Neil Kearsley wrote:
> Rather to my own surprise, I've found myself revisiting MLAR of late.
For
> an album that I have very vocally detested I'm astonished. It's packed
with
> gems I'd overlooked.
> The songs I'd always liked still stand up and seem to have improved with
> age - Summer, Grown Up, Georgie, Candy and Unexpected No4
> However a few I couldn't stand have jumped out at me, especially Harpies
> Bizarre, Dumb and Invasion Hit Parade, even Sweet Pear has improved
> (although the intro still sounds too much like the Beatles' Don't Let Me
> Down for comfort).
>
> I think, with hindsight, I rejected the album as I'm not fond of coarse
> language (it took me years to see past the f word on Suit of Lights as
well)
> and I loathed Sweet Pear, Doomsday and Broken - so that was the start of
the
> album and the end of the album ruined.
>
> Mind you, I still hate Broken.... Tuneless dirge!
>
> Neil
>
>
Yep, that's a great album, and you're not the only one to overlook it.
Given the Beatle-esque overtones to the album, it was fitting that EC
turned up on Saturday Night Live with a full beard, looking like John
Lennon.
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