Prog-electronica anyone?

David Bowie's aura, his voice and mannerisms are what stuck with me over and over as I listened. Bowie signals flash all the way through the CD. "Destiny" from Syntax (Track 6) seems to sample David Bowie (the bands Web site www.syntaxonloine.co.uk, is slick in a dynamic motion-filled way. But, then, so is Michael Jackson's.).

Fifth Gear
The disk creates a moodscape. Unfortunately that mood for me is an erratic, spasmodic desire to rip the CD out of my computer. But I don't. I'm stuck in the car, with little money and I'm in a hurry with only a few discs and only the same country music available across the most desolate, isolated, stretches of America to look forward to if I flip the CD out the window. I give it a shot.
Standout - Boy from the City, by SLO-MO. oddly, it is the quickest paced track on the album.

Sixth Gear
You know this road. You've never been on it before, but you sense familiarity. You lean into its soft curves without noticing your shifted position. Narco, a Sony creation sounds good — for a contrivance; more so with "Evil Brother" than "Stand Off." Los Halos' "Black Thread" is haunting in a strummed guitar, whispered, but rising and tense voices.

The music has got you now. it's fueling your energy. You want to hit reverse and go over your tracks again. But you've got to stop. Just in time to catch the "The Making of DRIV3R" video on board the multimedia CD.

The variety of songs reflects the experience of the game, as the Playstation UK Web site puts it "one of the key changes between Driver 2 and Driver 3, (and the) way the missions can be tackled in multiple ways."

Tanner — a Charlie Sheen look-alike if ever there was — is the star of the game show, which near as I can tell is a three-part online film "Run The Gauntlet." Frankly, I believe it's the muscle car trailer to the release of the game. But that doesn't matter. I'm here for the music.

By the end of it , it's all a blur, but the rush takes a while to die. And you know you'll want it again.
***3 out of *****5