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Label: Virgin Int'l
Release Date: 2001-06-18
List Price: $12.98
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(Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Import)
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Brilliant tribute to psychedelic music (5 stars)
This is worth it just for "Mole From The Ministry". The whole album pays a loving tribute to the best of 60's psychedelic music without mocking it. One of XTC's best albums. |  | | | Love the Beatles, XTC and Britpop? You'll love this! (4 stars)
if you like britpop, the beatles and/or xtc, this is a clever and fun collection of the entire Dukes library, the alter ego of XTC, in homage to the Beatles.
some of the tunes are just so well done, and the hooks so well crafted that you'll find this is an enjoyable revisit, year after year. you are unlikely to sell this one used.
just simply fun, and much more creative and loyal to the sound of the Beatles than anyone else has done. | | | | Phun, Phun , Phun (5 stars)
This recording by the Dukes, aka XTC, is just plain fun and entertaining. The problem with a lot of the music from the psychedelic era was that while they may have included the prerequisite sound effects or drug themes, the tunes themselves were just plain stupid. XTC's strong suit has always been clever songwriting and knowing not to take themselves too seriously. The playing on this collection is great. The bombastic drums, guitars and terrific vocals put to shame most of what passes for rock music today, and these guys were just screwing around for the fun of it. Even though this was a fun recording as homage to the psychedelic period it still contains all that fans of XTC have come to expect from their work: clever wordplay in the lyrics, great musicianship and pristine production. They even have a few special effects here and there that would have made the best of sixties psychedelia (Beatles, Pink Floyd) proud. | | | | Not Quite The Beatles or Pink Floyd, but.... (4 stars)
The record starts off with a cheezy tribute to Pink Floyd, that I think is worthy of Spinal Tap. I still don't know if this was serious, or tongue-in-cheek. While this album will never be my favorite, I am liking it more with each play. "Vanishing Girl" is the one tune that really stands out. If you are new to XTC, I would hold off on buying this CD and go for "English Settlement" or "Skylarking". | | | | Glean from the Peppermint Ice Cube (5 stars)
As funny as it is beautiful.
And its really really...both. | | | |
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