Isotope 217Best Isotope 217 Albums Ranked
8.4
Avg Score
2
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2
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1
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Summary from 2 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Isotope 217's catalog across 2 albums from 2 opinions, with an overall average of 8.4/10. The top-rated Isotope 217 album is Who Stole the I Walkman? (2000) with a 8.6/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Utonian Automatic. The discography on Wavelength spans 1999 to 2000.
Who Stole the I Walkman?
“Isotope 217 was once a jazz fusion band relying almost solely on the catalog of electric Miles Davis to get them through an album. They pulled it off pretty well on record, and even better in concert. But while last year's *Utonian Automatic* showed massive improvement over their 1997 debut, *The Unstable Molecule*, the last thing I expected them to pull off was a genre-bending blend of creative j”
Utonian Automatic
“Isotope 217 probably don't want to be lumped in with the revered Chicago post-rock scene. They most likely want to be their *own* band with their *own* sound. You can see why they might feel that way. On the other hand, they live in Chicago. They're not exactly jazz, though, and they're anything but the definition of "post-rock." (That award would go to me, for the work I did with my band Knopfler”
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