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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Indie, Rock and Alternative _ Classic Album #10

Posted by: AntoineTTe 7th September 2015, 10:26 PM

Mansun's second album is 17 year's old today.
Digital Spy declare it as the best Brit Pop album you've never heard.

http://beta.digitalspy.co.uk/music/feature/a666956/mansuns-six-paul-drapers-track-by-track-breakdown-on-the-greatest-britpop-album-you-never-heard/

Influencing Mars Volta and Muse (to a lesser extent), this is undoubtedly a difficult and awkward album but one that pays dividends with repeated plays.
A striking run of singles that, along with Placebo, made 1998 exciting in the midst of Embrace and, dare I say, Manic Street Preachers MOR stodge.

I just spoke directly to Paul Draper on Facebook - he's a FB friend of mine, dontcha know - and he says that it will be re-issued on double CD/DVD and vinyl in due course.

Any takers?

Posted by: dandystar 8th September 2015, 08:38 PM

It could well be the best album I've never heard.

I really should correct that.

Posted by: popchartfreak 8th September 2015, 09:03 PM

Mansun were hugely under-rated at the time, I never understood why they didn't hit it big, great run of singles never mind the albums...

Posted by: ϑЃεβϘ 8th September 2015, 09:33 PM

I remember listening to this for the first time and thinking what the hell was that?
Then I listened again. And again.

Top notch album from a top notch band.

Posted by: AntoineTTe 8th September 2015, 10:13 PM

I made my house mate listen to some of it last night. She hadn't a clue what what happening most of the time. I had perhaps mislead her by saying that I think it's better than any Radiohead album.

Six didn't click with me until 2001. At that stage I knew it was heading for my favourite album of all time - since then it has slipped a few places behind Dog Man Star and The Holy Bible.

Posted by: bobwaddle 22nd October 2015, 09:38 AM

I listened to this album so much that I wore the cassette away.
Had to buy a second copy.

Still love it to this day, tis aceness.

Posted by: Colm 22nd October 2015, 10:01 AM

I'm on my 3rd copy.