BlueSwan wrote:The Theatre
Can You Forgive Her
Dreaming Of The Queen
Liberation
One In A Million
Yesterday, When I Was Mad
Go West
Those are all superb songs. The rest are so-so to me.
Can You forgive her?
I wouldn't normally
A Different point of view
Dreaming of the queen
Yesterday when I was mad
The Theatre
One and one make five
To speak is a sin
One in a million
Are superb to me. Postscript is great too. The remaining three are decent enough. The inclusion of Relentless plus the best batch of b-sides of their career makes Very the ultimate PSB album release to me.
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Eldritch wrote:Well, I was well into PSB in 1993, but still Very seemed like a dream come true. Still I think the first 7 songs and the way they flow together match any 7 songs on any album I own. It still sounds like a perfect pop album to me and their career highlight. 1 And 1 Makes 5 plus 1 In A 1 000 000 are mediocre in a generic way, but other than that, the album is sheer class. If they had replaced the former with Too Many People and the latter with Shameless (both songs are very similar in mood and tempo to their counterparts), the end result would have been flawless in my books.
Exactly. Very Relentless is my favourite PSB package ever; it was so perfect right down to Postscript after Go West. I agree with you about the possible inclusion of Shameless and Too Many People but these are minor quibbles. I think we got so used to their brilliance that we were actually spoilt and the post-Very era was bound to disappoint.
Oh, One Thing Leads to Another- Relentless is simply ace!
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Janet Street-Porter wrote:
Exactly. Very Relentless is my favourite PSB package ever; it was so perfect right down to Postscript after Go West. I agree with you about the possible inclusion of Shameless and Too Many People but these are minor quibbles. I think we got so used to their brilliance that we were actually spoilt and the post-Very era was bound to disappoint.
Oh, I love relentless.
And, now, I love Very. But my reaction at the time was I think typical of many casual buyers, who were thrilled by the lead singles but ultimately disspointed by the album as a whole.
