverunknown369
      @foreverunknown369 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats a myth lmao

    • @bjm1777
      @bjm1777 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scummrs, how do you know?

    • @rianmsin
      @rianmsin ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@foreverunknown369 no its not he said he didnt use a daw anyway

    • @TheCo11ection
      @TheCo11ection 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks

  • @theinfamouseye4278
    @theinfamouseye4278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

    The bullet shell sounds you mentioned are actually just that. He sampled those from Metal Gear Solid

    • @theCHEESEB3AST
      @theCHEESEB3AST 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      Plus those choir-like vocals in Archangel are sampled straight from the MGS2 intro cutscene.

    • @AB1138-
      @AB1138- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @MajorJew it's based off of holding a button/trigger during the opening menu. It alters the menu, so you could search mgs2 menu Easter eggs or something

    • @NilsWesthoff
      @NilsWesthoff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Resident Advisor has a video on Untrue and what makes it so cool and what samples are used. The mgs sample is in there, as well as many others. I HIGHLY recommend that video if you like to the album.

    • @JUNO-69
      @JUNO-69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nils Westhoff that video was showed to me and was what got me into Burial.

    • @olex2723
      @olex2723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MajorJew i think its either when Snake jumps from the bridge or when he spots the Kasatka

  • @Lunar_Pendragon
    @Lunar_Pendragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +658

    This album doesn't only depict the life of downtown/working-class London in the 2000s, but also the UK's tone in general of the mid-2000s era. Whether you are in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Truro, Edinburgh or heck even Cardiff, this album hits hard because it depicts that time of the UK's bleak, dark, grey and rainy era perfectly.

    • @luiscontreras2177
      @luiscontreras2177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Wouldn't even limit it to the UK, cities around the world had the same vibes back then

    • @LewdConnoisseur
      @LewdConnoisseur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Shit, you could say it fits perfectly today.

    • @sesesese6218
      @sesesese6218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@luiscontreras2177 no definitely a uk vibe

    • @wreday720
      @wreday720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You put it into perfect words

    • @darraghclarke2884
      @darraghclarke2884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sesesese6218 works for Dublin too for sure

  • @spysick98
    @spysick98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1442

    FOUR classic/10 ratings in four days! What are the odds?

    • @spacialawareness
      @spacialawareness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@machorkamuff5184 it's a joke you fucking troglodyte

    • @spacialawareness
      @spacialawareness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      ha he deleted his comment

    • @dayton9136
      @dayton9136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@spacialawareness i fucking love the world troglodyte thanks for the laugh

    • @cesaralpuche7422
      @cesaralpuche7422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@spacialawareness lmaooooo

    • @CloverTalks
      @CloverTalks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@spacialawareness what he say

  • @lastditch3535
    @lastditch3535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    Hair and the tree am I in 2010 again

    • @daud1269
      @daud1269 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeahh, happy new year.

    • @cokedupnormies2651
      @cokedupnormies2651 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@daud1269 2010 will be my year!!!! 💪💪💪

    • @poopyfartman9574
      @poopyfartman9574 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      UVdhsndjzn no it’s god damn 2 0 1 8
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    • @cokedupnormies2651
      @cokedupnormies2651 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@poopyfartman9574 2010 will be your year too don't worry it's not good to be so anxious of the future my friend.

    • @poopyfartman9574
      @poopyfartman9574 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cokedup Normies oh yea your right

  • @Liquidchoir
    @Liquidchoir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    The album is a perfect depiction of London in mid 2000’s, starting from a night out, popping a pill, gurning for 6 hours, having a comedown, going to a takeaway afterwards and then getting the last night bus home.

    • @Lunar_Pendragon
      @Lunar_Pendragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Couldn't agree more my friend. Not just London, but the UK tone in general of the 2000s era. Whether you are in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Truro, Edinburgh or heck even Cardiff, this album hits hard because it depicts that time of the UK's bleak, dark, grey and rainy era perfectly.

    • @knecht6974
      @knecht6974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Lunar_Pendragon Wouldnt even limit it to the UK. Over in Berlin, Barcelona and so on people had the same experiences

    • @c.hunter9069
      @c.hunter9069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perfectly well said. He bottled an essence.

    • @mime3761
      @mime3761 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@knecht6974 to me this is the sound of fall / winter 2008 in Berlin. And countless nights ever since.

