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Explosive gathers 12 highlights from Bond's three studio albums. It also includes the previously unreleased "Carmina," "Caravan," and "Sugar Plum." It's kind of a strange time for the U.K. quartet to put out a collection like this. For one thing, discounting the new material, it's relatively brief. On the other hand, Explosive might be a way for Bond to further establish their slick amalgam of classical instrumentation, worldbeat, and dance music flourish. In that sense Explosive is a primer, a guidebook, a showcase; for Bond's established fans, it's a succinct album survey with the incentive of bonus content. Released in DualDisc format, the set includes music videos for the title track, "Victory," and "Fuego," as well as a photo gallery and the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound. As usual, in the artwork and photography Bond have refused to be staid or classical. Explosive features Haylie Ecker, Eos Chater, Tania Davis, and Gay-Yee Westerhoff dressed to the hilt and surrounded by vibrant flora. As they've always done, particularly with 2003's Classified, the quartet stands boldly behind its style, no matter the naysayers. Of course, the usual criticisms do apply. Pieces like "Duel," "Viva!," and "Caravan" move well. But their gleaming intersection of flighty chamber instruments and relentlessly jaunty electronics tries so hard to be irrepressible that it can have the opposite effect. When that happens, Bond's music ends up at the border between the ultramodern and sounds for the background. (Much of Explosive would be perfect scene-setting music for the arrival of Lara Croft or a certain gentleman spy in some far-flung urban locale.) But Bond fans don't struggle with these questions of validity, and for them (or the casual, curious listener) Explosive is a worthy pickup.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Magnus Fiennes, Producer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Mike Batt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Gareth Cousins, Producer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Eduard Botric, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Programming, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Ivica Murat, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Niksa Bratos, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Damir Somen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, Producer, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Author, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Orion, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hayley Ecker, Author, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eos Chater, Author, Arranger, Work Arranger - Tania Davis, Author, Arranger, Viola, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Strange, Author - !Del, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2001 Decca Music Group Limited
Magnus Fiennes, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Magnus Fiennes, Producer - Yoad Nevo, Composer, Producer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Gil Brown, Composer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Decca Music Group Limited
Matt Dunkley, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Tim Bran, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - GARETH JONES, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Clive Goddard, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ADAM BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pickard, Programmer - Orion, Producer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Huntington, Percussion, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Nenad Šiškov, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Leal, Producer, Programmer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Phil Todd, Saxophone, EWI, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Anita Kelsey, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Kershaw, Conductor - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Clem Clempson, Guitar, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gareth Cousins, Producer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
M. Glover, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matt Dunkley, Conductor - R. Kerr, Arranger, Work Arranger - Duke Ellington, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Tim Bran, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Tizol, Author - Rony Barrak, Darbouka, AssociatedPerformer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pickard, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Gant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orion, Producer - Hayley Ecker, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eos Chater, Arranger, Work Arranger - Tania Davis, Arranger, Viola, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Huntington, Percussion, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Leal, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Matt Dunkley, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - GARETH JONES, Editor, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clive Goddard, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Glover, Arranger, Work Arranger - ADAM BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pickard, Programmer - Orion, Producer, Recording Producer - Hayley Ecker, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eos Chater, Arranger, Work Arranger - Peter Lazonby, Producer, Arranger, Additional Producer, Programmer, Work Arranger - Tania Davis, Arranger, Viola, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Rose, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Leal, Producer, Programmer, Recording Producer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
M. Glover, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matt Dunkley, Conductor - R. Kerr, Arranger, Work Arranger - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Tim Bran, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Orff, Composer - Clive Goddard, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Pickard, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Orion, Producer - Hayley Ecker, Arranger, Work Arranger - Eos Chater, Arranger, Work Arranger - Tania Davis, Arranger, Viola, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Huntington, Percussion, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Leal, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Explosive gathers 12 highlights from Bond's three studio albums. It also includes the previously unreleased "Carmina," "Caravan," and "Sugar Plum." It's kind of a strange time for the U.K. quartet to put out a collection like this. For one thing, discounting the new material, it's relatively brief. On the other hand, Explosive might be a way for Bond to further establish their slick amalgam of classical instrumentation, worldbeat, and dance music flourish. In that sense Explosive is a primer, a guidebook, a showcase; for Bond's established fans, it's a succinct album survey with the incentive of bonus content. Released in DualDisc format, the set includes music videos for the title track, "Victory," and "Fuego," as well as a photo gallery and the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound. As usual, in the artwork and photography Bond have refused to be staid or classical. Explosive features Haylie Ecker, Eos Chater, Tania Davis, and Gay-Yee Westerhoff dressed to the hilt and surrounded by vibrant flora. As they've always done, particularly with 2003's Classified, the quartet stands boldly behind its style, no matter the naysayers. Of course, the usual criticisms do apply. Pieces like "Duel," "Viva!," and "Caravan" move well. But their gleaming intersection of flighty chamber instruments and relentlessly jaunty electronics tries so hard to be irrepressible that it can have the opposite effect. When that happens, Bond's music ends up at the border between the ultramodern and sounds for the background. (Much of Explosive would be perfect scene-setting music for the arrival of Lara Croft or a certain gentleman spy in some far-flung urban locale.) But Bond fans don't struggle with these questions of validity, and for them (or the casual, curious listener) Explosive is a worthy pickup.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:48
- Main artists: Bond
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca - London
- Genre: Classical
© 2005 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
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