2017 remastered reissue - 'Beaucoup Fish' displays Underworld's talents well -- the trio is still the best at welding obtuse songcraft onto an uncompromising techno framework and making both sound great. Karl Hyde's nasally vocals are a bit more obtrusive on tracks like the trance-rant "Moaner" and first single "Push Upstairs," but as before, impeccable production saves the day. While Second Toughest in the Infants showed Underworld were no mere novices at introducing super-tough breakbeats, here the focus is on throwback acid techno, house and trance. The effect is that Underworld have refused to compromise their artistic vision to anyone's view of commercialism, and the album remains Underworld's most successful album, with over one million copies sold.
A1 | Cups | 11:45 |
A2 | Push Upstairs | 4:34 |
B1 | Jumbo | 6:58 |
B2 | Shudder/King Of Snake | 9:29 |
B3 | Winjer | 4:29 |
C1 | Skym | 4:07 |
C2 | Bruce Lee | 4:42 |
C3 | Kittens | 7:30 |
D1 | Push Downstairs | 6:03 |
D2 | Something Like A Mama | 6:37 |
D3 | Moaner | 7:32 |