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 DFD, not something else.. Mar 01, 2009
On the first listen of this album I didn't like it at all. Since I also got "Committed To A Bright Future," I listened to that a few days later. I didn't like it much on the first couple listens, but after that I really started to appreciate it, and in a few more listens I started to love it. And yes, both these albums sound Bungle influenced, but they don't sound to much like them. I love them both without ever saying "but they're not as good as Bungle." It's just not the same. "Adultery," took me a little longer to get into, but now I love it. There are some really good, catchy songs on here.. "The Darkest Days" is probably the catchiest and is an incredible song. There are also some very cool unique songs such as "Dead Virgins Don't Sing," with eerie chantlike vocals with violas and other string instruments, the beautiful sounding "Mature Audiences Only," with lyrical content that few would consider beautiful. Another standout track is "Silent Film," the verses are awesome. "Moonlight City Drive" is insanely catchy as well. This band is so underrated it's ridiculous, I believe the Bungle comparisons overshadows there songwriting. When I first listened to them after hearing a million times how they are bungle rip-offs or "DFD are my fav band, along with Bungle," I felt letdown which is probably why I didn't like it at first. It's hard to expect another Bungle and you won't be getting it. Keep that in mind and get it off your mind and enjoy "Adultery" (and "Committed to a Bright Future") for what it is... an incredible journey in sound and storytelling. DFD and Polkadot Cadaver probably are the closet you'll get to Bungle and you'll appreciate that in time, no matter how hard it is to get over the fact there is no other. They're their own band.
EDIT: Upping this to 5 stars.
This album is the musical equivalent to a great horror/murder mystery movie. The lyrics are improved over past albums, the production is better, and the music is superb. They really sound matured. This CD's a serious grower, like ridiculously. Incredible.
 Wow! Feb 15, 2008
An utterly incredible album. I can't stop listening to it, and singing it through my day. My wife is addicted to it as well. So many styles brought seemlessly together with great lyrics and singing, melodies, structure, and emotions. The whole thing works as a front to back album in a way that few every could. I can't write a "helpful" review but had to give praise where it is deserved. Adultery is a masterpiece! I'd give six stars if I could.
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 Expected a little bit less... Jul 24, 2007
I've been a fan of DFD for quite some time now, and I have to say that I was a little dissappointed in this album. It is just a little too polished and too "mainstream" for me. I usually have no problem with a band sidestepping their artistic side to go more mainstream if it works for them, but DFD was known for their funny/innovative yet brutal metal and intriguing time changes and signatures. Seemed to me on this album, they were just trying to record something to put it out. They left the artistic side out of this one a little bit. I still like it, but I expected less of an album. It's production quality is very high, but that takes away from a band like this if you ask me.
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"Adultery" could win a Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and Emmy. Oct 12, 2006
Dog Fashion Disco, commonly compared to other "strange" bands like System Of A Down, and more closely, Mr. Bungle, released their fifth album in April. "Adultery," which is essentially a story in itself, features some of their best and most creative work to date. As a result, it's an album that fans of metal, rock, punk rock, jazz, alternative...well, basically any genre shouldn't miss.
One must understand that "Adultery" is a story. Much like a film, as time goes by, the story is unfolded and if attention isn't paid, the story isn't understood. Each song is considered a "Chapter" in the story. The album begins with the chilling piano-and-whispers track, "The Uninvited Guest," which introduces the story's "character." The brief exposition is then lit on fire by the brief, blazing-fast drum solo that introduces "Sacrifice Of Miss Rose Covington." This brutal track shows off the heavy metal side of Dog Fashion Disco and also vocalist Todd Smith's raw, from-deep-down-the-throat roar. More than midway through the song is a buildup that takes all of the energy of the song, develops it, and blows it up in the listener's face.
"Silent Film," one of the strange songs on the album, begins with horns and a simple guitar riff that is accompanied by a low, baritone Smith. Midway through the song, there is a period of almost total silence that is disrupted quite forcefully by a random and almost humourous volley of bellows from Smith. "Silent Film" brings the character's deranged, violent thoughts into the story of "Adultery," and it's here that the album's story really picks up. "Sweet Insanity," possibly the closest you'd get to System Of A Down without replacing Serj Tankian with Smith, is a slow-paced, airy song about the character's lack of grasp on his mind. This song shows off Smith's impeccable range, as he changes pitch as easily as he changes socks.