    • @portishphonic
      @portishphonic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same experience in Bucharest, Sunday morning after clubbing getting the first bus home at 5 a.m. and feeling like shit. Burial is pretty much a universal urban experience. But of course, pertaining more to British cities.

  • @funatish
    @funatish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    James Blake wouldn't have existed without Bruial. And James' sound would greatly influence the Alternative R&B and Art Pop of the 10s.

    • @LSFab8
      @LSFab8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Yes although really burials influence on ppl like James blake is as just one (admittedly big) part of the general wave of dubstep and other London/UK dance sounds associated with labels such as hyperdub, xl, hotflush etc. as well as nights like fwd and dmz. If dubstep hadn't started waning in popularity (around the same time as the v dif us genre w same name started) I imagine that the bass music scene w jb mk etc could have turned out quite differently

    • @BassssicBasssssssss
      @BassssicBasssssssss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Wot do u call it? Urban? 2 step? Garage?

    • @dieyounger1657
      @dieyounger1657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@BassssicBasssssssss Garage. I don't care about garage.

    • @jakew7982
      @jakew7982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Die Younger They’re lyrics from a song 🙄

    • @dieyounger1657
      @dieyounger1657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jakew7982 I know. Its the next line from Wot Do U Call It by Wiley.

  • @SophiePukeRainbows
    @SophiePukeRainbows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    ah yes, the in mcdonalds at 3 am album.

    • @Lunar_Pendragon
      @Lunar_Pendragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Bristol, UK.
      It's a rainy day, cold, grey, bleak, dingey, like every day in the UK.
      I'm currently sood outside a McDonalds.
      Alone.
      I lost all my friends recently, we used to hang out here.
      But now, I'm here, all alone.
      I quite like being alone, honestly. I must say, as an introvert, although I enjoy solitude, enjoy being by myself, enjoy doing my own thing without social responsibility, I do feel loneliness. I do miss the times I used to come to McDonalds with my friends, after a day out in the city, going to the cinema, shopping, just having a chat, having fun.
      I guess, while I stand here, in Bristol, UK, outside a McDonalds, reminiscing on those times, I'm a different person now, and I can't relive those friendships and those events of my past.
      I would like some friends again, though, it would be rather nice.
      Ultimately, I'd like go out with them, where I no longer feel like I don't fit in, where social anxiety isn't a struggle, where I'm no longer an introvert. Maybe, just maybe, one day I can rejoice with people in a McDonalds again.
      It's only a simple request.
      Only a simple one.

    • @natschaefer1044
      @natschaefer1044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the tracks on it is literally called In McDonald's

  • @theinkysquid7661
    @theinkysquid7661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    As a single person on TH-cam all I can say is, you need to listen to untrue once before you die. It’s an experience unlike anything else. It’s not music for the sake of music. There’s a mood, a purpose to each song. It’s probably, the best electronic music album ive ever listened to, and I can guarantee I will be listening to it in 50 years time.

    • @melonkabies9522
      @melonkabies9522 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm about to dive in

    • @vain.a2
      @vain.a2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      amen

    • @lilioz4167
      @lilioz4167 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes.

    • @MrAphex117
      @MrAphex117 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes.

    • @deeje3688
      @deeje3688 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Okay, I'll listen to it now

  • @fantanofanfiction5451
    @fantanofanfiction5451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    Melon growing hair is definitely in my Top 10 Anime Character Development

    • @poopyfartman9574
      @poopyfartman9574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @TheZer0wned
      @TheZer0wned 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's not like he hasn't grown hair before

    • @user-rx2ur5el9p
      @user-rx2ur5el9p 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      reverse One-Punch Man moment

    • @alphalax7747
      @alphalax7747 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poopyfartman9574 haha funny jojo

  • @the_accidental_poet
    @the_accidental_poet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2373

    Reviews Burial - Untrue
    Not even a single mention of Archangel.
    Ok.

    • @tarfalfaro
      @tarfalfaro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Because he knows that mentioning Archangel the video could end after 5 seconds of reviewing with a classic/10.

    • @silseh
      @silseh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      It's not even top 3 on this album tbqh

    • @stephencurryisgumchewingba6074
      @stephencurryisgumchewingba6074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      @@silseh yes it is

    • @ozlouw
      @ozlouw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My thought exactly.

