Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed

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As I was about to write this review, I was wondering, who is going to care about Mogwai anyway? They are never going to make it to mainstream. However, this is indeed a murderously underrated album, I feel obliged to write a review. Also due to the fact that the brain behind MBV, Kevin Shield remixed 'Mogwai Fear Satan', dark, ominous, but beautiful. Arguably the best thing he has done since 'Loveless' and easily the best track on the album. In prior to that, Mogwai was often compared to MBV, after listening to this remix, I realized that in order to surpass 'Loveless', you have to inject much of the modern sound into it, clearly, the collaboration between Kevin Shields with David Holmes, Death In Vegas amongst many others indicates that he is walking towards that direction. For the rest of the album, it is a peregenation that is dangerous and creepy, probably one of the darkest album of 1998. Just immerse your soul into the music, move with the mood of the music, let all the creepy, uneasy feeling possess you, many times you want to give up and just put any other record on, any record will do,even Britney really! However, if you presevere, the fruit is sweet. After about 50times of repeated listening, I finally realized that how good these artists are in creating different moods, yet, they are so coherent that it sounds like this is a proper album instead of a remix album. Compare to 'CODY', this is even harder to get into, and it does not have Mercury Rev's producer whose production did not really match Mogwai's style, and in some way, spoilt the otherwise fantastic album. 'KADP' requires much of your patience, your time, your dedication, to get into the soundscape of this album. Once you are in, most probably you will not want to get out of it forever. It is not hard to tell that this is simply the BEST Mogwai album so far.