Skinny Puppy - Greater Wrong of the Right

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Free Music Review: From a long-time Skinny Puppy fan who loved it, and why
Hit: 5 Stars

I really enjoyed "The Greater Wrong of the Right". I think it turned out well and it seems obvious that they had a great time making it.

Now, to be fair: Does it blow me away like their old albums always did? Not so much.
Does it contain a new, classic, unforgettable, catchy Skinny Puppy anthem that stays with you and which you can't stop listening to over and over (in the tradition of "Smothered Hope", "Assimilate", "Testure", "Worlock", or "Inquisition")? No, it doesn't.
Does it contain an endless stream of sound effects and dialogue samples from different horror movies that set the mood and make you go, "Oh cool! That's from --- (insert horror movie title)"? Nope, unfortunately not.
Is it in the Skinny Puppy style? Yes, though one of the trademarks of their style is that it's always changing and if you listen to any new album expecting to hear the same style they used the last time around you will be disappointed.

What keeps this album within the scope of the classic Skinny Puppy style is the incorporation of many different layered sounds which are reminiscent of sounds used on their previous albums. Certain synthesizer moments seem to be recalling bits and pieces of old songs from "Vivisect VI" and "Last Rites", though this new album is admittedly nowhere near as memorable, experimental, or epic as either of those two.

Songs on this album often trail in and out with long, quiet, moody, atmospheric, almost classical sounding beginnings and endings, as songs did on "Bites", "Rabies", and "Last Rights" though I must admit I was disappointed that none of them stayed in that vein. As soon as I started thinking, "Ooo, this one sounds like it's building up to be another one of their great slow, creepy instrumental pieces like 'Draining Faces', 'The Centre Bullet', 'Riverz End', or 'Double Cross'" suddenly hardcore drums and fast, dancey rhythms would start up.

So while some songs imply the old Skinny Puppy feeling, none go all the way with it. However, I loved the fact that the very last sound effect you hear on the very last song are dogs barking, reminiscent of the beginning of one of their very earliest songs, "Incision".

My favorite tracks on this album?

Track 1, "I'mmortal" - The first song on every Skinny puppy album is always great, and this one is too, and it's full of surprises.
Track 5, "Ghostman" - This song is probably the one that sounds the most like "old Skinny Puppy" in fact it's so close to their recognizable old style that it almost got me misty eyed. This song reminded me a lot of "Mirror Saw" from "Last Rights". But it also incorporates a lot of sounds resembling Cevin Key's new solo instrumental material, which is cool.
Track 7,8,and 9, are also enjoyable.
Track 10, "DaddyuWarbash" - A real stand out. Skinny Puppy can also always be counted on to do great closing songs on their albums, and this is another great ending. Somehow it manages to be loud and epic (I LOVE the screaming, high-pitched female voice doing operatic singing in the background during the chorus) while also being goofy and not without a sense of humor - the song begins with Ogre's voice electronically pitched like chip n' dale at the beginning, which was something they did on "Brak Talk", a B-side from the "Rabies" album, and it ends with Ogre saying "woof, woof!" Kinda funny.

Overall, this is a really good, quality, fun album, certainly a lot more enjoyable than their last full album "The Process". But at the same time, it's also not like their old albums, where every song seemed to be a work of genius and had me listening to it over and over, marveling at it and analyzing it to death.

With the possible exception of "Back and Forth Series 3&4" there really hasn't been an SP album that I have felt that way about since "Last Rites".

So I am happy with it, but it also makes me long for the old days.

There ya go.

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The Greater Wrong Of The Right is a breathtaking continuation down the path that Skinny Puppy had embarked with1996?s The Process. The experiments of the past few years have not been forgotten or faded out: in their condensed, highly energetic form they influence an album that impresses first and foremost with its energy, power and stringency.

Although all the elements of the Skinny Puppy history have been integrated into the ten new tracks, their complexity and divergence develop little by little, in typical Skinny Puppy style: Demanding up-tempo tracks like I?mmortal or Pro-test with its brilliant rap elements face spread-out, intricate little masterpieces like Ghostman, which continue to put the band?s imitators in their place.

Still, The Greater Wrong Of The Right is an album that fortunately lacks any kind of anachronism or supposed nostalgic flair: with the support of a new generation of musicians, like Tool?s Danny Carey (acoustic drum on Use Less) or Wayne Static of Static-X (vocals on Use Less) it is, with all its dark brilliance, already one of the most outstanding albums of the year - and another milestone in the history of an exceptional band.

There can be no doubt that Skinny Puppy with their complex soundscapes, which have influenced whole generations of bands, count among the spearheading representatives of the so-called ?electronic body music? movement of the mid-Eighties.

The Greater Wrong Of The Right proves that Skinny Puppy remain one of the most innovative new electro act of this or any decade!

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