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| Artist: Dirty Vegas
Label: Toshiba EMI
Category: Music
Buy New: $51.99
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1042492
Format: Enhanced, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 4988006824331
ASIN: B00061QXHW
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Roses | | • | Home Again | | • | Human Love | | • | Walkintothesun | | • | Closer | | • | Amillionways | | • | Don't Throw It Away! | | • | Inthislife | | • | Given You Everything | | • | Savemenow |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Still primarily known in the U.S. for the slow-burning groove track "Days Gone By," Dirty Vegas aren't interested in making people dance on One. Programmed beats and driving keyboards have been ditched entirely. In their place, the DV trio indulges their instrumental id, trotting out guitars, pop song structure, and deadly earnest New Wavy rock. It's a bold move, and while they occasionally pull off decent melodies (the chorus in "Roses" for instance), they're not playing to their strengths. Robbed of the band's electronica instincts, songs like "Walk Into the Sun" and "Closer" lack personality and Steve Smith's vocals, thin at best, are too forward in the ultra-polished mix. Things improve slightly when a decent thump shows up on "A Million Ways," but it's not long before rhythm is banished once again. Disarmed of their primary weapon, Dirty Vegas sound way too clean. -Matthew Cooke
Album Description
Japanese edition of 2004 album includes the bonus track 'State Of Mind'. EMI.
Album Details
Grammy Award Winners Paul Harris and Steve Smith (Aka Dirty Vegas) Return with their Album `one'. Showcasing More Guitar Sounds with Less of an Electronic Feel but Still Capturing the Raspy, Soulful Vocals, `one' is Lead by the Single "Walk Into the Sun".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Don't Miss the Single Version of "... Sun" September 20, 2005
Roy Apple (California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this on the strength of the single "Walk Into the Sun" but this CD does not contain the radio edit thereof. So I also bought the CD single of that and I have played it to death. "One" is pretty good. The strongest cuts in my opinion are "A Million Ways" and "Given You Everything". I'd like to see these guys minimize the whimp factor in future efforts and concentrate on rocking/trancing out. The intro of "Closer" made me double check that I hadn't put on my Bread's Greatest Hits CD. With apologies to David Gates...
 Back after Days Go By August 7, 2005
R. Smith Jr. (Cross Roads, TX USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dirty Vegas was most noticeable for their hit single "Days go By" featured on their debut album. It was on the popular car commerical and was played on the radio numerous of times, and won a grammy for their #1 hit song. Now with Dirty Vegas sophomore effort "One", it's more laid-back and more stable then their debut album. One represents love songs, & emotions. The songs are orchestral going strong with vocals, and not so much electronica than the debut. I prefer this album over the debut because this album was more put together vocally, lyrically and musically than the debut. With tracks like "Home Again" is produced by an eight piece orchestra. The vocals are way stronger than ever before, and is professionaly done. "A Million Things" reminds me a song from their debut "7 AM". That song is closest to the electronica genre that it gets. Both albums are excellent, but this one places 1st in my book because the album has more meaning and more definition and is more radio friendly with potential singles. This album does lack the electronica genre and focuses more on the orchestral-lite pop-lite rock line. I absolutely love it. Buy it for yourself, and listen to "ONE".
A slighly different Dirty Vegas May 7, 2005
SRFireside (Houston, TX United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you have been reading the other reviews it should be apparent to you by now that a lot of people find this album very different than the last. So is it really? Well... yes and no. If you have the first album and really soaked up all the music and not just "Days Go By" then the album isn't all that different. If you're just into their electronic dance music stuff then you will say it's way different.
The boys have gone more acoustic. That's the only real difference here. The singing style. The music structure. The feel and look of Dirty Vegas hasn't really changed. Just how they arranged it. Instead of a lot of driving electronic beats and deep electronic basslines you get more acoustic guitars and not-so-heavy rhythms. I guess for some that's the deal breaker. For me it's still all good. Listen to about half the tracks on their first album (NOT Days Go By, which I personally feel is the weakest song of that CD but still like) and you will see the songwriting hasn't changed. The boys still have a knack for catchy melodies and nice musicial arrangments. It's a shame a lot of you are dissing them just because it's no longer club sounding.
I will say this little nugget of negative truth about this album, and that's their writing style. On their first album they did explore more into different moods and ideas than they have on One. I am noticing a lot of the songs now have an almost identical song structure. The grooves, tempo and feel of these songs are different, but just about any music theory student will notice definite similarities in almost every song in that album (and in songs from their first album). The average user will probably only notice it in a subtle way. Like they are hearing nothing new but can't put their finger on it. While I happen to like the structure they use, repetition is still repetition and it starts to grate on your after a while. This album is probably best served by separating the tracks and putting on a mix tape with some different stuff in between.
The main mood I feel of the album is kind of laid back. Althought that's not really being fair. Tracks like HUMAN LOVE and GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING are powerful and aggressive. WALK INTO THE SUN and A MILLION WAYS also perk up the ears (with the latter being more EDM than the rest). I guess the first two tracks set the tone for me with their peppy and cheerful grooves. I swear HOME AGAIN would make a perfect song for a car commercial.
This is a great album. It shows the group is willing to stretch out of their boundaries a bit and not be pigeon-holed as "the Days Go By" band. They didn't depart that far from their own style, but apparently it's enough to ruffle more than a few feathers. If the only song from Dirty Vegas you ever heard was their one club hit then pass on this one if that's all you expect. If you have enjoyed their last album... all of it... then this one should make sense.
Still if I have to say which Dirty Vegas album I like best it will still have to be their debut album. Not because of "that song", but because of all of the other songs on that CD. They just had more variation in their song writing style on their first album. However One is a close... very close... second and is a purchase I'm very glad I made.
It's not too bad May 6, 2005
Aila Barabin (USA)
Contrary to popular belief, Dirty Vegas was never really about dance or techno, that's simply how their songs came out in the first album. If you listen to the entire album, however, you see that much of the album has a more rock/pop quality to it. That is not to say that Dirty Vegas was pop either, they just do their own thing,and that's what makes them good. Their music still has that ethereal ballad-like quality that it had in the first album, and most of the songs have their merit. Just because Dirty Vegas didn't do the same thing they did before doesn't make their music bad or boring. I like it.
 Sophmore Jinx March 2, 2005
iKM (California)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have given this album ample chance to grow on me, but like most other reviewers, I just can't get into it. I really wanted to like this album as much as I did their first, but "One" is a huge letdown. Gone are the cool electronic sounds and everything else that made their debut album unique and exciting. What we get instead is an album full of bad generic sounding adult-contemporary pop.
The two exceptions to "One's" overall blandness are the songs "A Million Ways" and "In This Life," they are both great songs, but I'd recommend picking up those two at iTunes and saving some money. Or if you're really curious, pick up one of the hundreds of used copies for five or six bucks!
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