The Album Review Club - Week #145 - (page 1923) - Tellin' Stories - The Charlatans

Not for me,nothing in this for me.Found the voice annoying,songs samey,it was not until the bonus track that I found a song that sounded different.
Not going to score as I don't want to upset another contributor for the second week in a row.lol.
 
No "guests" submitting a review this week, a few regular posters missing and two abstentions means that it's an average of 6.14 from just 7 reviews for The Wonder Years' Burst and Decay. Such is the eclectic nature of album selections, this means that they slide into the table very nicely between Roy Orbison and Depeche Mode. A different pick from @Coatigan, and thanks for the selection.

Also, a big thanks for running this thread for the last couple of weeks. I have now added the points and updated the table on page #1, including BlueHammer's delayed scores.

Next up, it's @journolud, so whenever you are ready, hit us with those clues.
 
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus

There's no great emotional attachment to this album or story linked to any significant time in my life but it is an album that I've loved for years and probably fits into that dreaded "undiscovered or underappreciated lost classic" category that usually sounds the death knell in this thread. Although having just checked wikipedia I see the album is referred to as, along with Tommy and Dark Side of the Moon, as "a landmark in art rock", a description sure to put people off.

There are certain albums that for me are "summer" albums, must be some association going on somewhere and there is a certain sound. This is one of those that when the sun starts to shine and I'm cruising the leafy lanes of Cheshire (on legitimate grounds that is, no dodgy connotations there) that I want to listen to. It's the fourth album from Spirit, a band notable for enlisting the step-father of guitarist Randy California (who had previously been in a band with Jimi Hendrix) on drums. Ed Cassidy had a career in jazz behind him and was around 20 years older than the rest of the band.

The album has a bit of an environmental theme running though it, most typified by the song Nature's Way (which if you like this album by the way there is a cracking live version of somewhere). Musically it is more disciplined and accessible than some of their earlier jazz meanderings.

I've also just googled and see this is number 332 in Larkin's list so one for @BlueHammer85 to take note of.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
On it.

7 contributors is disappointing, considering there’s 60 voters for the song cup last round.
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Depends, going into the last day of it there were only 2 last night, so 7 feels like a good return now. I half feared automatic disqualification.
 
Coatigan said:
Depends, going into the last day of it there were only 2 last night, so 7 feels like a good return now. I half feared automatic disqualification.
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Unlike BlueHammer, I haven't specified a minimum number of reviews in the rules. But if it ever happens that there are stupidly low number of returns (less than 5 or 6 feels about right), I'll just auto-extend the current week.
 
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