On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, northy wrote:

NME, undoubtedly the most important music paper in Britain

Up against stiff competition

gave IFYS 5/10.

Hardly critically acclaimed...

Remember that that's not "NME"'s opinion, but the opinion of ONE of their writers. Mark Sutherland, editor of Melody Maker, made "Never Ever" by All Saints his single of the year. Doesn't mean it's company policy.

not that I agree with NME anyway. They gave Ocean Colour Scene's album 6/10. Go figure?!?

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