    • @silseh
      @silseh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      havent listened to this in a while but untrue, etched headplate and raver are all at least better

  • @analogsentimentalism
    @analogsentimentalism 5 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    What will it take to get Fantano to take psychedelics and stream himself listening to Corey Feldman?

  • @AlexGordonMusic
    @AlexGordonMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This album did legit change my life.
    It really is one of the most beautiful albums ever produced.

    • @vansdan.
      @vansdan. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      both of his albums are so good. I still vividly remember openly weaping to 'Prayer'

    • @rachellewis5016
      @rachellewis5016 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

  • @ElectronicGems
    @ElectronicGems 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    um wow you just threw Burial's government name out there like it was nothing, cmon Anthony

  • @emon8779
    @emon8779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I’m 33. I found this album in 2007 on /mu/. I knew I liked it. I had no idea that this album cover would immediately come to mind every time the word “dubstep” is mentioned even 13 years later.

    • @a76101
      @a76101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Playboi Carti solos

  • @TheGamer-br2gm
    @TheGamer-br2gm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1459

    Once he runs out of 00s albums he’ll have to go to 10s albums
    And you know what that means...
    *MBDTF CLASSIC REVIEW*

    • @naumchomsky8840
      @naumchomsky8840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Jack Ging my boy down to fuck

    • @MarkQuick0411
      @MarkQuick0411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Keep dreaming brother

    • @268snake
      @268snake 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      TPAB classic review

    • @raymondzrike2085
      @raymondzrike2085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have one on me classic review

    • @sontho6995
      @sontho6995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@-natdog-9516 Why would he review an album that came out in 2004 as part of the 2010s classic reviews?

  • @bladelores7539
    @bladelores7539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    never clicked on a review so quickly

  • @Eboyd1100
    @Eboyd1100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    we need a deathconciousness classic review anthony

  • @PaulM28
    @PaulM28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Untrue is such a solitary record in many ways. Nothing sounds quite like it, and it feels so private, so personal that listening to it alone such a profoundly melancholic experience.
    I first heard it in January when I was caught in a grip of post-season depression. Alone in my house with an average cup of coffee, feeling the cold and watching the rain outside. When you're in a state of mind that nothing will fix, this record sounds like its getting on a level with you, as if Burial is reaching out through the crumpled blanket of beats and samples to say "Yeah man, it sucks and I get you".
    Even if it didn't make me feel better, it was exactly what I needed to hear at the time. It's like electronic blues and I love it.

  • @BabusMcGowan1
    @BabusMcGowan1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    The madman did it. One of the best albums ever.

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad his newer stuff hasn't been great.

    • @alexmeechan15
      @alexmeechan15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      P H you better not mean Kindred or Rough Sleeper

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alexmeechan15 I love those EP's, Rival Dealer was the start of his decline IMO.

    • @alexmeechan15
      @alexmeechan15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      P H completely agree

    • @ashesshards4626
      @ashesshards4626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rupe82 Mirror / Ego is always shoved under the rug despite those two tracks being great

  • @sinternet_2250
    @sinternet_2250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    The reason it sounds like bullet shell casings hitting the ground is because it's literally a sample of that sound from Metal Gear Solid.
    It's also worth noting that most of the vocal samples are not the original tracks but from things like obscure covers uploaded to youtube from random people.

    • @fiiive2the5ix
      @fiiive2the5ix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks 🐝

    • @willbournerv2259
      @willbournerv2259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually it’s vice versa, most of the vocals on untrue are from the original tracks by the original singers

    • @Liquidchoir
      @Liquidchoir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is a sample of Christina Arguilera on Archangel. You’ll know when you here.

    • @Djavo1
      @Djavo1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shes sampled on ghost hardware as well

    • @moosesnWoop
      @moosesnWoop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Liquidchoir let me guess, the 'ohooohoohhoo'

  • @bentoouthesmall4031
    @bentoouthesmall4031 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    since I left you classics week when

    • @ehwa6780
      @ehwa6780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yes

    • @622chaos
      @622chaos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tru omfg

    • @elsiemabel
      @elsiemabel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think he likes it that much tbh

    • @musicmattersthemost
      @musicmattersthemost 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@elsiemabel That's not a requirement perse. The album has been very influential, which he has acknowledged before.

