worst case scenario

WORST CASE SCENARIO

WORST CASE SCENARIO
dEUS september 1994 BANG! - island
tom barman stef kamil carlens jules de borgher klaas janzoons rudy trouvé
contributing artists: craig ward, ‘bob’, peter vermeersch, a. jansens, a. fernandez, pierre vervloessem
BANG! version (belgium) 01: intro 02: suds & soda 03: w.c.s. (first draft) 04: jigsaw you 05: mortciachair 06: via 07: let go 08: mute 09: secret hell 10: let's get lost 11: hotellounge (be the death of me) 12: shake your hip 13: dive-bomb djingle
island version (worldwide) 01: intro 02: suds & soda 03: w.c.s. (first draft) 04: jigsaw you 05: mortciachair 06: via 07: right as rain 08: mute 09: let's get lost 10: hotellounge (be the death of me) 11: shake your hip 12: great american nude 13: secret hell 14: dive-bomb djingle
The difference between the two isn’t that spectacular as you can see. The Island version (which was internationally released version) hasn’t got Let Go, but has got Great American Nude and Right as Rain, which were also on the zea single. Why the hell include these two tracks, but not include Zea is a mystery to me though. (Although [wwwcs3] mentions a version of WCS with zea on it, but I’ve never seen a copy of that) Why exactly Let go was dropped is equally strange. There’s no other way to put it, but this album solely put Belgium back on the map of the musical landscape. As an album, it’s wonderful, inspired, thrilling. As a debut album, it’s pure genius. Suds & soda should have sky-rocketed dEUS into international success, but the true commercial breakthrough didn’t take place. Via and Hotellounge should have done the same, but strangely, they didn’t either. Eitherway- if you’re reading this you probably already have a copy of WCS lying around, and don’t need to be convinced. If you haven’t- what are you waiting for? It doesn’t get any better than this. I prefer the version with let go on it, but the other one’s excellent too of course- and it has one track more.

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