This was the hardest listen so far. Not because it was bad, nor was it challenging, nor was it avant garde. It's simply the most brutal record I've ever heard - so much so, that I found it physically tiring to listen to in full.
Silver Bullet are seemingly known for the 20 seconds to comply track - an uptempo, Public Enemy like clash of tough drums and a load of Robocop samples. If someone's sampling Robocop then everything is right with the world. It's not far off a Hijack's Badman is Robbin', which makes me wonder why this did so well but Hijack seemingly didn't? But anyway.
The rest of the album takes the same tack - heavy drums, fast rapping and the sound of a man losing his voice. The version I bought has 4 bonus tracks, including, of all things, two Bomb Squad remixes. I guess they struggled with the remix, since it's so close to their sound anyway - the version of 20 seconds is basically shorter but still as relentless. It's a good record but too one dimensional and not distinctive enough to keep me interested. And exhausting.
Here's a cheap video which (surely illegally) includes a whole bunch of scenes from one of the greatest films ever made:
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