    • @LordLucario99
      @LordLucario99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m not quite enough of a superfan to tell you the exact video but he’s called it “one of the best instrumental hip-hop albums ever”

  • @sztigirigi
    @sztigirigi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is not music you review. This is a music that reviews you.

  • @morganvickers6460
    @morganvickers6460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I remember first hearing this album on a rainy morning, sitting in the university cafe. Heard good reviews about it so I had to listen. I just stared into the void for a solid 45 minutes. Powerful album.

    • @Soggytent
      @Soggytent 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Had a similar experience, was writing my dissertation in my uni library and thought I’d give it a go whilst I did some research. Got nothing done the rest of the afternoon as I had it on loop and the January weather made me completely dissociate.

  • @cowpie2915
    @cowpie2915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Some interesting facts about Burials Untrue album:
    It was written and produced in two weeks, two weeks!
    Burial has a fascination with gaming, particularly Metal Gear Solid and builds a lot of his percussion from in game samples, what you thought was a snare or a high-hat could well be a gun reloading or the character picking up extra health, most of these have been warped beyond recognition. The most obvious raw sound and also touched on in this review is the gun shells you hear hitting the floor in Near Dark. The track Archangel samples the music from the intro to Metal Gear Solid 2 also.
    Burial used Sound Forge to create the entire album which is more of a audio editing program than a production tool like Albeton or Logic, it doesn't follow a simple grid system which is what gives him the distinct swing to his drums and percussion.
    The vocals whilst often taken from popular artists such as Beyonce and Christina Aguilera, he isn't afraid to use other sources to sample such as TH-cam for example the vocals on Etched headplate are taken from Alicia Robinsons cover of Angel by Amanda Perez. You can find the cover here /watch?v=vdOcrHKH1mk

    • @muffnman980
      @muffnman980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amazing

    • @welcome2wyzard
      @welcome2wyzard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You literally copied the text word for word from the Resident Advisor video on Untrue

    • @4evherr
      @4evherr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@welcome2wyzard lol ikr I was gonna comment this

    • @BruceGamble2000
      @BruceGamble2000 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This shit was done on fruit loops

  • @Lunar_Pendragon
    @Lunar_Pendragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Bristol, UK.
    It's a rainy day, cold, grey, bleak, dingey, like every day in the UK.
    I'm currently sood outside a McDonalds.
    Alone.
    I lost all my friends recently, we used to hang out here.
    But now, I'm here, all alone.
    I quite like being alone, honestly. I must say, as an introvert, although I enjoy solitude, enjoy being by myself, enjoy doing my own thing without social responsibility, I do feel loneliness. I do miss the times I used to come to McDonalds with my friends, after a day out in the city, going to the cinema, shopping, just having a chat, having fun.
    I guess, while I stand here, in Bristol, UK, outside a McDonalds, reminiscing on those times, I'm a different person now, and I can't relive those friendships and those events of my past.
    I would like some friends again, though, it would be rather nice.
    Ultimately, I'd like go out with them, where I no longer feel like I don't fit in, where social anxiety isn't a struggle, where I'm no longer an introvert. Maybe, just maybe, one day I can rejoice with people in a McDonalds again.
    It's only a simple request.
    Only a simple one.

  • @markarthguard537
    @markarthguard537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    That flannel confuses me melon

  • @lukefitzpatrick7451
    @lukefitzpatrick7451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    the atmosphere on this album is just incredible, so emotional

  • @ladyyupiel2821
    @ladyyupiel2821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    🎵🎶🎵 HOLDING YOU

  • @sinefield5425
    @sinefield5425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Burial's Untrue? Anthony outside, with hair? is this 2013?

  • @nano8640
    @nano8640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    you didn't talk about the most interesting part of his music:
    he used soundfourge (not a daw; more something along the lines of audacity) and because there isn't a grid in this program, the end result was the extremely weird rythms

    • @leecourtney1225
      @leecourtney1225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Exactly my thoughts, not only does it give the album a beautiful syncopated swing but as someone who dabbles in production a bit myself gets me thinking 'how the FK did he even do it'? Also Melon fails to mention the huge influence mid 90's DnB releases on labels like Metalheads and Reinforced has on his sound

    • @KommentarSpaltenKrieger
      @KommentarSpaltenKrieger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I still hold this as a myth. I mean, sure, the rhythms seem like they are off-grid, but they are so minimalistically off-grid that there must have been a grid he used. Otherwise this couldn't have been done. And how on earth did he process the sounds used on this. I don't think soundforge allows for creating and mixing sounds. If he used SF, he must have used some post-procession afterwards.

