I mean, I don't want to say Parklife sounds dated, but it is strongly evocative of a very specific time which is at odds with now.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 14 October 2018 09:30 (five years ago) link
I always found Parklife a big drop-off after Modern Life Is Rubbish. Girls & Boys is such a crap song, I found it ridiculous the first time I heard it just when it had come out and the whole album was such a mixed bag and not really holding together.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 14 October 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
This is crazy talk afaic - "Girls & Boys" is one of their standout tracks, and Parklife is pretty much their most cohesive album. I do agree with Turrican that it is too much of its time for it to resonate with current tastes, and I doubt I'll have the desire to listen to it again some time soon. (I do in fact think it also sounds "dated", but I've never understood why that's such a pejorative. Revolver sounds dated, Thriller and Bandwagonesque sound dated, "In da Club" sounds dated. So what?)
― dorsalstop, Sunday, 14 October 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
I'm listening to Think Tank for the first time in years. It could definitely do with editing and there are tracks here that do absolutely nothing ('Jets'?) but also it hold up a lot better than I expected
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 14 November 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
I'd say Out Of Time is up there with the best of their stuff. Actually, I probably did say that (in that poll more than a decade ago).
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 14 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link