100% Nylon - Nylon

Advantages: diversity
Disadvantages: none

...this is a ground breaking album and one which has deservedly won the mercury award. it mixes so many diverse genres that the album continually moves between differetn stlyes of music, reinventing itself along the way. most strikingly this album features some excellent guitar work. there is a strong spanish influence heard in the nylon string guitar sound, this is at times classical but then moves into a more south american style - effortlessly. furthermore there is some admirable work on the slide guitar, exposing the blues roots of the musicians. perhaps the most instantly recogniseable thing is the singer's distincive voice. it is as if he has been eating gravel all his life and it is lovely. buy the album - NOW... Read review

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Advantages: It's fantastic ! ; imaginative songs; amazing voice; great production.
Disadvantages: Bit too much make-up ?!

...OK - I'll admit I'm biased 'cos they're my favourite band, but then this album is the reason WHY they're my favourite band. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this has got got to be one of the best debut albums ever, like them or not. Why? Just stick it on and feel those luscious strings wash over you as the first track begins. Relax as each track merges into the next seamlessly. Marvel at the tales of cross-dressing vicars ("His dress is nylon / His nails by Revlon" ?) and sexy girls in belfries. There's not a note out of place as Mansun take influences from Bowie through New-Romanticism to Britpop and still manage to sound like nothing you've heard before. This is the sound of a band sticking two fingers up at the doubters, inviting us into their own soundscape-world, and effortlessly outshining their peers. It sticks... Read review

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Advantages: Catchy tunes, Muso Kudos
Disadvantages: Pretentious drivel,repetetive choruses, just read the op, you'll get my jist

...Why do the Manics make me jump around, well, it's because they make me seethe with righteous fury. I cannot stand the fact that a band with a mediocre song writing talent at best is applauded by musos the world round and thus the Manics are vaunted as rock gods and amongst the best bands the UK has ever produced. Still I’ll stay true to my scientific nature and try and give you what amounts to an objective viewpoint on the band. I HATE THEM!!! Objective enough?? The Manics formed in 1991 in their hometown of Blackwood, Wales. The “Generation Terrorists” were very much molded on the late 70’s punk movement and to be honest if they had stayed that way it wouldn’t be so bad, these days they wear NYLON SHIRTS instead of leather pants. Of course in the climate of the time they bucked against much of what... Read review

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