    • @shobithchadagapandeshwar9764
      @shobithchadagapandeshwar9764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's not a myth but it's also astonishing that he did all that within two weeks

    • @necaacen
      @necaacen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KommentarSpaltenKrieger you can merge sounds together in soundforge. you can also time them out in equal length sections, a lot of his stuff is sampled. You can apply effects plugins in soundforge the same way u would in a daw. Honestly I dont think he needs to apply that many effects because its mostly just sampling stuff thats already heavily processed.
      Example, you want something to land at the same time as the snare in a loop. You highlight the loop all the way up to the snare, copy it, paste it into a new sound, mute it all, and then paste the sound you want on the end. Its now got a space at the start thats exactly the same length as the bit of the loop all the way up to the snare. Now you just merge the 2 sounds together and ur new sound will be exactly on the snare. If you want a grid you just paste 16 hats together in a row right? if u know the time between them all then u can work out the time stuff has to land etc. It can be done, its not as hard as I think it sounds.
      I just dunno why anyone would bother when u can just grab a hooky copy of ableton tbh.

    • @nano8640
      @nano8640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KommentarSpaltenKrieger mixing sounds is pretty much the point of soundforge, soundforge is a sound design tool

  • @nikolai7521
    @nikolai7521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Review Massive Attack - Mezzanine!!!!

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      YES! why hasn't this been done already?

    • @kpman644
      @kpman644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Need

    • @neighborhoodkids2000
      @neighborhoodkids2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I just checked out the album and damn I’m loving it so far thanks for the recommendation!

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@neighborhoodkids2000 What's awesome about Mezzanine is that it's over 20 years old but it sounds like it could have been made today.

    • @Floating.Point.
      @Floating.Point. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@rupe82 It sounds like it could have been made 40 years from today and at the same time, it is how I remember 90's sounded like. Technology but not in-your-face-whoah-dude kinda futurism, a clean and pristine mess of black white and green hues, it's all there and it's timeless.

  • @c.hunter9069
    @c.hunter9069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The album perfectly encapsulates loneliness in the modern world.

  • @JasonTopo
    @JasonTopo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is definitely one of my favorite records ever and a huge inspiration for me. Everytime I listen to it I feel like I'm walking around a futuristic city at night lol

  • @3DKURLS
    @3DKURLS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    The most classic album there ever was

    • @dasit6034
      @dasit6034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Rough Sleeper About as classic as berserk.

    • @lukitassszz
      @lukitassszz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Untrue.

    • @bigmoneysteppa
      @bigmoneysteppa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It definitely made everybody think. The jungle connection needs mentioning here though.

    • @MichaelJimenez416
      @MichaelJimenez416 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      3D KURLS yeah idk about that one

    • @br00talKidHxC
      @br00talKidHxC 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      steppa money which is?

  • @calebbratcher7177
    @calebbratcher7177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was one of the first records to emotionally impact me and open my eyes to one of many kinds of music that I would love. Glad to see you talk about it in classics week, great way to start the year. Hope your 2019 goes great Melon!

  • @jammadamma
    @jammadamma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    "Garridge", Anthony!
    UK "garridge". US "garage" :)

  • @offbeatkiki
    @offbeatkiki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    One of the best albums of all time. I'm so happy to hear your review.

  • @DerangedManiac12
    @DerangedManiac12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +983

    Do homeless people like house music? 🤔

  • @maxwelllee6630
    @maxwelllee6630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This album is PERFECT for a cloudy or rainy day. Really encapsulates the atmosphere of that kind of weather

  • @MorgueOfficialMusic
    @MorgueOfficialMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Burial is one of the most unique producers in the world. Hands down. Great review, words aren't enough to explain how good it is.

