People thought this was a DISAPPOINTMENT?!? Insanity. After ascending to the top of the charts with their debut, Attack of The Grey Lantern, out-selling Blur in the process, Mansun were set up for big things. And oh my God, did they ever deliver. Six is The Mars Volta at least 4 years early, with the happy addition of sleazy glam-rock to stop things getting as boring as TMV's music does. It could just as easily be one 60-minute long song as 60 one-minute long ones, and it's home to so many moments of pure inspiration it's silly. The lyrics namecheck Stanley Kubrick, Winnie The Pooh and Jesus. Classical music and Christmas carols gets sampled, but almost everything comes anchored with a great guitar hook. Radiohead could conceivably have gone in this direction after OK Computer. That's how good Six is.
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