"Desert Grave" is the first real break in the action, giving the listener's ears a break from the almost non-stop rampage that began more than 10 minutes prior to it. This song also imitates a popular sound, this time the super-low bellows of the late Johnny Cash. "Desert Grave" fits into the storyline at a point where the character has fallen in deeply in his dark ways and is quite literally trying to hide his evidence. "Moonlight City Drive" is rather similar to "Silent Film," as it introduces a very strange, Western/Vegas sound. Think synthesizers, horns, guitars, female vocals, and all sorts of crazy percussion. "Private Eye," the seventh track, isn't a song as much as it is an element of the story. It introduces the law to our deranged killer's story, as a detective has spotted the killer and an "unknown female." It becomes obvious that the demented, homicidal sexual predator has gotten in far too deeply, and one of the faster songs on the album "The Darkest Days" begins with a taunting riff that leads into a fast-paced but quiet vocal introduction by Smith. "Darkest Days" shows more of Smith's range, as he goes from quite low to quite high when the chorus begins. The chorus then ends with Smith's scream, which could quite easily shatter walls.
"Dead Virgins Don't Sing," like "Private Eye," isn't much of a song. In fact, it's less of a song and more of a chant. Cultists recite lines in the foreground while haunting music streams in the background, ending with a passionate and uprising speech by a cultist leader. It is assumed that this song indicates our anti-hero's search for a way out of his problems, albeit an unsuccessful attempt. "The Hitchhiker" is another strange song that introduces a little elevator and electronic music into the rock/metal mix, as well as the deep singing from Smith.
Easily the best and most gripping song on the album, "100 Suicides," follows "Hitchhiker." "100 Suicides" begins with a blasting guitars, horns, and drums that eventually go silent and give way to Smith's whispering vocals. The meaning of this song isn't as apparent due to its lyrics, but my interpretation is that the character is completely devoid of a sense of reality and wants to escape back to his past life, reincarnated. "100 Suicides" is most memorable by that guitar/horn combo, but it goes full-steam when it goes into a free-jazz breakdown. This breakdown is one of the most appropriately out-of-place (is that an oxymoron?) pieces of music I've ever heard, and it's helped by a fantastic in-and-out transition. As the song fades back into vocals, Smith's voice reaches a new low that quickly rises back into the fast pace that the song began with.
"Adultery," the title track, is a surprisingly great song that isn't as accessible initially, but makes up the last true song on the album. My interpretation of the song is that, despite his attempts in "100 Suicides," our lunatic character simply can't escape his primal, human lusts, which explains the most haunting and downright terrifying tracks on the album, "Mature Audiences Only." This slightly orchestral, instrumental track plays over almost inaudible samples of our character's confessions of lust, violence, sadistic tendencies that even leads to the possibility of cannibalism.
Dog Fashion Disco, the quintet from Baltimore, MD released a fantastic album in "Adultery." It's an album that can't be broken up to be truly appreciated-one must sit down for the entire album and listen to it from beginning to end to enjoy the storyline. Of course, listening to tracks like "Sacrifice Of Miss Rose Covington," "Sweet Insanity," "The Darkest Days," "100 Suicides," and "Adultery" will do the trick. "Adultery" is an album that, unlike a lot of other metal albums, doesn't offer a lot of creative leeway in its lyrics. It has a meaning in itself, a story, a start and an end. I think this design is fantastic and simply adds to the high level of talent that Dog Fashion Disco possesses.
"Adultery" is a product of Rotten Records, and isn't a super-easy find. It's most easily obtained through ordering online. Mr. Bungle, System Of A Down, and general metal fans wanting to experiment should jump at any chance to check out this album. If for no other reason (which isn't the case), it's a classic for its storyline gimmick and the jazz breakdown in "100 Suicides."
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Best album of 2006 Jul 07, 2006
I've always been a bit of a DFD fan, never too huge of a fan, but big enough to know about this album before it came out. At first I heard the song "The Darkest Days" courtesy of the band's Myspace site. I was instantly hooked. So sure enough when the cd came out, picked it up, and was absolutely blown away. The entire album is a journey, a story. I've randomly played this album for almost anyone I've come across and I have a hard time finding someone without an appreciation for this album. It's incredible how many people I've been able to turn on to DFD from this album. It's effortless. From it's heavier moments to it's lounge music, to it's creepy Johnny Cash-like jingles, to it's absolute randomness in many parts (ie. the end of "Silent Film") there's not a bad moment on the entire album. I had long been anticipating the new Tool album and the new Sikth album this year, and neither one came close to this masterpiece of an album that surprised us all.
Besides the entire album, a few standout tracks (from the overall opinions of those I've introduced this to...) are as follows...
Sweet Insanity
Silent Film
The Sacrifice Of Miss Rose Covington
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