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THE UNDERTONES GO SUPREMELY MELODIC & PSYCHEDELIC

Coleen | Down in the alley | 06/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is The Undertones 3rd album in as many years, and it shows a huge progression in production, arrangements, and songwriting.
It has some songs that are real GEMS on it: JULIE OCEAN, THIS CRISIS OF MINE, YOU'RE WELCOME, THE POSITIVE TOUCH, WHEN SATURDAY COMES, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, HANNAH DOOT, etc.
It's the 'Tones most '66/'67 era Beatlesque album, but it sounds totally original somehow! And it's still POWER POP! Don't overlook this one if you AT ALL like the Undertones!!!"

I know, I know, it ain't the first two albums. It's the bes

Chris bct | San Diego, CA USA | 03/02/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is better than the album that came after this one.

And a lotta punx will tell ya this and that next album are rubbish. One could say that. However, I'm so into the UNDERTONES that even this album sticks to my ribs. I simply adjusted to their newer, more gentle sound. They still had the same song writing strengths they just let the guitars go a bit weak and basically seemed to adjust their sights to appealing to girl listeners like soppy love song stuff more so than the first two albums that had that distinct guitar sound that probably put off a few more gentle pop loving fans of the day.



Whatever the band was thinking they made this musical shift and it's left for posterity for us to accept or not. I do. I love this album. I just don't listen to it for the same musical satisfaction points that I do the first 2 albums (s/t and Hypnotized). When I want it a bit softer, this goes on. Yummy.

(ok, ok, I wish they'd stayed their old way but I'll take what they gimme cuz they really were a tremendous band. chrisbct@hotmail.com"