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| 4.0 excellent | lz41 | April 17th 23 |
"I hear you've got a new girlfriend/How's the wife taking it?" Extraordinary. Kanye meets Morrissey.
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| 3.5 great | ExoskeletalJunction | February 8th 22 |
30th January, 2022: Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (sophisti-pop, 1985)
I’ve started telling people to invest in this record. Stock up, horde the rare variants, because
it’s only a matter of time before the zoomers get a hold of it and it becomes a sensation once
again. The combination of sweet and sugary hooks, pseudo-jazz sensibility and almost ironic
referencing of muzak fits right in with the new wave of fandoms for artists like Steely Dan or
Fleetwood Mac. And yeah, I’ll concede, this is menacingly catchy. I’m not sure there’s much else
going for it, as the soft rock aesthetic can get incredibly corny when it’s not backed with juicy
hooks, but fortunately for the majority of this album that isn’t a problem.
6.7 (3rd listen)
Part of my listening diary from my facebook music blog - www.facebook.com/TheExoskeletalJunction
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| 3.5 great | fog CONTRIBUTOR | December 20th 21 |
Opening 5 tracks are insanely good. The back half of the record shows lots of range and skill but I find myself zoning out when they get dangerously close to Spandau Ballet territory.
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| 4.3 superb | Erwann S. STAFF | August 4th 20 |
These lads come from Newcastle. Given how grey the sky is up there, their music is strikingly bright. Every band wanting to deliver elegant sophisti-pop understood the recipe thanks to this album: immaculate production, sweet melodies, and an overall feeling of effortless smoothness which ultimately erases that one shitty 80s feature: cheesiness. It's a shame the back half isn't quite as strong as the first one, 'cause that run from "Bonny" to "Goodbye Lucille #1" is pure 5/5 material. The 80s rarely sounded as sophisticated.
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| 4.5 superb | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | April 17th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | bach | February 25th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | spur55 | January 4th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | December 4th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Anto77 | October 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | ffs | August 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Snuron | June 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | YakNips | June 25th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Rmazer | March 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yurt6 | October 17th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | KILL | October 3rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Source | June 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | eureka | May 16th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Cam | January 31st 22 |
| 4.2 excellent | Rowan5215 STAFF | January 6th 22 |
| 3.0 good | KuyJuk | September 16th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Lucman | May 24th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | SaneTBP | February 26th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | wojodta | February 3rd 21 |
| 5.0 classic | jlsg | September 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | W3bsurf | February 1st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Emo | January 24th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | November 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | wg98 | September 25th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | July 31st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | lxxwj | June 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | January 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | robin | November 13th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | zrong | October 13th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Denis | October 6th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | April 21st 16 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | January 24th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Archael | January 5th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | theyam | October 27th 15 |
| 3.0 good | ethos | April 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arpagick | November 20th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | smidoc | July 31st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | March 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | FLRTE | January 4th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | dwejkk | November 20th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Collis | April 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | thebhoy | November 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Kiran EMERITUS | August 8th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Muzix | May 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | WNF | February 17th 11 |
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