The Complex
by: Blue Man Group
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Take equal measures of Gallagher and Kraftwerk, mix in a 15-year supply of blue body paint and shake with a double-shot of modern marketing savvy and you might have something akin to Blue Man Group. This ambitious second album by New York performance artists cum entrepreneurs Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris Wink expands their central artistic contradiction--mainstreaming the alternative--with a propulsive cocktail of rhythm, irony, self-invented instrumentation, and bona fide song structures that feature turns from guest stars Dave Matthews (the music hall dirge "Sing Along") and Tracy Bonham ("Up to the Roof," and with Rob Swift, "Shadows Pt.2"). The conceit is vaguely reminiscent of the Tubes' tongue-in-cheek ode to '80s corporate rock, "The Completion Backwards Principle," right down to being so convincing the irony often melts away. Fans of their live performances will appreciate its wall-to-wall rhythmic thrust and quirky textures, while aficionados and newcomers alike should welcome its surprising, seductive melodies and mature songwriting. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description:
Their first full-fledged rock 'n' roll album, 'TheComplex', features guest appearances from Dan TheAutomator, Tracy Bonham, Esthero, Dave Matthews, & others.14 tracks including the single, 'The Current', featuringGavin Rossdale. Lava. 2003.
Album Details:
Features Dan the Automator, Tracy Bonham and Dave Matthews.
Take equal measures of Gallagher and Kraftwerk, mix in a 15-year supply of blue body paint and shake with a double-shot of modern marketing savvy and you might have something akin to Blue Man Group. This ambitious second album by New York performance artists cum entrepreneurs Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris Wink expands their central artistic contradiction--mainstreaming the alternative--with a propulsive cocktail of rhythm, irony, self-invented instrumentation, and bona fide song structures that feature turns from guest stars Dave Matthews (the music hall dirge "Sing Along") and Tracy Bonham ("Up to the Roof," and with Rob Swift, "Shadows Pt.2"). The conceit is vaguely reminiscent of the Tubes' tongue-in-cheek ode to '80s corporate rock, "The Completion Backwards Principle," right down to being so convincing the irony often melts away. Fans of their live performances will appreciate its wall-to-wall rhythmic thrust and quirky textures, while aficionados and newcomers alike should welcome its surprising, seductive melodies and mature songwriting. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description:
Their first full-fledged rock 'n' roll album, 'TheComplex', features guest appearances from Dan TheAutomator, Tracy Bonham, Esthero, Dave Matthews, & others.14 tracks including the single, 'The Current', featuringGavin Rossdale. Lava. 2003.
Album Details:
Features Dan the Automator, Tracy Bonham and Dave Matthews.
Disc 1:
- Above
- Time To Start
- Sing Along - featuring Dave Matthews
- Up To The Roof - featuring Tracy Bonham
- Your Attention
- Persona - featuring Josh Haden
- Piano Smasher
- White Rabbit - featuring Esthero
- The Current - featuring Gavin Rossdale
- I Feel Love - featuring Venus Hum
- Shadows Part 2 - featuring Tracy Bonham & Rob Swift
- What is Rock - featuring Arone Dyer & Peter Moore
- The Complex - featuring Peter Moore
- Exhibit 13
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- A Complex album..
This is the second album produced by Blue Man Group, based on their "Rock Concert" tour, and it is very different from the first. The first album had no words at all, but this album has vocals on almost every track. It's got a lot of slow tracks, but there are a few really rocking tracks as well. My personal favorites are Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13. This album has a very high replay value. I could listen to this at least once a week
Rating: 
- Blue Man Group Purchase
I saw blue man group in concert and they were great.The cd does do them justice.It is different music from the concert I went and saw but it was still really good. I enjoy them very much.
Rating: - It is too complex!
This CD was way better than The Current, I Feel Love, Audio, or Complex Rock Tour on CD, or complex sampler, or the luxor CD, or Sing Along EP. The tracks on this CD were created with vocals and by lyrics. The complex in BlueMan series. There is a gray world with a big urban city and nothing but red lights in windows and an office with stick people on the doors and they all are trying to escape the complex world. The blue men are trying to make it to the roof and escape the underground office with ... Read More
Rating: - Great Driving Music!Fun for Exercise...
Not as good as the DVD but once you've seen the DVD you can picture the movements that go along with the songs.I purchased this after seeing the concert and it is great if you are going on a long or boring road trip, during exercise or just as a pick-me-up...much better and more healthy than drugs or coffee!
Rating: 
- Blue Man Group is just awful
I saw the Blue Man Group in Orlando and feel completely ripped off, I wanted to warn anyone who hasn't gone to "embrace the magic." Do not waste your money on these mediocre Teletubbies! Men throwing marshmallows at each other and occasionally catching them in their mouths! Pulling pre-approved audience members on stage to put plugs in their ears attached to drumsticks, while someone off stage makes silly noises. The folks that say, "they get it," never seem to be able to explain what there is to get. ... Read More
- A Complex album..This is the second album produced by Blue Man Group, based on their "Rock Concert" tour, and it is very different from the first. The first album had no words at all, but this album has vocals on almost every track. It's got a lot of slow tracks, but there are a few really rocking tracks as well. My personal favorites are Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13. This album has a very high replay value. I could listen to this at least once a week
- Blue Man Group PurchaseI saw blue man group in concert and they were great.The cd does do them justice.It is different music from the concert I went and saw but it was still really good. I enjoy them very much.
- It is too complex!This CD was way better than The Current, I Feel Love, Audio, or Complex Rock Tour on CD, or complex sampler, or the luxor CD, or Sing Along EP. The tracks on this CD were created with vocals and by lyrics. The complex in BlueMan series. There is a gray world with a big urban city and nothing but red lights in windows and an office with stick people on the doors and they all are trying to escape the complex world. The blue men are trying to make it to the roof and escape the underground office with ... Read More
- Great Driving Music!Fun for Exercise...Not as good as the DVD but once you've seen the DVD you can picture the movements that go along with the songs.I purchased this after seeing the concert and it is great if you are going on a long or boring road trip, during exercise or just as a pick-me-up...much better and more healthy than drugs or coffee!
- Blue Man Group is just awfulI saw the Blue Man Group in Orlando and feel completely ripped off, I wanted to warn anyone who hasn't gone to "embrace the magic." Do not waste your money on these mediocre Teletubbies! Men throwing marshmallows at each other and occasionally catching them in their mouths! Pulling pre-approved audience members on stage to put plugs in their ears attached to drumsticks, while someone off stage makes silly noises. The folks that say, "they get it," never seem to be able to explain what there is to get. ... Read More
