Automatic

Anyone can enjoy this powerful emotion envoking articulated and beautifully composed album.VNV has come so far and you can feel their growth. Every VNV aalbum.has been different and forward moving in so many ways. From their original hard but well performed dark wave and industrial sound to this modern melodic wall of vocal joy and beautifully crafted lyrics.I even make my family listen to find them asking fpr a copy of it and then reveal it's the same band they used to yell at me for listening to in high school

A friend recommended a few songs to me so I gave them a listen on Spotify. Then I listened to the entire album. Then I had to have the recording. I love the depth of the lyrics, style of music, and overall shape of the entire recording. Gratitude and Nova remind of the human quest to understand.

Wow.....I'm not sure what to mention first: Lyrics....or Music. Both are epic, incredible, energizing! Some songs bring forward my wanting for change in the world for honesty, integrity, hope. Other songs bring me to tears, bringing out a longing, and another kind of hope. Touching the spirit and the soul. Inspiring me to take up the torch. Inspiring me to be Alive.

I'm new to VNV, so I don't have the perspective on their evolution that others have. I found this album during a rough time and its upbeat, energizing optimism was exactly what I needed. Having since listened to a variety of other VNV albums, this one remains my favorite.

#3 and #8 are worth the price of admission. Really, the holidays have hit, and I haven't been able to listen tit all the way through several times yet, but I LOVE 3 and 8. (Resolution and Nova) I'm glad I now have a complete VNV collection.

I don't like the look or vibe of the art-work as much as the earlier VNV Nation albums, but I do enjoy the sound and over-all vibe of this album. It's a must have for any true VNV Nation fan!

From the liner notes:"This album was inspired by and is dedicated to the many, often nameless visionaries, idealists, and designers of the early 20th Century, who saw and gave shape to a future, where design combined beauty, aesthetic and utility, a future that included everyone, but was sadly, a future that was never to be."I don't know how I can review this album without comparing it to 2002's Futureperfect. Both albums are a bit more melodic than usual for VNV; both feature a hauntingly beautiful, neoclassical track (Liebestod, Goodbye 20th Century); and both feature songs that try to evoke visions of futuristic cities (Airships, Streamline).So it would be very easy to accuse Automatic of being nothing more than "Futureperfect Revisited." But that comparison is too simplistic.Futureperfect treats the future as the present: it's about (as I interpret it) already being IN a future that didn't quite turn out as advertised. And so a lot of songs on Futureperfect tend to be about what's wrong with the future, AS PRESENT. "No tears, no sympathy"; "Somehow I'm always falling over me"; "By our blindness and stupidity, we kill everything"; "Did we toil in vain in hope that wisdom came from what we've done"; "Tell me what ritual I should have today"; "Circumstances afford me no second chance to tell you how much I've missed you"; "Now I'm leaving home, leaving everything that I have ever known." Even some of the more anthemic tracks on Futureperfect (Genesis, Airships, Fearless) seem to have a note of hopelessness about them. And yet, Futureperfect somehow ends up being the happier album.And you wouldn't guess that by strictly scanning the lyrics, or even hearing one of the more anthemic tracks all by itself. For instance, take Streamline. It manages something rare: being a bright, up-tempo, hands in the air dance anthem that can reduce you to tears of regret. It's not that there's anything inherently sad about, say, "Streamlined simplicity, the renaissance of humanity, avenues of light to guide us home." But when you listen to the song with the concept in mind--that this could have been the future, OUR PRESENT, but yet it never came to pass--then the optimistic lyrics, and even the bright, up-tempo music, suddenly become a heartbreaking catalog of the happiness that now, we'll never experience. It takes considerable artistry to make a song both uplifting and depressing at the same time, but VNV absolutely nails it with that one track.I don't want to leave the impression that this album is a total downer: tracks like Resolution and Gratitude do keep the overall tenor of the album one that's more happy than not. But there are a couple of tracks where you might want to have some Kleenex handy the first time you listen to them.And then, there's Nova, which is worth the price of admission all by itself. VNV has not been shy about touching on spiritual and religious themes (Genesis, Nemesis, As It Fades, Where There Is Light), but Nova may be the most overtly spiritual song they've ever done. It is nothing short of transcendent, and it is very quickly becoming one of my favorite songs of all time.VNV came up with a terrific concept, and they keep it going all the way through the album. The sheer amount--quality and quantity--of artistry on display here is something that's hard to find nowadays. I simply cannot recommend this album highly enough. I can't say it's life-changing or anything like that--that's up to the individual listener--but I can say that this album spoke to me in ways few albums in recent memory have. This album, simply put, is a treasure.Buy it, and make sure you give yourself an undisturbed hour to listen to it all the way through. This one's special.

Already owned this magnificent album on CD but couldn't resist a vinyl copy. Just to let you know this is the 2 disc clear vinyl as advertised on the vnv nation website, limited to 3000 copies worldwide and not Blue (ANA-V-4A) As for the album it's one of their best, there are live favourites, dance floor numbers, ballads, instrumentals and deep cuts here all themed around a kind of 20th century retro concept. This would be their 8th studio release and a move away from the patented future pop of previous releases whiles still maintaining the classic VNV sound. Have given it five stars as it transcends its genre and is a satisfying whole. Recommend to absolutely anyone interested in electronic music.

Just another great album from VNV nation. Place the stylus and play loud. Hard electronic EBM sounds

A fantastic first purchase after receiving Resonance as a gift from my girlfriend which it fantastic too :)

Head banging

Great CD for fan of electronic music. Got this on the recommendation of someone else, am glad I did. Very atmospheric at times.