But would anyone here agree that inbetween the two the Mondays came close to making the best damn album of the 80s (not THE best - even in its year of release there was Nation of Millions, but top 5 or 10 say)?
One reason you may think that 'Bummed' is nothing of the kind (the reason, I believe, for its relative lack of current renown) is the crime-against-music cheapo cd mix (along with Vince Clarke's WFL replacing Wrote For Luck on some versions). So unless it's undergone a recent remastering which I'm not aware of, all criticism should be based on having heard either vinyl or cassette copies.
― scott, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Andy, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― tarden, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― gareth, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I have only owned the vinyl version, and I didn't know that they'd substituted the Vince Clark WFL on some versions. That's criminal! Still, the WFL single with Vince Clark's mix on one side and the 'Think about the Future' version (Oakenfold?) on the other side is very good.
"Squirrel and G-Man..." is rather splendid in a thug-funk-ish kind of way. An album with kebab stains on its trousers.
― Dr. C, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
The best Happy Mondays record by far is the "Freaky Dancin'" 12- inch, 'cos it contains "The Egg (Mix)" which is unreal - as if Can were born and bred in Salford.
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael B, Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)
It always amazes me how *actual* Happy Mondays albums invariably disappoint me. My favourite thing they ever did was the Madchester EP. Which wasn't even them at all, it was all those wonderful producers...
― kate (kate), Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 17 July 2003 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)
ditto, i giggled like a schoolgirl
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 17 July 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― rw, Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― rw, Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 17 July 2003 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 17 July 2003 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 26 July 2003 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 27 July 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 27 July 2003 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 27 July 2003 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Sunday, 27 July 2003 06:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 27 July 2003 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 27 July 2003 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)