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Track List
01) Put the Freaks Up Front
02) Sister Dew
03) One Advice, Space
04) The Magic Hour
05) The Ideal Crash
06) Instant Street
07) Magdalena
08) Everybody's Weird
09) Let's See Who Goes Down First
10) Dream Sequence #1
Cd 2
01) You Can't Deny What You Liked as a Child
02) Everybody's Weird (Remixed by Soulwax)
03) Instant Street (video)
04) Sister Dew (video)
05) The Ideal Crash (video)
01) Put the Freaks Up Front
02) Sister Dew
03) One Advice, Space
04) The Magic Hour
05) The Ideal Crash
06) Instant Street
07) Magdalena
08) Everybody's Weird
09) Let's See Who Goes Down First
10) Dream Sequence #1
Cd 2
01) You Can't Deny What You Liked as a Child
02) Everybody's Weird (Remixed by Soulwax)
03) Instant Street (video)
04) Sister Dew (video)
05) The Ideal Crash (video)
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First Released
1998
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The Ideal Crash is the third studio album by Belgian rock band dEUS, released in March 1999. The album was recorded in Spain, U.K. and Belgium and was mixed at Olympic Studios and includes the single "Instant Street", which became an underground hit in Europe. It was produced and mixed by David Bottrill.
The Ideal Crash was the first dEUS album to be directly released through a major label (Island Records) but it's also the only dEUS album that didn't get a US release. The album cover art is the first dEUS CD cover that does not feature a painting by ex-guitar player Rudy Trouvé.
"Tragedy and Mystery" was released as a single in May 1983 with "A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter" as the B-side, peaking at No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart. The title track "Working with Fire and Steel" was released as a single a few weeks before the album in October 1983 with two non-album instrumentals, "Dockland" and "Forever I and I", on the B-side, reaching No. 48 in the UK. "Wishful Thinking" was released in December and became the bands first and only Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at No. 9 in January 1984. The fourth and final single "Hanna Hanna" was released in March 1984 with a live version of "African and White" as the B-side, reaching No. 44.
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Schnee described the album as "chock full of intelligent, well-written pop songs" where "even the softer moments...are full of life and excitement". The reviewer noted that the band moved away from their early synth-pop-style to more ambitious ideas with "Producer Mike Howlett added much to the sonic blend, allowing the melodies to shine while toughening up the band's sound... Apart from their own matured sound on this release, there are traces of rock, pop, and jazz floating between the lines."
Spin wrote, "This record clearly was pop — immaculately recorded, with catchy melodies and all the right sounds in the right places. Songs like "Tragedy and Mystery", "Animals and Jungles", and the title cut were pop in every sense of the word, though their meanings were too precious and couched in metaphor."
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The Ideal Crash is the third studio album by Belgian rock band dEUS, released in March 1999. The album was recorded in Spain, U.K. and Belgium and was mixed at Olympic Studios and includes the single "Instant Street", which became an underground hit in Europe. It was produced and mixed by David Bottrill.
The Ideal Crash was the first dEUS album to be directly released through a major label (Island Records) but it's also the only dEUS album that didn't get a US release. The album cover art is the first dEUS CD cover that does not feature a painting by ex-guitar player Rudy Trouvé.
"Tragedy and Mystery" was released as a single in May 1983 with "A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter" as the B-side, peaking at No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart. The title track "Working with Fire and Steel" was released as a single a few weeks before the album in October 1983 with two non-album instrumentals, "Dockland" and "Forever I and I", on the B-side, reaching No. 48 in the UK. "Wishful Thinking" was released in December and became the bands first and only Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at No. 9 in January 1984. The fourth and final single "Hanna Hanna" was released in March 1984 with a live version of "African and White" as the B-side, reaching No. 44.
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Schnee described the album as "chock full of intelligent, well-written pop songs" where "even the softer moments...are full of life and excitement". The reviewer noted that the band moved away from their early synth-pop-style to more ambitious ideas with "Producer Mike Howlett added much to the sonic blend, allowing the melodies to shine while toughening up the band's sound... Apart from their own matured sound on this release, there are traces of rock, pop, and jazz floating between the lines."
Spin wrote, "This record clearly was pop — immaculately recorded, with catchy melodies and all the right sounds in the right places. Songs like "Tragedy and Mystery", "Animals and Jungles", and the title cut were pop in every sense of the word, though their meanings were too precious and couched in metaphor."
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