Everything Must Go

Oof, I didn't expect this one to be one where I'd have a visceral negative reaction to. It's not awful. It's not even bad, it's really good. But for some reason the vocals are just killing me, and the music isn't really elevating things for me either with it kinda sounding very 90's in a way I'm not a fan of..

The vocals are reminding me kinda of James LaBrie from Dream Theater, who's not a vocalist I particularly like, but he's fine in the context of Dream Theater, whereas the vocals here are absolutely not working for me.

But yeah. One of the very few albums where I just don't like it despite it being good.

Good album. Good band.

4

Got to admire a band who can open a proper anthemic rock song with "Libraries give us power".

I remember writing a list of my 10 favourite music acts when I was about 9 or 10. MSP made the cut, alongside Celine Dion. Would love to remember the rest. I feel like Robson & Jerome could have been on there. And Portishead.

This was entirely new to me, and I'll say it was really fun to listen to. Great stuff, highly enjoyable, I'll go back to more tracks from them.

Dit album voelt iets.minder chemisch als het vorige album dat we kregen. De zang is vergelijkbaar. Het is een licht afwijkende stem, die bij de nummers met iets meer kracht fijn uit de verf komt. In totaal is het album iets minder enerverend, en zou ik iets lager waarderen dan The holy bible. De titeltrack zorgt ervoor dat dit album weer redelijk bijtrekt

Simultaneously Melancholy meets euphoric Brit pop . Not their best album but still great .

I had lots of friends who were into these guys when this was contemporary. Never really moved me the same way but it's a good enough album.

Another band that I know existed at some point in the past but have no memory of listening to.

This is ok but not exciting. They have some interesting lyrics, and I like the orchestration and guitar on some of these tracks, but most of it isn't really grabbing me. To the point where I don't even really have anything to say about it.

3

This was good but I can't say I fully loved this. I was more of a fan of the more stripped back songs than I was the ones with the more symphonic production. The vocals were also a bit iffy at points. They were mostly pretty good but on a few tracks they did kinda grate on me a bit. Wouldn't return to this in full, but there are a number of tracks here that I would definitely go back to individually.

Fav Songs: Australia, Enola/Alone, Kevin Carter, Interiors

Least Fav: Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky

7.4/10

Honestly really enjoyed this! I especially liked Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier, Enola/Alone, and the Girl Who Wanted to Be God. Oh also Interiors (Song for Willem de Koons). They do some cool deviations from more 'traditional' rock melodies. Listened to it on the bus while looking out the window and I think that was the perfect place for it.

Some great songs. Love the heavy guitars and he's a brilliant and unique singer.

2.5 Appreciate the shift from Holy Bible, but still not my jam. Fascinating background with the disappearance of Edwards

like it - don't love it

Okaay but didnt blow me away

i fear this is my type of music

Really struggling between a 3 and a 4 here. Taken as a whole they're not doing anything too different from the usual britpop fare, but then some of these songs do have a certain sauce…. This closer especially is a real treat! I'll round down for now, but I definitely enjoyed the album.

Standouts: A Design For Life • Enola / Alone • Everything Must Go • Australia • All Surface No Feeling

This was fun rock and roll. I'd definitely listen again.

I skipped through tracks. I'm familiar with the band and A Design for Life being on every car advert ever.
No business being on this list. I'm repeating myself but Ænima by Tool and Pinkerton by Weezer both came out in 1996. There isn't a single valid argument I could hear to convince me why MSP made the list and they didn't. 2/5.

I thought Everything Must Go was a really good album. 90s alternative rock will always just have that sound i totally vibe with and this album has that sound in spades. I was surprised with how well the lyrics turned out and how similar they could be in style to their last album even without their old lyricist (who disappeared without a trace one year before this album came out). But of course, the main star of the show of this album is the music, especially the guitars. They were just so heavy and loud and still managed to have such a melodic slant to them which made them absolute heaven for my ears. I'm not sure i can justify a 5 star rating here but i can do a really high 4 star rating.
Best Song: No Surface All Feeling
Worst Song: A Design for Life

3.5 stars. better than I expected it to be.