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        Black Light

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        01
        Warsaw
        		 4:04
        02
        History
        		 4:12
        03
        Cards To Your Heart
        		 5:34
        04
        I Won't Kneel
        		 4:35
        05
        Shameless
        		 4:48
        06
        Look Me In The Eye Sister
        		 4:07
        07
        Paper Romance
        		 6:19
        08
        Time & Space
        		 4:53
        09
        Not Forgotten
        		 5:34
        10
        Fall Silent
        		 4:33
        11
        Just For Tonight
        		 4:06
        Album Information

        Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 52:45

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        Tim Chester

        eMusic Contributor

        03.02.10
        Groove Armada prove that menace is the move
        2010 | Label: Om Records

        Ever find yourself stop mid-booty shake halfway through "I See You Baby (Shaking That Ass)" and start wondering if party-starters supreme Groove Armada ever had a dark side? It turns out they do, and they've let it roam all over their sixth studio album, Black Light. It's clear from confrontationally-titled opener "Look Me in the Eye Sister" onward that this is no carefree summertime record. With track titles like the Joy Division-aping "Warsaw" and "I Won't Kneel," and with most of the LP recorded with live drums and guitars, it's clear that groove has been superseded by growl.

        Grungy, scuzzy synth chords splatter the album — most noticeably on the ominous 'Warsaw,' which combines the subsonic frequencies of Goose with the aggressive vocal approach of Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At?" "Not Forgotten," meanwhile, spits Prodigy-like venom.

        That's not to say the album lacks lighter moments. "Just For Tonight" has all the lush instrumentation and gentle surge of classic Fleetwood Mac; "Cards To Your Heart" recalls the Human League, and the Armada can't resist ramping up the BPM for the giddy "Time & Space".

        . As with 2007's Soundboy Rock, Groove Armada are rounded out by a series of guest… read more »

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        Masterpiece

        SlowX

        This album just keeps getting better and better with every listen. It's an awesome pop/dance/electronica collection, but then it somehow goes deeper than the genres usually allow. There's some depth here, along with darkness and gravity. Yet the beats remain strong and...I can't wait to hear what they do next.

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        Push the Groove Envelope

        orderedanalog

        These guys never stand still. They are always what is hot...

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        It Was A Mistaken...

        nickjacket

        search for another album that landed me upon planet Black Light. Sampling the tracks I decided to take them all because they're that good.

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        Visionary Sound. Musical Masterpiece.

        DangerDuck

        I do not understand how much i love this album. It is unique and beatifully unapolgetic with it's in your face flagrant bass-buzz emo melody. No, it isn't your grandma's Groove Armada, but i love it. Inspiring with shivers. Track 1,2,4,5,7,9 immediately standout as amazing, but the rest are really good, i've just been so focused on playing these that i haven't had time to properly get to them enough yet. I would recommend though playing it all the way through as probably the way to go, it has a thematic cohesiveness as a whole. I love it as much as 'Goodbye Country Hello Nightclub' but in a different way. I would highly suggest getting the entire album.

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        This Pops Like Excellent Cuisine.

        dsspike

        This album delivers. It's like eating a gourmet dinner and the flavors just keep coming. Haunting at times, melodic, yet not sleepy. I love it.

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        AMAZing Album

        filmingdavid

        So many strong, stand-out tracks. History, Look Me In The Eye Sister & Paper Romance are mega-hits. This album has staying power. Grab it pronto.

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        Dark and groovy

        remtheory

        MGMT + Fischerspooner = great Goove Armada. TERRIFIC. Get it. Wow, I missed these guys.

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        Wow.

        celtwithkilt

        I didn't know they had it in them, but I'm glad they did. Who knew that GA's dark side would be so delicious.

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        Six full-lengths and 12 years into their career, Groove Armada have produced their dark album, a record that translates the dense, frenzied sound of Anglo-American dance-pop of the 2000s into the context of the duo’s highly stylized productions. There’s a clear focus to the record, too, virtually all of it centered on mainstream dance of the ’80s Hi-NRG synth pop variety, including nods to Bronski Beat, Soft Cell, and Human League. – John Bush