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Post by fange on Dec 12, 2019 22:54:34 GMT
It's a great album. The title track and 'Glittering Prize' still thrill me to the bone. It is a brilliant album, one of the very best of the '80s. |
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Post by fange on Dec 12, 2019 22:55:43 GMT
So, one hit, one miss and one maybe, but on the whole I'll take all of the bands I listed at the beginning over them, although of course if I had been exposed to them in my late twenties and early thirties, as with the others, that might have been different. Hooray! I'll take this as a win!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 0:17:07 GMT
The Hancock solo in "Hunter and The Hunted" is one of the most glorious musical moments I know. It lifts you to some higher place.
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Post by DarknessFish on Dec 28, 2019 9:42:38 GMT
It all sounds like a cheesier version of The Danse Society, with a much more annoying vocalist. Some vaguely interesting moments, but a lot of it just makes my spine curdle.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 9:44:10 GMT
Nothing like The Danse Society, who were a fifth rate Cure!
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Post by fange on Dec 28, 2019 11:53:59 GMT
What a glorious noise they made on this album. Kerr's vocals are often jumbled in the mix, which isn't a bad thing; just another instrument adding emotive effect, much like Damo often did in Can.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 11:59:49 GMT
I remember it coming out. It sounded so different and radical.."statues, parks and galleries", it evokes mid Europe wonderfully. And it has one of Forbes best basslines.
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Post by "BING E BONG" on Dec 28, 2019 12:53:59 GMT
Yes but it's coming out of a Glasgow chippie, isn't it? There's no real class there at all, rub the glitter a bit and you get plastic.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 13:00:51 GMT
Get ta fuck wee man!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2021 9:00:56 GMT
I remember it coming out. It sounded so different and radical.."statues, parks and galleries", it evokes mid Europe wonderfully. And it has one of Forbes best basslines. There's also those explosive synth noises and sheer attack of the drums. The interesting question is why this didn't make an even greater impact at the time. I think they suffered the fate of genuine innovators, they were too ahead of their time. |
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Post by harrylemon on Feb 24, 2021 9:38:32 GMT
I dont think they were under-rated. They fell off a cliff with the next album the fine balancing act they had on NGD fell to empty bombast and big gestures. They still had the odd great single though.
They were a great live band on the way up to NGD playing smaller venues, the move to arenas coincided with the bombastic cliches.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Apr 8, 2021 21:14:31 GMT
I've been listening to Sparkle In the Rain the last few days. It's fucking good.
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Post by harrylemon on Apr 8, 2021 21:41:53 GMT
I remember it coming out. It sounded so different and radical.."statues, parks and galleries", it evokes mid Europe wonderfully. And it has one of Forbes best basslines. There's also those explosive synth noises and sheer attack of the drums. The interesting question is why this didn't make an even greater impact at the time. I think they suffered the fate of genuine innovators, they were too ahead of their time. They were on Arista at the time. They needed a bigger label behind them to promote them properly. |
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 9, 2021 12:43:26 GMT
Being in a John Hughes or Hollywood movie soundtrack seemed to be the kiss of death for many good groups - Simple Minds, Psychedelic Furs, Echo and the Bunnymen.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 13:26:00 GMT
This one was barely off my turntable back then (I had it on a 12" with Celebrate). I couldn't get enough of its tough, mechanical sound.
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