Released: 23 September 1977
Chosen By: Ben
Comments -
Stu - Music is a magical thing, it either works for you or it doesn’t! And this I can confirm just doesn’t!!! From the opening track until the end I can appreciate the musicianship, the quality of the writing and the execution of eack track! BUT, it oddly makes me wince, it’s like a bunch of session musicians showing off to their friends! Every bloody track is a symphony and each track just noodles and bobs about achieving absolutely nothing for me! It’s almost as irritating as THE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS, LEVEL 42 and any other SLAP BASS fans! I’m really glad I listened and I can happily ignore them for ever more! Will save me a fortune on the back catalogue. China Crisis noted them as a major influence and I can hear that in their records, I love CHINA CRICIS ❤️❤️❤️❤️ They didn’t NOODLE or SLAP!! That’s the 2 biggest turn offs here!! Very very accomplished BUT lost on me!! THANK YOU BEN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ NO STARS and 5/10
Paul - Over the course of the 27 albums before this one I've found my tastes aligning more with Ben than Stu. Not this time. I have two feet firmly in Stu's camp. I haven't found this exciting, the only interest I've taken in it was finding out which song sampled Peg (Eye Know by De La Soul) and my main emotion was sadness that it hadn't finished. It sounds like people trying to be clever. Perhaps you need to understand the nuts and bolts of music to get it. I don't get it but I look forward to Ben explaining why we've got this all wrong.
Ben - Great basslines, superb guitar solos, fab backing vocals. Catchy tunes that worm their way into your head (granted you may have to listen more than once to appreciate this). Lyrics which tell stories of dark characters. Interesting songs that break the traditional rock structure. Great production, it sounds smooth and superb on good headphones. Multi-layered instrumentation, always something new to hear with each listen. I almost forgot the drum solos too. IMO (and plenty of other people’s) it’s a sophisticated, wonderful album and I love it. ☆
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