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  • Artist: UNKLE
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: February 05, 2008
  • Total Time: 134:37
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

It would be easy to take a short glance at More Stories and decide that it's just a remix album, or an odds'n'sods collection, or an instrumentals disc -- at any rate, simply a companion piece to 2007's War Stories (and, therefore, recommended only if you liked War Stories). But when UNKLE and James Lavelle are involved, everything is high concept. Granted, this usually does more harm than good, but More Stories is a very good collection. (And, for the record, it includes remixes and instrumentals and odds'n'sodds, the latter, specifically, comprising the music for Odyssey in Rome, a documentary that focused on director Abel Ferrara and the making of his film Mary.) The film music is hardly incidental, including the atmospheric "Heaven," with a lovely vocal from Gavin Clark that calls into question why it wasn't included on a proper UNKLE full-length. War Stories collaborators Autolux and Layo & Bushwacka! are given their own tracks, and Autolux turn in a solid version of their original, "Turnstile Blues." The second disc is the full instrumental version of War Stories. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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More Stories

Japanese edition
Studio album by Unkle
Released Japan 16 January 2008
Australia 31 January 2008
Genre Electronic
Producer UNKLE
Chris Goss
Unkle chronology
War Stories
(2007)
More Stories
(2008)
End Titles... Stories for Film
(2008)
Alternative cover
Australian edition

More Stories is a selection of UNKLE works and remixes created during the War Stories era. The album was released in Japan on 16 January 2008, followed by a 31 January release date in Australia.

The Japan exclusive release comes in a cardboard sleeve and the CD is wrapped in a cloth sleeve. It also includes a booklet and obi-strip.

The cover art was designed by Kazuki, with additional design by Ben Drury and James Lavelle.

Contents

Track listing

Japanese edition

  1. "Serene"
  2. "Heaven"
  3. "Turnstile Blues (Surrender Sounds Sessions #4)"
  4. "Opened Dreams"
  5. "Blade in the Back"
  6. "Can't Stop"
  7. "Synthetic Water"
  8. "A Wash of Black"
  9. "Burn My Shadow (Radio Slave Remix)"
  10. "Hold My Hand (Buckley remix)"
  11. "Burn My Shadow (Surrender Sounds Sessions #5)"

Tracks 1, 2, 4 and 7 are from the score for the film Odyssey in Rome. "Blade in the Back" was played live at Unkle's first London gig, which at the time was called "Swampy".

Australian edition

CD 1

  1. Unkle, "Kaned and Able" (from the film Odyssey in Rome)
  2. Unkle, "Heaven" (from the film Odyssey in Rome)
  3. Autolux, "Turnstile Blues" (Surrender Sounds Sessions #4)
  4. Unkle, "Opened Dreams"
  5. Unkle, "Blade In The Back" (from the film Odyssey in Rome)
  6. Unkle, "Can't Stop"
  7. Unkle, "Synthetic Water" (from the film Odyssey in Rome)
  8. Unkle, "A Wash Of Black"
  9. Layo & Bushwacka! - "Life2Live" (Surrender Sounds Sessions #1)
  10. Unkle, "Burn My Shadow" (Radio Slave Remix)
  11. Unkle, "Hold My Hand" (Dubfire Remix)
  12. Unkle, "Burn My Shadow" Surrender Sounds Sessions #5

CD 2 Instrumental versions from War Stories

Credits

  • Compiled By - James Lavelle, Pablo Clements
  • Computer (Pro Tools/logic) - Aidan Lavelle, Chris Allen, Pablo Clements
  • Engineer - Chris Allen, Pablo Clements
  • Mastered By - Howie Weinberg, Rob Thomas
  • Mixed By - Chris Allen
  • Producer - Chris Goss, UNKLE
  • Producer (Credited To) - Aidan Lavelle, Chris Allen, James Lavelle, Pablo Clements, Richard File
  • Programmed By - Aidan Lavelle, Chris Allen, Pablo Clements
  • Written By - Aidan Lavelle, Chris Allen, James Lavelle, Pablo Clements

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