If the species would say goodbye with this album from the music business, they would do it with an excellent album. Because Success combines all the best of what The kind has identified in its 30-year history and even adds new nuances. This album is the privilege, which bears the name in itself. But it will not come, The Art were always good, but one of those bands where the really big success was denied. But perhaps they are therefore the ones they are and do remains very good music. The opener Seven Tears I Cry holds the first surprise. Blowers. I can not remember when they had used something like this before. A beautiful danceable number, standing in the tradition of the band. The type, or more Makarios, sings again in German and English, which does not harm the album. And just as the language is changed, it is with the pace of the songs. The driving guitar is always accompanied by the sovereign bass and sometimes you do not know when listening, it is the nature or Wissmut, the project between the first and second phase of the Art. And the differences were really marginal. Sometimes when Wissmut was little more beat, comparable here with the song the last ones still danced. Driving rhythm and bass Gumprechts holds everything together, while the guitars like almost floating support the melody. The nature were and are more towards pop Wave situate, although featuring not always sufficient. Dancing and melancholy combines dark bass and sometimes incantatory voice, lightweight guitars and demanding Drums. As Found a New Way. These are the kind. This is in the head and eats its way in and then in the legs that twitch at first and then you just want to dance and still get lost in the music. The drums challenges, the guitar and the bass will appease not cease to twitch in his veins. No better way to make music a la The Art. And began as experimental as the album, it will also stop. It sounds electronically breathed and is yet not. Makarios sings in German and announced his view of the world that does not always bursting with optimism. But it might be the kind. This kind of particular Weltschmerz, which was never corny and enchant always knew. The times rabidly about came, but was always sensitive. The dance as well as calling for reflection. The kind with me since 1987 and I'm still excited about what they do and have done. Sure, not everything was good. But they were never really bad. And for me Success is a great success and I hope to have brought over some of my enthusiasm. Just buy, listen again and again. And live they are great.
