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Record LabelMinistry of Sound

UPC5026535120025

eBay Product ID (ePID)15050161911

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2000

GenreRock

Run Time74 Mins 25 Seconds

ArtistBent

Release TitleProgrammed to Love

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Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

ReviewsUncut (9/01, p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Waves lap on shores, bongos shuffle amiably, cats purr, Mantovani strings rise and fall..." Alternative Press (2/02, p.65) - Ranked #22 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001" - "...A collection that rewards repeated listens handsomely..." Alternative Press (1/02, p.78) - 9 out of 10 - "...Stephen Mills and Nail Tolliday have cobbled together an exquisite latticework of melodies and moods..." CMJ (11-12/01, p.71) - "...A perfumed, candy-colored 67-minutes of pleasant 'divertissements'..."

Additional informationBent: Simon Mills, Neil "Nail" Tolliday. Additional personnel: Zoe Johnston (vocals). Producers include: Simon Mills, Nail Tolliday, Zoe Johnston. Illustrator: Rob White . Much respected on their native English soil, while virtually unknown outside of dance circles elsewhere, Bent traffics in the sort of mid-tempo beats and well-sculpted, chilled atmospheres attributed to many French techno-heads. Differing slightly from the U.K. version of this release, this track listing still includes the gorgeous "Swollen," a Sade sound-alike piece that makes you wonder why they didn't hunt down the original in hopes of possibly scoring a worldwide smash. The experiment, however, falls a little flatter on "Private Road," but only because the melody lacks similar muscle. Kudos are to be given for the vocoder-laden "Cylons in Love" and the wonderfully reconfigured Ernesto Lecuona piece, "Always." Though not every track may manage the allure of the aforementioned, the skill and imagination employed (as on the sample-heavy "Exercise 1," for example) make this a more-than-enjoyable release throughout. ~ JoE Silva