  • @butterboi6714
    @butterboi6714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    THE INTRO IS BACK TO STAY BOIS

    • @dscientist2013
      @dscientist2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      butter boi How do you know he’s not just doing it for classic week, since it’s a classic intro? 😏

    • @butterboi6714
      @butterboi6714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RebelBlockadeRunner that may be true, i hope it isn’t though

    • @dscientist2013
      @dscientist2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      butter boi I hope so too 🙏🏿

    • @thrillcutz2162
      @thrillcutz2162 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That fucking intro is retro as it’s own hype

  • @podrag
    @podrag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This album got me through my early twenties

  • @hanzo_often
    @hanzo_often 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    MELON CONVERGE "JANE DOE" NEEDS THAT CLASSIC REVIEW IM SCREAMING

  • @JM-pm3ob
    @JM-pm3ob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Best electronic album of all time. So glad you took the time to shout this one out.

    • @Videos5197
      @Videos5197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      J M whoa... not even the best Burial release, let’s not get carried away

    • @sammo2560
      @sammo2560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah except this isn't Music Has The Right To Children

    • @mcblahflooper94
      @mcblahflooper94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sammo2560 I love both but untrue is just better

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No, that's Mezzanine. But seriously, there's a lot of albums better than Untrue.

    • @sammo2560
      @sammo2560 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      P H oh shit yeah true I guess I never consider Massive Attack a true electronic band.

  • @Repasado1894
    @Repasado1894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That sound was always in the UK we were pioneering that sound for a long time burial drew inspiration from everywhere, garage sounds with 2 step drums and deep house elements and some hip hop thrown in there

  • @SiD-KiD
    @SiD-KiD 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for doing your thing man! You have created a unique little community of people who share your love of music. I enjoy watching your videos when I am taking a break at the end of my day and it's nice to have my hobby of digging through and analyzing music so validated. I appreciate your ability to articulate your opinions on music on the level you do, and it helps me to become more articulate myself. Much love man

  • @vansdan.
    @vansdan. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    its a sin to not mention dubstep as much as you did. this is PURE dubstep.

  • @jakobdrozd6474
    @jakobdrozd6474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    the last 30 seconds of “dog shelter” is one of the most beautiful things ever created

    • @jordanthomas3279
      @jordanthomas3279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not to sound patronising, but how?

    • @himbaerno1
      @himbaerno1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dont you mean the outro from shell of light?
      Anyway, stunning album front ro back.

  • @bubukill1
    @bubukill1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My favorite album of all times. Me and my friend've had such amazing experience listening Burial in general, especially this album.
    Seriously, even my stupid friends loved this mythical album. I introduced them to Burial and we ended up introducing this album to around 60 people during our journey; we used to smoke weed inside my friend's car almost every weekend Sunday at dawn after getting out of the party, the music was just Burial, exclusively.
    Damn this was so good that I've even had random girls calling me the next day just to ask me what we were listening inside that car. We even named my best friends's car the "Burial movil".

    • @mrcheckhammmer
      @mrcheckhammmer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wow what a great story. Sometimes life in memory is like cinema.

    • @programclu1
      @programclu1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrcheckhammmer life in memory is like cinema. what a way of putting it. nice one.

    • @willbournerv2259
      @willbournerv2259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      everyone i showed burial to said it was weird or depressing lol

  • @Everclasm
    @Everclasm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anthony, thank you for finally reviewing this album, I've waited so long to see this review of what has to be my most favorite album of all time. You're the best.

  • @shellacSOUP58
    @shellacSOUP58 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my favorite classics week of yours, hands down. Maybe it's just that '00s nostalgia. I don't watch a ton anymore, but these always reel me back in. Was just listening to this a couple weeks ago. Playing Toxicity constantly now too. Thanks for doing these.

  • @BloggerMusicMan
    @BloggerMusicMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This album really is special. It's not often you hear any kind of music, never mind electronic music, sound so human.

  • @one_man_community
    @one_man_community 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Burial needs to stop playing Metal Gear Solid and get out more

    • @ChaosandComics
      @ChaosandComics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Cool that Burial's mom answers comments on fantanos channel

    • @POVShotgun
      @POVShotgun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Rough Sleeper thanks mummm

  • @Juanelromano
    @Juanelromano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This album changed my life... i never clicked as fast on one of your reviews. It's shame that you're not talking of the tracks themselves ! But thank you to have promoted it for those who didnt know it !

  • @marcopolov673
    @marcopolov673 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    @theneedledrop I'm lovin' all your throwback intros lol

  • @faboolean7039
    @faboolean7039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My dad works at hyperdub. Be nice or he will hurt you

    • @blackman8950
      @blackman8950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your dad is kode9?

