Tracks range from soft ballads to all-out heavy attacks, showing a diversity and sophistication rarely present in a pop band. This is the Blur album you must hear before deciding you know their sound. They have always been erratic and unpredictable but this is the purest distillation of what Blur in the 90s were all about. THE album of the 90's. The atmospheric and musical leaps made between this and their sophmore record,The Bends, and the leaps made between them and their 90's counterparts are innumerable.
Every song is concise emotional response to the fast paced society of the nineties.
Steve I couldn't stand the tears4fears stuff in the 80s, but a friend of mine forced this one on me, and it knocked me out. The only remaining member is singer Roland Orzabal, the rest are great young L.A. studio musicians. I got this album for Christmas. I had wanted all of the Pumpkins albums but this one was the first alternative album that really appealed to me. It was the only album that really really made me think that Billy Corgan as a great song writer who has a lot of potential to get where ever he wants to get in life.