The Legendary Pink Dots -- Nemesis Online -- Soleilmoon 1998 [Last Sigh Magazine]

1. Dissonance
2. Jasz
3. As Long as it's Purple and Green
4. Ghost
5. Under Your Wheels
6. A Sunset for a Swan
7. Is it Something I Said?
8. Zoo
9. Fate's Faithful Punchline
10. Cheating the Shadow
11. Abracadabra
12. Slaapliedje

    Some might have guessed that the pink hue of the aging Dots would have faded over the past eighteen years, but "Nemesis Online" proves these people very wrong. The music is fronted by the spirited vocals of Edward Ka-Spel, whose charming English accent and mild temperament add to the calm atmosphere of the disk. "And if I was the only boy in the world, and you were the only girl / We'd fight like hell". Ka-Spel's lyrics are very poetic in an interpretive style, and they fit the music to perfection. There is an obvious humour embedded in his words, and it helps bring a dose of personality to the songs.
     The music itself is very eclectic, and there is a lot of diverse instrumentation that prevents any chance of backing it into any one genre. Currently with six members there is more than enough creative input to keep things fresh, and since there have been over thirty people involved with this band in the past it seems like an important goal. The songs are well layered and the majority of them are relatively slow moving, almost with a hypnotic quality.
     This disk, drug-induced cover art and all, proves that "Legendary" still belongs in their name, and it doesn't hint at any signs of the legend coming to an end any time soon.