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cjrmack writes:

4of 5 Stars

Coming a year after Mummer this could not be more different. Big, brash, and noisy for the most part and yet it is very melodic.

I am not sure XTC ever rocked as hard before or ever again as on "Reign Of Blows" and "Train Running Low On Soul Coal".

Other cuts of interest are the sea-chanty "All You Pretty Girls", The new-wave hoe down "Shake You Donkey Up" and classic British Pop on "Seagulls Screaming", and "The Everyday Story of Smalltown", "You're the Wish You Are I had and "I Remember the Sun". Partridges disdain for the music business pops up again in "I Bought Myself A Liarbird". The only cut that seems out of place is the Police sounding "This World Over" which is pretty much as the title says a depressing song about the end of the world due to a nuclear holcaust.

Overall an excellent effort

Mar 28, 2007 14:01:44