    • @mathiashammerstrm4693
      @mathiashammerstrm4693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Could you send him my new record? ;-)

    • @MaigretJules
      @MaigretJules 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? Congrats. I want a tshirt. And a photo With Burial, Kode9 and Mary Anne Hobbs hahah

    • @faboolean7039
      @faboolean7039 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MaigretJules I haven't met anyone that works at the label but I do sometimes get prototype merch. I guess I'm lucky because they do have some nice looking merch

    • @MaigretJules
      @MaigretJules 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@faboolean7039 and your dad what do? Sorry for many questions... i really love Burial's music and admire Hyperdub a lot

  • @kevinsuarezpale375
    @kevinsuarezpale375 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Dude this is my favorite album ever!!!! thanks for the review of this gem

  • @mv-xr7lt
    @mv-xr7lt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love how you are reviewing classic albums from the 2000´s that i´ve honestly never heard off, thanks for introducing me to all these great records

  • @ThePIMPaboveallpimps
    @ThePIMPaboveallpimps 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Freakin' love this album, can't tell ya how long I've waited for a review from u on this one :)

  • @hmmrage
    @hmmrage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    @theneedledrop have you read Mark Fisher's writing on Burial? pretty great stuff. it's in his book "Writings on Depression, Hauntology, and Lost Futures", or something like that.

  • @caseyschneider9642
    @caseyschneider9642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never heard of this album. Thank u fantano for turning me onto some incredible music that has come out in the past. Can't wait to listen to this:)

  • @beck_tybg
    @beck_tybg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely loving these classic reviews

  • @alexmathewmendoza
    @alexmathewmendoza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this kind of music: very moody, melancholic and hypnotic. A great listen for cloudy days.

  • @Ravver
    @Ravver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    /r/burial represent

  • @xXxGAYshaxXx
    @xXxGAYshaxXx ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like to come back to this video once in a while just to read appreciative comments for this masterpiece

  • @mareoj
    @mareoj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'll really appreciate you reviewing La Dispute's Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair, since, at least for me, its a real classic from the genre. Love you melon, great reviews as always.

  • @vickythompson4200
    @vickythompson4200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a stunningly descriptive review! As a music journalist myself, this explanation really does it justice

  • @greenstreetmusic4683
    @greenstreetmusic4683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    At the time this album was coming out we would listen to it everyday, it really was magical! Dubstep in general was soo brilliant back then and very subtle, more like oldskool Dub. Miss these times.

  • @bigballsbigballsbigballs
    @bigballsbigballsbigballs ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just listened to this album in full and wow it is amazing can't even pinpoint the emotion this album gives its just amazing

  • @alexbruschi2
    @alexbruschi2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2021 and...yes I... still freaky lovin it. This record and all this guy's opera it's what bring me back to elettronica. Thank you Anthony for a super good review!

  • @TheTacticalMess
    @TheTacticalMess 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was just listening to this album again..... like three days ago... and you drop this. I’m shook.

  • @alexjohnson9798
    @alexjohnson9798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    good classics week, I actually care about these ones

  • @bigkroner766
    @bigkroner766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Never has an electronic album felt to human and had so much emotion packed into it

  • @e_bak
    @e_bak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    *When none of the comments have anything to do with the content and are just memeing*

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@djvibekiller it makes the channel more entertaining. If everyone's having a civil conversations, it'll get boring. Fantano loves the memes.

    • @TheZer0wned
      @TheZer0wned 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think it's cause a lot of his audience listen to popular artists, particularly hip-hop ones(nothing wrong with that) and don't know what to say when something even slightly less popular is reviewed

  • @Onedayinnorway
    @Onedayinnorway 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    been obsessively listening to all of Burial's discography for some time now and I can say I'm pleased for you to return on this and speak a little about it. In my opinion no artist has come close to being able to throw together ensembles as dark, smooth, or original nor have I been as able to resonate emotionally with any other artist. Nothing sounds cooler than a dark twisted trippy segment of a burial track as I'm walking or taking the train home drunk at 5am with my headphones in. You wish it was playing from a shitty silver CD player almost. All I can say is I'm eager for more. Thanks for also being a fan, Anthony big up

  • @festival3051
    @festival3051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This album sums up a night out in the UK for sure.

  • @walshythemusician
    @walshythemusician 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The quality of this album cannot be overstated. So good. I bought it when it came out in 2007 after hearing some of it on the radio and listened to it for years without realising how significant it was globally. That was back before the Internet ruled absolutely everything.

