The Alternative - IAMX

'The Alternative' is a delicious mix of dark electro pop fused with a generous helping of 80's synth, which combines with the occasional piano ballad to create an infectious and groovy album. Vocally Chris Corner is spot on and the numerous echo effects combining with the piano work and strong percussion line makes for an excellent album, which is certainly like nothing else I've ever heard. While the general style of the music may be slightly out of the mainstream, being neither rock, pop or dance but rather a combination of all three, it might take some time for IAMX to break from the underground, but in a way it could be a good thing that it ...  Read the complete review

'The Alternative' is the 2007 release from IAMX, an album written and produced by Chris Corner. IAMX is in fact a solo project of Chris Corner, a name he has been using now since 2003. This is the second album from IAMX, a minimalist approach has been taken with this record and the music created here possesses an electronic synth sound. I think it's safe to say that I wasn't very impressed with what I heard from this twelve track album, the songs all seem to lack direction and the overall musical creation here is really rather bland. Every track on this album is extremely repetitive, this is something that is always to be expected really with electronic ...  Read the complete review