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| 5.0 classic | MindTrain | October 17th 10 |
I didn't know punk and progressive rock could sound so good merged together, and for 22
tracks at that! Once you start to like this album there's no turning back. This is a true
gem.
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| 5.0 classic | Piogeedieg | October 24th 20 |
A dense, knotted, twisted art rock double
LP that defies both convention and
description. RIP Tim Smith, you absolute
legend! Excellent instrumental work all
over this album, it shows immaculate studio
craft and precision.
Standouts: "Fiery Gun Hand," with its
blistering pace and ripping solos.
"Bellyeye" and it's bipolar take on
britpop. "Dirty Boy," an unbelievable,
upwardly-ascending odyssey through about a
dozen different key centers. Tantamount to
a religious experience. "Odd Even" is a
sleeper favorite of mine, a restless psych-
folk number with a charmingly goofy guitar
and key break.
Is it a polarizing listen? Yes. You may
very well hate these records, but it is
ESSENTIAL for you to listen at least once.
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| 5.0 classic | tmthycnnlly | August 25th 19 |
How come all of Sputnik is sleeping on one of the most original albums out there?
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| 5.0 classic | Hexomega | July 20th 14 |
This is an album that frankly surpasses everything. The amount of ground it covers and the way it takes ideas from a hundred different things to make on unique sound is absolutely mindblowing. Tim Smith is a true genius and this album will be remembered as one of the best albums of all time some day.
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| 5.0 classic | Virium | June 28th 12 |
A very unique album, even for Cardiacs. This is them at their poppiest (for most of the
album) and a lot of the tracks breeze by... but since there are a whopping 22 of them it's
still quite long. This greatly mitigates my only real problem with the album: the last few
songs seem to slow the pace down so much and generally not be interesting enough of songs to
really end the album on the right note. Anyway, considering the lineup changes, relatively
large gap of time between releases, reasonably major stylistic changes, and sheer amount of
totally new material, the album is remarkably good and contains some of the best moments in
the Cardiacs discography (such as the solo in "Fiery Gun Hand", the first Cardiacs song I
heard) as well as a few songs widely appreciated by fans ("Dirty Boy" and "Bellyeye", for
example). Not the best starting point if you want longer, proggier songs, but definitely an
essential listen eventually.
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| 3.5 great | Hawks | January 26th 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 2.5 average | kkarron | December 23rd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Zac124 | November 27th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | November 9th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Maxx | August 9th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Tb1114 | July 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Simon K. STAFF | March 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | February 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xenoflux | November 29th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | November 17th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | tonydip | November 2nd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Roidv | October 23rd 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Adol | September 15th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Jerrad | August 31st 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Jgpj95 | March 14th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | MmJj | January 9th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | IlNotta | November 9th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Collis | August 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | dbkgvx | July 25th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Source | July 4th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Nymox | June 5th 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | May 9th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | gbass | August 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | 2ool | April 20th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | AvaRose | December 14th 18 |
| 3.5 great | P0laris | November 15th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Spluger | October 21st 18 |
| 3.0 good | ariich | September 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sine | September 4th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | gilly | April 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | DBGKVX | February 21st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | helti | November 22nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | JayVex | October 27th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | m1ke | May 27th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | March 11th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | kabster | January 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | prock | November 4th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | XiuXiu | September 25th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Veldin | April 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | SmersH | December 8th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Runeii | December 7th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Zantera | November 24th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | zundza | December 15th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Ulshad | July 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gelud | April 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kingdok | January 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | January 14th 12 |
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