I have to admit that it took me a few listens to let this one sink in, but once it did, it took hold of me. "Liberty" is an excellent tune, but my favorite has to be "At Your Mercy". "Number 1" sounds like a logical follow-up to "Vision Thing" by Sisters of Mercy. . .but hey, I love the Sisters, so it certainly doesn't bother me! I do have to say that Greg Rule's remix of "Liberty" was completely unnecessary. If you are a Clan of Xymox fan, and are willing to give new sounds a chance, then you owe it to yourself to buy this one.

I bought this single a couple weeks ago, and am quite enchanted with it. On the one hand, this CD is not groundbreaking like some Xymox material, but on the other, the songs are very well constructed. Add Ronny's goth vocals to the mix and you've got exceedingly catchy melodrama! I even got a friend hooked on Xymox with this single (sneaky me!). Anyway, the music...

My favorite of the bunch is "At Your Mercy" (my friend agrees). It's the most Xymox of the bunch. Liberty is pretty good, but is less distinctive. Number 1 is notable because it seems to deliberately copy the Sisters of Mercy, but in so doing puts most of their work to shame. The only thing holding this back from 5 stars is the remix.

The only reason I didn't give this cd single 5 stars is the single, Liberty. Liberty sounds like Xymox's flirt with semi-industrial music (sorry, that's the best way to describe it). It's almost as is Xymox is shooting for air time on American alternative radio, which, unfortunately, employs an "avoid like the plague" policy to anything laced with synth. Luckily, this cd recovers quite nicely with the other two tracks, Number 1 and At Your Mercy, which are more "Xymoxy", especially the latter.

It seems that Xymox continues to spiral downward, as they try to clone early goth bands. Their music has become bland and forgettable. What we are left with is only fond memories of a glorious past. Goodbye Xymox.