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I think it's marvellous. Uberclassic.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 July 2003 09:56 (twenty-two years ago)

one of the greatest chamber pop records ever made. michael head's masterpiece. the production and arrangements are superb. Someone on tangents said these songs are so timeless you could almost imagine robin hood singing them in sherwood forest and I know what he meant.

― pulpo, Thursday, 3 July 2003 10:00 (twenty-two years ago)

And yet it could only have been recorded now. I love the way the guitar, though electric mostly, is used as an obviosuly stringed instrument, as if it's part of the quartet, with the quartet as it's bedrock and the guitar as te solo voice. There's just so much fucking and care in the arrangements. Awesome, awesome record.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 July 2003 10:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Agreed, it's fantastic and beautiful and the best thing he's done. Certainly miles ahead of HMS Fable.

Noticed that Shack have a new LP out soon too. There's an advert in Uncut for it. I wondered where they had disappeared to.

― mms (mms), Thursday, 3 July 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Ain't nothing I can say Nick doesn't say better, above. Gorgeously out-of-time without being in any way "retro." And yeah, it's *miles* ahead of HMS Fable (which I don't particularly like...those big ugly Oasis moments piss on the entire record for me,) but not necessarily ahead of "Waterpistol," which I think is just as good.

― M Specktor (M Specktor), Thursday, 3 July 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i love that song leave me alone or whatever its called
other than that i don't know it

― robin (robin), Thursday, 3 July 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"There's just so much fucking and care..." was what it was meant to say before html ate the 'class' and made it look like a sex record.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 July 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I too agree with everyone's comments on the Michael Head album. It's a shame that it's so hard to track down nowadays.

Mark, did the ad in Uncut give a release date? Or a record label? I'm very interested in a new Shack album.

― Jonathan, Thursday, 3 July 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

html hates 'care'.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 3 July 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic, just for that moment when Glynis and Jacqui explodes into that insanely catchy, brilliantly truncated guitar solo.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 3 July 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Jonathon, the new Shack record is called Here's Tom With The Weather, released August 11th on a label called North Country. Their website is www.shackgroup.com

― mms (mms), Thursday, 3 July 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

Sirendisc.com (which is NOT a good CD store, from what I've been told, but is pretty good about future releases) says that this album will be re-released on August 18.

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Sunday, 10 August 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

Playing this right now. Magnificent.

― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 2 July 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)

What's happened to all my clothes? What's happened to all my furniture?

― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 2 July 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

Oh.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:32 (fourteen years ago)

eight months pass...

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/michael-head-and-the-strands-the-magical-world-of-the-strands-round-30-nicks-choice/

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 16 June 2012 18:52 (thirteen years ago)

This is one of my very favourite records ever. Just outstandingly beautiful.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 16 June 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

yes

― dell (del), Saturday, 16 June 2012 20:00 (thirteen years ago)

brilliant album

― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 16 June 2012 20:05 (thirteen years ago)

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