  • @Skwual
    @Skwual 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would love to see a review of Ulver's Shadows of The Sun.
    Always like your Classic reviews, you remain earnest throughout bringing up all the highs and lows whereas many reviewers of classics suck up.

  • @dimitrimavrakis6085
    @dimitrimavrakis6085 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this album so much, and you for doing this

  • @staticshell7796
    @staticshell7796 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fucking thank you! 👍🏽🙌🏽 really happy to see this one reviewed. Timeless album, grew up mentally to it.

  • @sonicphonixmusic2865
    @sonicphonixmusic2865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sooner or later you need to do a classic review on Massive Attack.

  • @JQ1337
    @JQ1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never expected you to review this album. VERY NICE

  • @Woodchuck799
    @Woodchuck799 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes! I love Burial.
    Praying for Illinois tomorrow

  • @guapgrabber6488
    @guapgrabber6488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Burial, Volor Flex, NOCOW, and other Future Garage artist with this style sounds to me like it was all made by someone in a dark dystopian future, who just woke up from a fever dream. I know that might sound pretentious, and dumb, but thats the best way I can describe it. Burials Untrue will always remain my number one favorite album of all time, and Future Garage will always have a special place in my heart.

  • @hackatthekeyboard
    @hackatthekeyboard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It makes so much sense when you realize Burial initially starting making music based on tapes his older brother (I think) would bring back from garage, jungle, etc. shows (I think Burial was underage at the time). To me the album feels like it's on the outside looking in, it's like how he imagines what it's actually like combined with this isolation.

  • @10PointlessThings
    @10PointlessThings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anthony, I appreciate the things you do for humanity. I often think of you as I’m driving.

  • @astral_plane_crash
    @astral_plane_crash 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my faves. Thanks for the review Tony Balony.

  • @Killysunt
    @Killysunt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    etched headplate is my fave

  • @HippocraticDev
    @HippocraticDev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    >doesn't mention archangel

  • @clairofan22tv20
    @clairofan22tv20 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video, Anthony!

  • @YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms
    @YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spot on review, I love this album. On top of that, I know of and love Arthur Russell's music now.

  • @swingAE86
    @swingAE86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Ok Anthony this is a good one but I still need you to do MCR black parade

    • @Magic7ball
      @Magic7ball 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷 I know Anthony has said he loves The Black Parade so it's possible we get a review. I love it as well so i hope we do

    • @uncrownedoak7777
      @uncrownedoak7777 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great album except for Teenagers and the title track. Seems like MCR releases only reverse albums in that their radioplayed songs are not as good as the rest of their tracklists.

    • @AikiraBeats
      @AikiraBeats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @qtbrown
      @qtbrown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Such a guilty pleasure.

    • @88Diagrams
      @88Diagrams 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just want somekind of Emo Classic really.

  • @SmoothHourglass
    @SmoothHourglass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Endorphin is possibly the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Certainly in the top 5.

  • @eighteror
    @eighteror 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in junior high back then, i remember distictly when i got my brothers friend’s old mp3 and he had archangel on it. I was instantly MESMERIZED. I had never heard anything like it, it truly sparked my love for electronic music :)

  • @noahv8671
    @noahv8671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A classics week dedicated to the 2000s. I think it’s great that he’s doing this. Most of us don’t realize that we’re almost a whole decade away from the 2000s

  • @christianmoller263
    @christianmoller263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Yo either do a classics review of The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails or a worst to best of Nine Inch Nails

    • @HairyHog77
      @HairyHog77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And if not that then at least The Fragile.

  • @wickedhyperstyler
    @wickedhyperstyler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Untitled
    Archangel
    06:16 - Near Dark
    05:55 - Ghost Hardware
    06:43 - Endorphin
    06:05 - Etched Headplate
    In McDonalds
    05:55 - Untrue
    Shell of Light
    Dog Shelter
    Homeless
    UK
    06:30 - Raver

  • @OmegaPrime_
    @OmegaPrime_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This album is a true relic of its time and nothing else will top it for me, many imitators have tried and failed, even Burial's post Untrue work, although still excellent, hasn't topped this. I still get goosebumps from listening to it even now.

  • @landonfleury
    @landonfleury 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve needed this review for YEARS