Datarock: Datarock Datarock

Datarock: Datarock Datarock
Nettwerk: 6/12/2007

Datarock's doubly eponymous debut is actually about two years old, and some of the songs are older than five years, but it was finally released in the U.S. this past June. The tracklist for the U.S. version is slightly different than the version in most of the world, omitting some songs but keeping almost all of the best ones (my only complaint is they left off "Nightflight to Uranus", the best song on the European version). Several new ones are added that show how the band has evolved in the past couple of years. The dance/rock of early singles like "Computer Camp Love" is still there, but they have expanded their palette with the new songs. Their experiments with blue-eyed soul and Italo-disco pay off handsomely. The U.S. version is an improvement on the original, which was great to begin with. It has reignited my enthusiasm for Datarock and my anticipation for their follow-up.