"John Metzger" <musicboxmailbox-newsgroups@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> 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.
I forgot all about After The Fall too - hated it - now really like it.
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