Ace wrote:Magenta wrote:The only iffy track on it is "Friendly Neighbours", but that's because the rest of those songs are just absolutely perfect. It is just on the wrong album.
Exactly!!! This is so weird I could say the same exact thing! My love for all the other songs on the album though makes me say it's a perfect album - i mean, 'white liberals'? 'hit the headline'? 'soviet threat'? They're ALL GOOD. 'Friendly Neighbours' is "iffy", but not enough to bring the album down in my book.
"White Liberals" is most likely in my top ten Ex songs (now THAT would be an impossible task). Maybe "Hit the Headlines" as well. You're right, though. The perfection of everything else makes it it one of the best albums ever ever ever.
Those are excellent choices, Mr. Totem. One that isn't mentioned too often is Dignity of Labour. It's not as hard-rockin' as some of their more well-known material, but it's got a much more atmospheric sound to it, more sparse. Reminds me of Neubauten at points.