release date: 1995
format: cd
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,68]
producer: Chumbawamba and Neil Ferguson
label: One Little Indian Records - nationality: England, UK
7th studio album by Chumbawamba and the last in a series to be released on One Little Indian. The album consists of two halves - tracks 1-6 being subtitled "Love" (apparently, with reference to the vinyl album's A-side), and the remaining tracks 7-13 are subtitled "Hate" (B-side of vinyl release). The first half consists of slow and harmonic folk pop compositions, whereas the second half are compositions of more powerful, energetic alt. rock compositions with clear bond to the anarcho-punk sub-culture. All songs are written with a typical good sense of musical skills, a certain amount of social awareness, and also typically for the band: a tip of satire.
I don't find it all bad, it proposes interesting lyrics but it doesn't really contain obvious great tracks and overall it disappoints in being neither this nor that.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5 stars ]
