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In Silico | 
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| Artist: Pendulum
Label: Wea
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
Buy New: £4.87
You Save: £6.12 (56%)
New (42) Used (6) from £4.45
Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 171
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 511089
UPC: 825646956616
EAN: 0825646956616
ASIN: B00151G08Y
Release Date: May 12, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Showdown | | • | Different | | • | Propane Nightmares | | • | Visions | | • | Midnight Runner | | • | The Other Side | | • | Mutiny | | • | 9,000 Miles | | • | Granite | | • | The Tempest |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
In Silico might be the second album from Pendulum, but it's their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album Hold Your Colour was a muscular collection of hard drum'n'bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On In Silico, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band's production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum's fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener "Slowdown" imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progressive rock-out mode, while the elegiac "Propane Nightmares" commences with a Mariachi trumpet serenade. Dance connoisseurs will probably complain Pendulum's beats lack a certain finesse, but if you like your dance music a) fast and b) hard then In Silico has all bases covered. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Catchy Beats and A Good Mix May 12, 2008
J Carter (UK)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Everyone needs to realise that a lot of the people who give this low ratings are those people who are stuck in a genre and cannot listen to an album without immediately classing it as a certain genre. This album is brilliant, and has a great mixture of rock riffs and drum and bass beats. Definately check it out.
Top notch cross-over album May 12, 2008
Mr. L. Cripps
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Let me start this review by stating I am a metalhead, my cd collection consists mostly of hardcore metal bands and I am not into dance music but this album has blown me away.
Pendulums new direction my upset a few old skool fans as this album has a lot more rocker feel and it has this cross-over sound showcasing many influences that I think sets them appart from most bands. The heavy beats Pendulum are famous for are still there, but they also dabble in snarling guitars, electronica and emo influences.
Think prodigy without the punk edge and you will not be far off.
This album is a brave step but in my view it has paid off in a big way.
Pendulum are the cross-over kings!
Gold May 9, 2008
Mr. Wayne F. L. Aitkens (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm pretty disgusted at the comments stating "it's not Pendulum" and that the change is a bad one. Yes, there is a change, with them making their own vocals in many tracks, and yes, it has taken a turn into "rock" a little bit, but giving it a few listens, you'll love it. I prefer it to Hold Your Colour, even though i am and old school dnb fan, and also a keen hip-hop man. This album really shows what they are capable of, and near on every track has a catchy chorus and a tune that you will be humming for ages. Looking at the old style pendulum, it is different, but i definatly prefer it. Such a class album! :D
Will everyone stop reminding me it's not D&B... May 8, 2008
Ollie T (Nottingham, UK)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
After downloading the album just this morning from a torrent (shhh!) and listening to it through as I type this review, I was going to say something similar to what all the other longer reviews say, so instead read them.
I would just like to add that as a long-term fan of Pendulum (way before Hold Your Colour came out) I still love every bit of this new album. It's completely up-to-date and progressive. I know it's not Drum & Bass, it doesn't need to be. It's Pendulum! One of the most unique and original music artists on the planet.
If you like Hold Your Colour you will like this just as much, just give it a bit of time to grow on you if you're not sure, but trust me, this is musical bliss!
Pendulum Strikes At The Jugular! May 19, 2008
Craig Stevens (London)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Those of you who know Pendulum through such classics as "Tarantula" or "Slam" from The album "Hold Your Colour" will have already snapped this album up. If you haven't, shame on you, but you can expect a hard-paced return from Pendulum featuring some all together different directions while still maintaining obvious electronica influences.
There is only one song on the album less the 5 minutes, "Granite", and even that runs at 4 min 42 sec. Every moment of this album will keep you transfixed. Some of my instant favorites are "Showdown", "Propane Nightmares", "Mutiny" (which may sound familiar to some of you), and "Propane Nightmares (CellDweller Remix)"
With the "Special Edition" Version of the album you get TWO remixes of "Propane nightmares", the first expected single off the album, as well as the video for said song and the live recording of "Granite"
"Propane Nightmares (VIP Remix)" was the most obvious choice for Pendulum to follow with. Anyone familiar with VIP and Pendulum collaborations in the past know what to expect. Extra Synth, Extra Snare, Extra Keyboard. Not a single calm moment. By far my favorite VIPendulum collaboration!
"Propane Nightmares (CellDweller Remix)" was perhaps a little less expected by twice as appreciated! I have long been a huge fan of CellDweller. An enhanced mixture of Drum'n'bass, Rock, Electronica and Dance. This mix is a slower starting version then VIP but it soon turns into a song that hits even harder with more breaking drum beats, enhanced guitar, faster shift of sounds all while maintaining an obvious Pendulum song.
I don't think I need to go into the videos.. except to say.. I wish I'd been at the Electric Ballroom for that show!
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