Ever wonder how people choose their internet names?
'LyricalT' is a shortened version of Lyrical Trainspotter - the title of the final, hidden track on this remarkable album. Being a Mansun fan for over three years and being fortunate enough to support them on tour, it seemed the obvious choice.
The album opens with a string composition, "The Chad Who Loved Me" (Dominic Chad being the band's guitarist), which combines perfectly with Chad's guitar solo. Two of the bands more famous releases, namely "Wide Open Space" and "Stripper Vicar", came from this album. This is one of only a handful of albums I've ever listened to, and really can't find a weak song anywhere. The only other albums I'd say this about are Texas' "White on Blonde" and Travis' "The Man Who".
Attack of the Grey Lantern also features the track behind the finest publicity stunt ever. Rather than spend thousands of pounds on a trashy pop video, the band took £30,000 in used fivers, and dumped it on commuters at a railway station (Liverpool St Station, I believe, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong!). The band came close to serious trouble with that little escapade, although Railtrack later admitted they hadn't received any complaints, possibly because a Railtrack employee, face blurred out to protect the guilty, can be seen in the video picking up and pocketing a wad of fivers.
Not a bad album at all.
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Mansun--whose records regularly go Top 10 in the UK, whose tours sell out effortlessly, ... more
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Advantages: Will enhance your life. Available at a good price. Disadvantages: Your friends might think your strange when you start to talk about how great it is all the time.
Advantages: The emotion in 'Comes As No Suprise' is unsurpassable and the funkiness of 'Love Is..' Disadvantages: 'I Can Only Disappoint U' Cool lyrics, but trying to hard to be a hit
Jan 8th, 2001
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