Abattoir blues
The lyre of Orpheus

"Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus is a double CD or, rather, two completely different albums packaged in one very handsome box with a stylish lyric booklet and subtly colored pastel sleeves ... Abbatoir Blues, the first disc in the set (packaged in pink, of course), is a rock & roll record. Yeah, the same guy who released the Boatman's Call, No More Shall We Part, and Nocturama albums has turned in a pathos-drenched, volume-cranked rocker, full of crunch, punishment -- and taste ... The Lyre of Orpheus, by contrast, is a much quieter, more elegant affair".

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"Foruden dobbeltalbummet får [vi] en dvd indeholdende to liveoptagelser (kun audio), musikvideoer, en kortfilm om albummet samt to glimrende outtakes, som dog allerede er tilgængelige på uomgængelige B-Sides & Rarities. Kortfilmen - den 13. i rækken produceret særligt til reissue-serien - er med sine close-ups af talende hoveder ikke noget at skrive hjem om rent visuelt, og heller ikke alle kommentarer forekommer lige uundværlige".

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