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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 41 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9240
Category: Music
Artist: Justice
Publisher: Downtown/Ed Banger
Studio: Downtown/Ed Banger
Manufacturer: Downtown/Ed Banger
Label: Downtown/Ed Banger
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 224892
UPC: 825646298624
EAN: 0825646298624
ASIN: B000QCUB8I
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Genesis | | • | Let There Be Light | | • | D.A.N.C.E. | | • | Newjack | | • | Phantom | | • | Phantom Pt II | | • | Valentine | | • | The Party | | • | Dvno | | • | Stress | | • | Waters of Nazareth | | • | One Minute to Midnight |
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Album Description
Justice's monster beats, massive hooks, thunderous drums, and near-religious determination to demolish dance floors cast them in a light no contemporary can catch. The group's US debut single, "Waters Of Nazareth" arrived in 2006 and solidified their sound: huge slabs of beats, brutal strings, and cathartic release. That record sets the stage for this, their debut full-length, boasting the already ubiquitous disco pop anthem "D.A.N.C.E.", which features the best English children's choir since "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2".
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Justice is the moniker of the Paris-based production duo Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay. Their approach to crazy-quilt dance-pop hybridism is infectious, if a tad off-putting here and there. The duo rose to fame due to an MP3 single and super smart video for the excellent, kiddy-chorused house-pop number "D.A.N.C.E." in 2007, and they soon thereafter signed to the suitably named label Banger. They manage to make really silly and fun music in a way that frequently comes off in a pretentious manner. It's ridiculous to name your album after a symbol, especially if it's ?. This is not meant derogatorily. Really. Justice does appear to be that rare breed of dance artist equally capable of stimulating the body and the mind, though neither Richard James nor the Basement Jaxx need fear this act. After just one listen to "Waters of Nazareth," it's very difficult to avoid wondering "how the hell did they mix and match noise and pop so beautifully" while also dancing furiously. --Mike McGonigal
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Rarely does a European DJ/dance album hit the U.S. with as full a head of steam as this one, but after the twin jabs of the singles "Never Be Alone" and "Waters of Nazareth," French duo Justice was poised and ready to follow with Cross. As a strong contender for the dance album of 2007, this 12-track debut shows Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Auge flexing more musical elasticity than the "dance" or "house" tags can possibly convey on their own, never mind the "French Touch" movement with which the pair is loosely and rather reductively associated. Having remixed tracks from artists as dissimilar as Britney Spears and Franz Ferdinand, the pair seems to have been building its chops for exactly this kind of resolutely defiant masterwork. From the relentless, gritty electro-bounce of opener "Genesis" and the stuttering, four-on-the-floor propulsion of "Let There Be Light," to the children's chorus of "D.A.N.C.E." and the rock-indebted "DVNO," Cross starts with a palette of house and disco beats and then throws the kitchen sink at it. The resulting amalgam boasts a tectonic range of reference without ever sacrificing de Rosnay and Auge's slavish devotion to the fine art of the party album. --Jason Kirk
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| Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...
 obnoxious. April 16, 2009
wow. and i bet a lot of the same people that loved this said Crystal Castles was 'boring and untalented'. this album is repetitive and annoying. Crystal Castles blows this away with energy and feeling.
 talented successor of daft punk March 15, 2009
This album sounds a lot like of Daft Punk.
It's quite a perfect mix of homework, discovery and human after all.
Actually this is much better than the recent work of daft punk.
Almost every track is a hit.
It's not easy listening - it will take you 2-3 listening through to start getting addicted.
A bit on the "dark" side, not typical souless dance music.
After that you will love it.
A MUST BUY for every electronic music amateur!!!
 Eh January 28, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Was it good? Sure, it was fine, almost fun to listen to (the first time, at least).
Was it worth the price? No. If this was 4 or 5 dollars, I would recommend it, but it is dangerously close to that 9.99$ threshold, which it simply isn't worth.
Many of the songs seem to blend together, but I doubt that this was intentional on their part. Yes, it has that trade mark "Daft Punk type sound", but it is *not* as creative or energetic as Daft Punk.
I would be hard pressed to say that any song on this album did not consist of the following: Start with a catchy beat, repeat for 1/2 verses, alter slightly for one verse, alternate to original for next verse, alter slightly for next verse, etc.
The two songs that did have actual singing in them ("Tthhee Ppaarrttyy" and "Dvno") were completely shallow and crude, both intellectually and rhythmically.
It really hurts me to rate such a promising band so poorly; I really *did* want to enjoy this more, but the creative energy just is NOT there.
All in all, this album is worth hearing if a friend owns a copy and lets you borrow it, but it is not worth the trouble of paying for.
 Mediocre as mediocre gets... January 23, 2009
When I'm judging an album, if I'm not initally impressed, I figure on 10 total plays to make a decision. After 10 plays, "Cross" still didn't have me feeling one way or another. After 15 more plays, this album still shows the same - good then bad.
Once things start sounding good, as in the opening track "Genesis", they quickly turn to bad, in "Let There Be Light" (This track gives me a headache). "D.A.N.C.E" and "Newjack" are cute and the album kind of wanders through "TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY" and "DVNO" with nothing overly impressive. "Waters of Nazareth" is a nice track that should have been more towards the beginning of the album and then the album kind of just goes away, wanting me to play it again, and I don't know why.
Overall, not terrible, but not something I'm going to be playing months from now.
Amazing music January 13, 2009
I heard Justice once in a friend's car and loved their unique sound immediately. I bought the album knowing nothing about the rest of the music, but it is simply amazing.
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