At The BBC - Shed Seven

Advantages: Good collection of songs for those who were fans of the band
Disadvantages: Missing a lot of their top singles.

...A collection of the greatest songs by Shed seven, the long time workhorses of the Indie-rock / Britpop scene. This album does include a few of their classics such as the student anthems of Speakeasy, Bully boy and the more gentle and catchy Going for gold, as well as including one of my personal favourite songs in the brilliant parallel lines. The problem with this album however is they seem to have failed in their balancing of mixing their best songs in with some of their B-sides and rareities as there are too many of their best songs missing. Very conspicuous in their absence are the great hits Dolphin, On standby and Chasing rainbows which means this album would be better suited to a true fan of the band rather than someone looking for a "best of" album and hoping to hear all of their best hits! This would be a very good... Read review

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Advantages: Bully Boy and Going For Gold
Disadvantages: One track too many

...This is my second Op on the fantastic band that are Shed Seven. This week has seen the release of a special edition Live album and in line with that I have decided to revisit all the albums in my collection and do an op on each. The first of course was the best of Going For Gold and today’s op focuses on A Maximum High released in 1996. Rick Witter: Vocals Paul Banks: Guitars Tom Gladwin: Bass Alan Leach: Drums This was the bands second album of four to date and is widely regarded as the best studio album they have done with songs such as Going For Gold and Bully Boy featuring on it. AS some of these songs did appear in my last op I have used the same bit about them but added to it as well. So without any further introduction; The first track on the album also featured on Going for Gold and that track was, “... Read review

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Advantages: 11 superb tracks, a good solid debut
Disadvantages: The last track is over 8 minutes long!!!

...carries it along well. It’s an example of a Shed Seven love song and from what I gather it’s about his obsession with a Casino Girl. “Missing Out” follows on as a different type of mellow track. Again a guitar solo starts the song off before the vocals come in this time before the drums. It’s quite a drawn out vocal sound but it sets the tone for the track. The drums come in after about 40 seconds with a slow beat before really lifting the song to a different level. It gets a little bit repetitive towards the end but really it just drifts past you as it is such a relaxing song. The next track is one of my favourite Shed Seven tracks ever. This one is “dolphin” a favourite amongst Shed fans. It starts in the best way you could hear an Indie song with what sounds like Bongo drums before the guitar joins in and then the vocals coming... Read review

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