what to make of this album? consensus says its a 'end of the road' dark, partys over album, but its only context that gives it that i think, it doesnt really sound that way, is muted i agree, but difficult to get head around even now. is view of this album changed over time? is obviously a disappointment when put in context of rest of bands output (though oddly its pills'n'thrills that has dated - mainly due to oaky prod), but still has a something. is a record i dont play often
― gareth (gareth), Monday, 14 July 2003 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)
The album that garnered the shortest review I ever remember,:
No Thanks!
― Pete (Pete), Monday, 14 July 2003 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)
i wasnt short review battling just suggesting another short review that i found funny
― james (james), Monday, 14 July 2003 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)
also, I love "Cut 'em Loose, Bruce", a totally underrated album. I think it's because they were passe at that point and the album art sucked.
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)
Same shtick, different band: I remember a review of some late-period Yes album that said, in its entirety, "Just say no."
― JesseFox (JesseFox), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)
twenty-one years pass...
Listening to Yes Please! now on Spotify and it is *very* patchy and possibly the Tom Tom Club production and the fact Weymouth & Frantz drafted in their frequent collaborator Steven Stanley to provide additional engineering and keyboard duties contributes greatly to the good bits being good. Paul Davis was by all accounts useless on keys anyway!
The percussion is much better than the other Mondays albums (and it makes them sound like the New Fads in many places), but everything else sounds a bit watery and weak. Stinkin' Thinkin' was a good choice of opener, and indeed single as it plays to the band's strengths to the greatest degree and makes the best use of Rowetta's vocals - she is oddly absent through most of the rest of this which is a BAD IDEA as she is integral to most of the peak Mondays material - she's almost certainly the most talented member of the band.
Kermit's rapping on Cut 'em Loose is brilliant and makes this song one of the best on the album. No wonder Shaun worked with him subsequently in Black Grape - something obviously clicked there!
Lovechild is the best performance from Shaun.
Sunshine and Love is a terrible track! Why was it chosen as a single??? Classic example of Factory self-destruction although the coffin was probably good and sealed by then.
Best track - the closer, Cowboy Dave. Lyrics by far the most lucid, but I suppose they had to be as they were essentially based on the Mondays' statements they gave to the police regarding Dave Rowbotham's murder.
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 06:47 (one year ago)