This record might best be tagged Beaucoup Fish, Mark Deux although this is not indicative of a lack of progress.
That said, A Hundred Days Off doesn't follow that trend of being significantly different from the last album as per the contrasts between Dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest In The Infants. Musically, the absence of Emerson is hard to detect which in turn leads us to believe that it has been the vastly underrated, creative genius of Rick Smith in the driving seat all along. Underworld minus Darren Emerson still equals. And, there were worries that if they decided not to split, would Karl Hyde and Rick Smith be able to resurrect themselves as a leaner, fitter version of the band? One that was prepared to reboot the machines, plug in the headphones and dig deep for the inspiration for the fourth instalment in one of dance music's best sagas. The internal wranglings post Beaucoup Fish and the departure of Darren Emerson left many wondering whether we'd seen the last of Underworld.
This was always going to be a difficult time for any Underworld fan. The album is considered to be less aggressive than their previous album, Beaucoup Fish, often more open to ambient music and lounge music aesthetics than solely techno music.
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Although this was the first album since Darren Emerson's departure from the group in 2001, the album is not a huge stylistic makeover as the focus is still techno, although without the thumping beats that defined their previous longplayer Beaucoup Fish.Īs with any Underworld album, the songs are generally long (over five minutes in length) and full of synthesizers, drum machines and stream-of-consciousness poetry sung/spoken over the beats. 12 and "Dinosaur Adventure 3D", which reached no. The album produced two UK Singles Chart entries: "Two Months Off", which reached no. A Hundred Days Off is a 2002 album by Underworld.