Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Mass Destruction
3. I Want More: Part 1
4. I Want More: Part 2
5. Love Lives On My Street
6. Bluegrass
7. Sweep
8. Miss U Less, See U More
9. No Roots
10. Swingers
11. Pastoral
12. Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow
13. What About Love
14. In The End
15. Mass Destruction (P*Nut and Sister Bliss Mix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27837 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
After a decade as one of the world's most successful dance acts, Faithless's distinct sound has put them at risk of becoming dinosaurs. Thankfully No Roots doesn't rest on the laurels of former glory and delivers something quite special. Sister Bliss's shrill, semi-hard-house synth stabs are all but gone, replaced by less dated sounds and more thoughtful use of them. Tempos are lower and song structure plays a more valuable part, for No Roots is in fact only two gigantic, epic songs, with each track a progression on the previous one and clever segues leading into the next. The only song that doesn't fall into "Parts 1 & 2" is the lead single version of "Mass Destruction" tacked on the end; it's a funky, breaks-based tune with Maxi Jazz's trademark vocal (used sparingly throughout the album) over live bass and guitars.

Anyone who's seen Faithless live knows how they can jam around their back catalogue, making medleys and breakdowns of epic proportions: No Roots is a studio realisation of that. Highlighted by "I Want More", downbeat tunes build until their climax when an uptempo number will kick in. "Sweep" is simply a 909 drum and percussion loop with synth flourishes that drops into "Miss You Less, See You More", a classic house tune that closes part one of the album. Something other than a collection of hands-in-the-air floor-fillers and downbeat songs to chillout to, No Roots should be listened to in its entirety. It's a cohesive body of work that builds and dips in all the right places. --David Trueman

CD Description
Faithless' fourth studio album follow's 2002's remix album 'Reperspective' and once again is produced by the band's core members Rollo and Sister Bliss. As the title suggest this release is their most political yet as via their intelligenthouse/hip-hop/trance/pop cross-over the band tackle topics such as the ethics and legalities of war and institutionalised racism. The album contains the hard-hitting political anthem 'Mass Destruction' and features guest vocals from LSK and long time collaborator Dido

Customer Reviews

We Come Back ....
Fans of Faithless familiar only with Reverence won't recognise it.

Barring a few borrowed vocal lines and Maxi's smoothly delivered lyrics, No Roots is nothing like Faithless's earlier material. It is, however, an excellent return to form.

An expansion of themes explored in Outrospective (particularly Not Enuff Love and elements of Tarantula), No Roots is more or less one continuous piece of music. That said, the variety within it is excellently delivered, well paced and catchy. At times sombre, and always philosophical, the album has it's highs - Miss U Less, See U More is an upbeat tribute to Maxi's lady - his fluid lyrical dexterity making it instantly likable.

I Want More (Parts 1 and 2) are cleverly written, political pieces on greed and the worthy things in life. LSK, newly featuring on the Faithless scene, does well, and his husky vocals are an excellent addition to the album.

Love Lives on My Street and Bluegrass are pleasant but virtually indistinguishable from each other. The title track, No Roots, quintessentially represents the whole album - a strong, bald, likable song, well thought out. And Dido sings in it.

Tracks ten, eleven and twelve all seem to blend into one before the album picks up again - What About Love is a solid, beatsy tune with Maxi's reflective vocals that wouldn't seem out of place on Outrospective.

In The End is a fantastic end-piece. A quiet collaboration between Maxi and LSK, orchestral opening blending into well paced, haunting vocals and a simple, understated theme.

Above all, it's a good album. Essentially a theme piece, packed with potential for remixes and eminently listenable-to, it's a good effort from Faithless. A word of warning - there aren't any "dancy" tracks in the order of Salva Mea, God is a dj or We Come 1. It's not that kind of music. But it is good. Very Good.

again another work of genius
well, having been a faithless fan for a while, this was the 3rd alum i bought of theirs. it is arguably their finest piece of work. it is no longer filled with insomnia styled anthems, unless yyou count i want more, and is actually one big long song, cut into 2 parts. the instrimental second part is undoubtedly better. stand out tracks are i want more (part two), a great club track, everything will be alright tomorrow, which has a great little chilled insomnia style riff in i think, and swingers, a wonderful chillout out track that sends shivers down my spine when i hear it. honest! if your a big faithless fan you'll have this, if not then try it, and listen all the way through, it may just draw you in

Rollo at his best...
This is the album that will see Faithless leave the dance mainstream and become the band Rollo always wanted.

I was disappointed with OutraSpective, primarily because I thought the band were making music they thought they were expected to make. On 'No Roots' time has been taken. To say they've gone soft and popularist becuase of the message in the lyrics is nonsense. Rollo and Sister Bliss are laying down the beats for Mazi Jazz to provide their message over. No-one slates the Clash, the Smiths et al. for providing a message in their music.

If you don't like there being feeling in your albums then don't buy it. However if you want to here the passion of an intellegent and caring band of people then look no further.

Rollo was produced the album as a continuous opus with each track representing chapter. The affect is a very smooth journey thoughout the album and a joy to listen to. Soes make one feel guilty for skipping to one's favourite trak though.

Mass Destruction is of course well known now.

Love Lives on My Street is a beautiful ballard done in the Faithless style. LSK voice complements Maxi's wondefully.

Miss U Less, See U More is likely to be a classic and I can't wait to here it played live. There is so much potential there.

No Roots is epic, and certainly doesn;t feel only 5 minutes short. So much emmotion is squeezed in there.

Swingers is 3 mins 46 seconds of moshing beats. Can't wait for the dancing remix. Think Salva Mea...

In short this album represents Faithless doing what they want and if people want to go on the journey with them then jump on the bus, you'll see me dancing at the back...