Best Of The Albion Band 1993-1997, The - Albion Band

Advantages: An interesting albion band line-up
Disadvantages: Nothing too exciting

...I wish I liked this album more than I do. Ashley Hutching's' latest combo to fly the Albion Band banner features the ubiquitous songstress Kellie While and the multi-talented Joe Broughton on fiddle, mandolin, keyboard and guitar. The trouble is, the album doesn't hang together. Sure it sounds like the band were having fun, but this is an album woefully short on quality. Two songs stand out: the soulful When My Son is Grown and She Still Waits. The majority of the album is humdrum and certain tracks like Cookery is the New Rock'n'Roll risk taking the Albions into Barron Knights territory. Even the excellent She Still Waits has its impact lessened by a spoken sub-Coney Island into, pretentiously titled It is That Window of Time. Road movies is a student film at best, and only of interest to die-hard Albion fans. Punters new to the group... Read review

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Advantages: amazing album, lyrics, loads of tracks
Disadvantages: nothing

...right lets start, anybody who appreciates good music should buy this album because it is f--king amazing, the sound, the tracks and the story the album tells, compare it to some of the commercial sell outs such as the arctic monkeys and the kaiser cheifs and it is astounding, look at classic tracks such as killamangiro and albion, and the lesser known tracks pipedown and up the morning. The lyrical content completely overwhelms the competition such as feeble attempts from bands like the killers with songs that are pointless and mean nothing to the band. Albion still keeps true to being this libertine figure that looks for his perfect england with gin in teacups and fights in dole ques. And an angry fuck forever that refrences to almost every point in peters life, from the libertines to past relationships. If the album was a car... Read review

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Advantages: Groundbreaking first release from monsters of rock
Disadvantages: You will fall in love

...This band will take you on a whirlwind adventure through the back alleys of Soho, down Cally road, out through Camden and into Albion. As quintessentially english as croquet and tea and crumpets The Libertines do not fail to deliver, and this album takes every good and bad point about London and England and twists them into something indescribably beautiful. There are no let downs on this album, every single second is a classic and irrefutably flawless in an unpolished way, from the delicately melancholy ending to Tell The King to Pete's deranged "Geeeooouutavit" at the begining of Up The Bracket. The Libertines set the standard for bands of today, this album is worth its weight in gold, definately not to be missed. This album is available from most high street music stores, certainly any selling any alternatine rock music... Read review

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