Word: manic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chemical Brothers have always been good at bringing out the best in others, as their earlier remixes of the Manic Street Preachers and Spritualized prove. Surrender sees the Chemicals working with even more guest vocalists--this time to bring out the best in the Chemicals' sound. Two fellow Mancunians pop up on the album: New Order's Bernard Sumner and Oasis' Noel Gallagher. Gallagher has worked with the duo before, but it's "Out of Control," the piece with Sumner, that's most memorable. Sumner's work certainly was another one of the Chemicals' influences, and to hear his familiar...
...limits, showing that they can do more than make you jump. The pounding French-house-style opening track, "Music: Response" has as its main refrain an electronic voice proclaiming that "music should trigger some kind of response," and elicit a response this album certainly will. In its most manic parts, it can (and will) send dance-floors through the roof, but the sheer sonic range of the album counters the usual line that dance artists can't make full-length albums. This is dance music that never compromises, that never gives in--that never surrenders...
...Danger of Suppressing Sadness" [VIEWPOINT, May 31], a factual error created the false impression that NAMI, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill--which you mistakenly referred to as the National Association for Mental Illness--considers feelings of being "specially connected to God" as a possible symptom of manic depression...
...biological brain disorders, severe mental illnesses can be treated with medication, but other factors also are important. Although delusions of grandeur, in which some people may believe that they are God or, conversely, the devil, sometimes mark the manic phase of bipolar disorders, NAMI believes spiritual faith can play a critical role in an individual's recovery and renewal. For more information about mental illness, readers can call (800) 950-6264. LAURIE FLYNN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Arlington...
...piece about prescription medicines for teenagers who exhibit moodiness or anxiety [VIEWPOINT, May 31] incorrectly referred to the authorship of a recent Internet posting that listed some possible symptoms of manic depression in teens. The posting was written with the help of the American Academy of Adolescent Child Psychiatry, not the National Association for Mental Illness...