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| Telemetry of a Fallen Angel | 
 enlarge | Artist: Cruexshadows
Label: Dancing Ferret Discs
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $10.53
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 17412
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 20714
UPC: 687132071421
EAN: 0687132071421
ASIN: B0002CX6DO
Release Date: July 6, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new in shrink wrap; direct from the label. Ships to you by FREE 1st class upgrade!
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| Tracks:
| • | Descension | | • | Monsters | | • | Jackal-Head | | • | Prometheus | | • | Clerestory | | • | Walk Away | | • | Miss Fortune Returns | | • | My World | | • | Fallen Angel | | • | Hanged Man | | • | Purgatory | | • | Marilyn, My Bitterness | | • | Deadalus Flight... Icarus Falls | | • | Satellite | | • | Marilyn, My Bitterness |
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| Customer Reviews:
 definitely $$$ well spent! July 14, 2004
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I own the original release of this album, which is quite an extraordinary collection of telemetries and melodies, but the sound quality of the old version was not quite as good as I'd wished for. This new version of the album is great, the sound quality is very sharp and clear, and makes the songs all that much more fun to dance to. "Walk Away" is all that much more haunting. There are also a few little extras on the CD... a music video, and a flash gallery of ancient band pics! New life has been breathed into an already amazing album!
The Angel falls.... August 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The fact that this album only has 3 stars at the time of this writing is a travesty. Even though there was technically one before it (Night Crawls In), I consider this to be the Cruxshadows' first album because it really sets the stage for their style, mythological themes, and the enigmatic story of the Angel IV. Really, if you could call any of their albums "conceptual", this would be the one. The songs are said in the CD book to be "transmissions" of an intelligent satellite, starting with "Descension" and ending with the actual crash. Yet in between you meet Egyptian gods in "Jackal-Head", the Greek God "Prometheus", and tarot symbolism in "Hanged Man". That's really just brushing the surface. The amazing thing about the Cruxshadows is their ability to mix evocative music with multi-layered lyrics. You can take it all literally if you wish, but there is so much more. And of course "Marilyn My Bitterness" is, as even the most casual fan knows, one of their most popular songs to this day, but only one of the great songs on here.
The style is perhaps not so polished and evolved as their later albums (Ethernaut or DreamCypher) but neither is it rough. There's a haunting purity and mystery to the whole feel of the album that carries into The Mystery of the Whisper (the album following this one.) Some tracks are instrumental with effects to set the mood (for example "Miss Fortune Returns", an eerie carnivalian interlude). I love every song on here.
If you're new to the Cruxshadows, the sound is not typical goth. Nor is it typical anything. Definitely darkwave, with a couple danceable songs.
The original release was great; this remastered version is even better. And the art by Mandem in the CD book is beautiful. This is a must for fans and great for anyone wanting to see the beginning of the story, so to speak. Highly recommended.
 One good song February 27, 2006
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Rematered early CXS album. OK, but nothing too exciting. Marilyn My Bitterness is an excellent tune, but ends up being the only decent one on the CD.
 Terrible! May 29, 2007
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
This band is so rediculous. they are basicly the goth version of The Backstreet Boys. The music on thois album is hardley satnic...hardley has anything to do with a "fallen" angel of any sort. Only the title of the album is good...the music is not.
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