Our Earthly Pleasures - Maximo Park > Reviews > OUR EARTHLY PLEASURES

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Originality	Average
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Average
Value for Money	Good

Advantages:	Great 2nd attempt from the newcastle band .  New instant sing along athems
Disadvantages:	Sound has not significantly moved on and nothing compares to apply some preasure

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

They said it couldn’t be done, but Maximo Park’s Paul Smith has invented a new rock-star hairstyle: the bad literary comb-over. Bravo, Master Smith. He’s a poet of the people in the classic Brit-pop style – his funny thrift-store suits, his strong Newcastle accent, his habit of whipping out a book to read onstage. On Our Earthly Pleasures, he comes off like a young John Cleese playing Morrissey, singing, "When it comes to girls, I’m mostly hypothetical/If I list their names, it’s purely alphabetical." The U.K. indie band’s second album has beefed-up sound (from Pixies producer Gil Norton) and increasingly brilliant, not-at-all-pretentious gems like "Girls Who Play Guitars," "Russian Literature" and "Karaoke Plays." Whether he’s rocking out ("Our Velocity") or breaking down ("Nosebleed"), Smith sings every line like his girlfriend is downstairs loading her boxes of books into her new boyfriend’s car. And if he misses the books more than he misses her, that’s just part of his charm. However nothing seems to compare to the brilliant apply some preasure. Yet all these songs have potential to be brilliant live anthems but unless your a die hard maximo park fan you may find yourself fed up that the sound is very similar and that there does not seem to be the same quality of songs as the previous album. However overall it is definitley worth a listen and aslong as you dont mind the simialr sound you may find this on repeat in your cd player.