![]() Kudos to them for not going down that route (the same attitude that made 'Closed for Business' the lead track for the between-album EP), despite the potential commercial damage. It's probably the record Parlophone were hoping Six would be: throw in a couple of Six's singles and it's definitely more of an AotGL pt II than Six ever could have been. The Dead Flowers Reject, the Six b-sides album that got a 'proper' release for that album's 21st anniversary, is a real revelation and is an exceptional album in its own right. What they regained in energy they lost in originality, and I think it doesn't warrant a position more than a curio, in the grand scheme of things. Kleptomania has a few bright spots, but it's basically a bit of a meat-and-potatoes indie rock album and, despite Draper's knack for unusual chord changes, really feels like a band running on fumes. Still, 'Butterfly', 'I Can Only Disappoint U', 'Comes as No Surprise', 'Until the Next Life' and 'Goodbye' are as good as anything from the first two albums. It happened on the third Cooper Temple Clause album (a band whose career almost exactly mirrored that of Mansun's) and half of their fanbase turned their nose up, and it was exactly the same here. ![]() I'll never, ever understand record labels who force bands to become something they're not in the hope that it'll encourage sales. Little Kix is hugely flawed, but still shows that Paul Draper could come up with some great songs even in awful circumstances. Those shimmering slow-attack guitar chords in the final verses are stunning, and it's one of Draper's best vocal melodies. 'Cancer' is one of my all-time favourite songs, especially the second half from when the piano takes over. Six is a masterpiece, melding punk, prog, glam, post-rock, and electronica into a collage that manages to be utterly bewildering and hugely catchy at the same time. ![]() I knew Wide Open Space was one of the best known tracks, but for me it's always been I Can Only Disappoint U that I've come across in wider culture.Īttack of the Grey Lantern is basically like all the best bits of britpop with all the worst bits removed, and then a bunch of glam and '80s new wave stuff added.
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