You got (to) love Technique

This is perfect

New Order are all about those minutes when you feel like a winning underdog and you knew all along you could do it.

This is utterly OTM

so ... is it just me thinks that's a pretty ropey, sub-STUDENT piece of writing (the odd fantastic line, such as the one baaderonixx quotes, excepted)? i agree heartily with the sentiment, but i don't think much of the expression -- par breaks or no.

listened to the album this morning, though. it is approaching my ideal of sonic perfection. i really don't think anything else will ever beat it.

i think it's a really good review. it communicates how good the album is. it doesn't try and contextualize it. it is studenty in a good way. doesn't hedge its bets. sometimes -- not often enough! -- enthusiasm is called for.

dude. you're talking to the guy who called the wedding present "the most important british rock band of the past 20 years". i know about enthusiasm :)

Yeah I don't know Grimly. I find the enthusiasm in this review quite infectious. Obviously, I'm already drunk on the kool-aid but I'd probably be pretty intrigued if I hadn't heard the album before.

I'm afraid I may have broken this poll by absentmindedly voting for Fine Time when I meant to vote for Round And Round. Putting three songs on 12 votes.

STEWARD'S INQUIRY!

I am fully prepared to believe the lamb bleating at the end of this track is Christ applauding.

!!!

(Assuming it's the Christ I'm thinking of, the review is worth it for this line alone.)

wow great showing for DREAM ATTACK. i'd never have guessed. Tune!

I always heard it as “you’ve got a lot of technique”
which actually works a bit better for me
so I think I’m going to keep hearing it that way

thanks

a bit surprised fine time won this actually, but it’s a great opener

Maybe you'd write me a letter
And tell me why I never met you
Our rendezvous just ended in sorrow
Without you there's no tomorrow.

About time for a relisten. (It's weird to realize I'm seeing the current version this year when the last time I saw them was for this tour.)

Yeah, I hadn't heard it in ages until a drive home last night. Late Sunday afternoon melancholia + softening weather.

Bizarre poll order, generally (but not specifically) about the reverse of my order of preference

Bizarre poll triangle