Oh jeh ...

So first of all I have to come out myself as a long-standing (and inspiring) Fan of the first hour of Element of Crime. And this concerns not only the music on vinyl, CD or electronically, but also the incredible live experience EoC. However, I think that this album is to undercut to banality and lack of imagination hardly. A parody of the (glorious old days) ...
Unlike other reviews, I am of the opinion that Element of Crime have raised in the past always beneficial from the current zeitgeist ... - and swam against the (shallow) flow of mass. Who does not remember the first shot in German, or even after a whole album with German lyrics. Even then there was always surprising moments, small, stylish finishing touches that have a welcome news.

Now it says it goodbye because texts (especially) and also music sound like a bad copy of Element of Crime (almost like Pur). And does it hurt me in the soul, to write this ...