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brilliant song writing
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yes
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This is a gem of an album. I would compare the music of Shack to an intelligent and musically more adventious Oasis. The songs on this album mainly deal with the lead singer (Michael Head)and his struggles with heroin addiction. The music is not gloomy however, at times itis positively joyous. This is especially true of the songs 'Natalie's Party' and 'Lend some dough' contrast is provided by more folky tunes such as the timeless 'Streets of Kenny'which tells of the singer's attempts to find Heroin on the streets of his native Liverpool. This album is humorous and reflective without ever becoming self absorbed. The songs are often deceptively complex. In short this is a mini-classic and I would urge everybody to by it before the (incomprehensible) low sales mean that it is deleted.
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astonishing to learn that Shack were still going--though they'd surfaced briefly in 1995, they were widely assumed to have completely disappeared sometime in the dying days...
HMS Fable -
H.M.S. Fableis an album that seemed to fall out of a clear blue sky. It seemed astonishing
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to learn that Shack were still going--though they'd surfaced briefly in 1995, they were widely assumed to have completely disappeared sometime in the dying days ...
