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Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 09/02/2008
Not quite the fourth proper
UNKLE full-length,
End Titles...Stories for Film is a collection of tracks taken from the shelf (or elsewhere) after the completion of
War Stories in 2007. Since
UNKLE were abundantly busy during that short span of time, the album certainly has the potential for greatness. It includes several pieces of soundtrack work from
Odyssey in Rome (a documentary that focused on director
Abel Ferrara and the making of his film
Mary) as well as
UNKLE's BMW advert hit
"Trouble in Paradise (Variations on a Theme)." But
End Titles...Stories for Film wears the signs of its creation poorly, unlike the quite-good odds'n'sods collection
More Stories, which despite its high quality was released only in Australia. (To make matters more difficult, several tracks appear on both collections.) The film music is best, including the atmospheric
"Heaven," with a lovely vocal from
Gavin Clark that calls into question why it wasn't included higher up in the track listing.
"Trouble in Paradise (Variations on a Theme)" is also solid, along with the track
"Chemical," featuring
Josh Homme.
UNKLE flooding the marketplace with confusing and overlapping product has happened before, so it's just another problem to lay at the feet of
James Lavelle and wonder why a project that once seemed so promising appears to torpedo itself at every turn.
~John Bush, All Music Guide
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