"A CROWD OF OTHERS - PART 3"
Released: March 14, 2011
01 Silversun Pickups - "Growing Old Is Getting Old"
02 The Big Pink - "Velvet"
03 Crystal Castles (feat. Robert Smith) - "Not In Love"
04 Stars - "Undertow"
05 The Hundred in the Hands - "Commotion"
06 The Raveonettes - "Lust"
07 Peter, Bjorn, and John - "It Don't Move Me"
08 The Tough Alliance - "The New School"
09 School of Seven Bells - "Half Asleep"
10 Scarlett Johannson - "Anywhere I Lay My Head"
11 Siobhan Donaghy - "Ghosts"
12 Ivy - "Nothing But The Sky"
13 M83 - "Coloring The Void"
In this last Crowd installment, Electrique timidly ventures into the otherworld where mood matters more than meaning. It uses sounds instead of words to evoke its desired effect in its listeners. Part 3 will produce almost the same impact even if the songs were switched to a different language.
- Q Magazine
Whereas the previous two parts were adamant and decisive in their themes, Part 3 is more reflective in nature. The sad thing though is in its cynical resolution of resignation. Despite the occasional pseudo-bright spots, there is a pervading theme of tiredness and hopelessness from start to finish.
- Absolute Punk
If Part 1 was about the distortion of meaning and Part 2 was a well-meaning narrative on love, Part 3 dispenses of meaning altogether. As the last song ends, one will be hard-pressed to answer what this whole 13-track affair was about.
- Mojo
As hinted by the album cover, "A Crowd of Others - Part 3" is more about textures than colors. With its combination of thrumming bass and unnatural synths, it invokes a three-dimensional and layered view on its sound. A quality which other Electrique albums have never had before.
- Sputnikmusic
It is expected that Part 3 will not receive a warm reception from its audience as Part 2 did. Its sound is too experimental, and its theme too immaterial for the masses. Electrique's music used to be about a matter of enjoyment. Now it's a matter of taste.
- Clash Music
As the Crowd trilogy closes, Electrique has proven, without a doubt, that it was ready to leave the trappings of pop music and enter the more satisfying yet more unpredictable realm of indie music. It was a wise decision. And about time, in our opinion.
- The Telegraph
Electrique was under a tremendous amount of pressure as to how it was going to perfectly cap the Crowd of Others trilogy. And it responded not by setting the bars higher, but by bringing it to another dimension altogether.
- BBC Music
At first listen, it will seem that Part 3's songs were picked up from the leavings of the previous two projects. Musically, this is the least cohesive album from the trilogy. And yet on hindsight, there is definitely something which holds this album together. A disturbing eeriness, an emanating coldness, an inversion which cannot be described properly into words.
- The A. V. Club
A psycho-thriller soundtrack, "A Crowd of Others - Part 3" has that rare ability to hypnotize its listeners. Whether into sleep or into the shadowy recesses of your mind is dependent on the listeners' maturity.
- Filter
It is remarkable how a deadpan sound can still evolve from black to gray to white and to colorless as the album proceeds. The casual listener will most probably fail to see any of these distinctions but to the more attentive and sensitive ones, Part 3 is a most rewarding, awe-inspiring listen.
- American Songwriter
It is only to those who are aware of the circumstances in which "A Crowd of Others - Part 3" was made will its theme and sound be fully understood. It was created with the belief that it was to be Electrique's last full-length compilation, and that explains its tangible earnestness to deliver well. It takes a few listens for it to completely sink in but you will realize that it did.
- Pitchfork
The very nature of this album to escape comprehension is its strength. Electrique might call it an incidental occurrence, but it might also be a partially-realized yearning of the subconscious.
- All Music Guide
You can download this amazing album and judge it for yourself. Simply click the link below and enjoy!
A Crowd of Others - Part 3
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