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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...ou-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?

Edited September 8, 20159 yr by AntoineTTe

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

 

I really should correct that.

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...

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.

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.

Edited September 8, 20159 yr by AntoineTTe

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. :dance:

I'm on my 3rd copy.