Neapolitan

I was hoping to do a more elaborate review of this album, but I never got around to it. From the first few seconds it disappointed me with the cheezy wah-wah. Perhaps it was used to set the mood as a sexy R&B slow jam in the beginning only to build up for the surprise of going bass n drums midway through the song, but despite whatever its ambition may have been I think it fell short. Even though the song developed it never really improved. One of the major problem with the opening track: I thought it had probably the worst vocorder vocals I ever heard. The horn was possibly imitating the style of Miles Davis. Despite referencing a notable style, it fell into the Uncanny Valley of Jazz. Almost good but somewhat artificial and overbearingly trite. And that goes for the break beats too.

Colours was released on the 3rd of November 1997. To put this album in context I looked up albums around the same time period. And what I found I can't not believe: this album was release album a month after Vegas by Crystal Method in the UK. Vegas was released August 26, 1997 in the US and a bit later in the UK on September 8, 1997. Take the stuff I didn't like about the album, and then add the comparison to Vegas which I think knocked it down a few notches. The album is sub-meh. If I had a choice for what album I would recommend out of those two mentioned I would definitely go with Vegas over Colours without so much as rub two brain cells together trying to think about it - I'm that sure about it.

Even though I did not really get anything out the album, I still like the fact Ant pick this, cause I am somewhat of a fan of this genre. I am glad that Ant is open to more than Yacht music and I'm always a bit surprise by his non-Yacht picks too. Despite my non-positive reception for this album, I'm always fascinated by Ant's picks. Keep up the good work Ant.

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