Pop to me is the feeling I got, having previously critiscised them, when hearing "Mansun's only Love Song" for the first time. B&S content?!? errrmmm.......oh yeah....I bought Q today and "If you're feeling Sinister" was in the best albums of the year bit. Happy! Someone is making me a "Tigermilk" tape and I haven't had to ask anyone from the list. I have a friend from teletext who's getting me a copy. To be bloody honest though, I've been on this list for a couple of days now and there 'aint been that much B&S content really...... Oh well bye Northy from the paw of the pink panther or just Northy being escapist? _________________________________________________ ``A man is as old as the women he feels.'' - Groucho Marx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard North wrote:
errrmmm.......oh yeah....I bought Q today and "If you're feeling Sinister" was in the best albums of the year bit.
How can this be? IYFS was released in Nov' 96. I know this is depressing, but B&S should not appear in "best albums of '97" in any British magazines and newspapers. I've worried about this (though not enough to have sleepless nights), that a great album will be ignored in an annual review by music journalists. IFYS came out too late in 1996 for most people to have heard of it and definitely too late to make an impression on the music press and end up in the polls. I reckon it was only in the new year that the journalists will have heard their promo copies and take note. They would then have a whole year to enjoy and write about it positively, which they did. I'm sure many magazines would like to have IYFS in the top 10 lps of 1997, but they cannot. I wouldn't be surprised if it is given a special mention or made an honorary album of 1997. Most journalists know that IYFS is too good to be ignored and deserves a wider audience. One thing for sure is that B&S will be mentioned in the "bands to watch in 1998". I always thought that it is bad move to release a new studio lp in the last 2 months of the year, as it will be overlooked in the Xmas deluge when the big hitters and the compilation albums fight it out for the grannie pound. Why was November chosen for the release of IYFS? Couldn't it have waited till the new year? At least next year's album should top the polls of 1998. Do not underestimate the power of end of year reviews. Portishead's "Dummy" was the top album of 1994 (or in the top 3) in all the magazines and newspapers. I remember reading letters in the MM criticising them for choosing someone the readers had never heard of. Of course, the press were vindicated when Portishead went ballistic in 1995. Mussadiq ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Richard North wrote:
errrmmm.......oh yeah....I bought Q today and "If you're feeling Sinister" was in the best albums of the year bit.
I thought it came out last year? I bought it in January.
Happy! Someone is making me a "Tigermilk" tape and I haven't had to ask anyone from the list. I have a friend from teletext who's getting me a copy.
Are you a Voidster then?
To be bloody honest though, I've been on this list for a couple of days now and there 'aint been that much B&S content really......
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