release date: Mar. 1988
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,15]
producer: Joe Foster
label: Creation Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Apple Boutique" (3,5 / 5) - 2. "Ivory Past" (3,5 / 5) - 3. "Until the Fools Get Wise" - 4. "Bitter End" (3,5 / 5) - 6. "Christopher Street" - 8. "Don't Die on My Doorstep"
8th studio album by Felt, now with a new producer. The album mostly shows the band continuing its style with something that feels like the addition of sophist-pop. The original vinyl release contains 8 tracks on the A-side, all composed by Lawrence, and in the usual jangle pop style, whereas the B-side contains only two tracks, both entirely played and composed by keyboardist Martin Duffy. The first of these is the 12 min. "Sending Lady Load", and both tracks are solely piano instrumental jazz compositions, and as such in a different style, which makes it an odd release. Not that it's bad, the last two tracks just seem completely out of sync with the other (usual Felt tracks). The whole album is not bad, it does feel like Felt (except for the aforementioned tracks), it's just without great tunes, really. It's a bit like a band going through its usual repertoire, which is kind of sad.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
