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Favourite songs: Come on Eileen, Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile), The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You), Let's Make This Precious, All in All (This One Last Wild Waltz), Liars A to E, Plan B, I'll Show You

Least favourite songs: Love - Pt. 2

5/5

Ugh. It feels like the worse parts of other better bands. Not for me.

I enjoyed this album much more than I thought I would judged on the last album I heard.
This one though is a feast to listen to, even if it's a bit front-loaded and trails off a little at the end.

Come on! 3.5

Always seen Dexy Midnight Runners as a one hit wonder, but this album proves they were more than that.

I mean Come On, Eileen is one of those songs in the rock and roll firmament. And there is some cool stuff in this. Jackie Wilson Said is a killer. Listening to this on Youtube is a bear. man its a shame this album got lost in the sauce because of Come On, Eileen. This was a great record!

It kind of reminds me of a Celtic Electric Light Orchestra, but that is not a bad thing. Actually, it reminds me of all sort of influences, as you can hear artists like Talking Heads, David Bowie, and the entirety of punk having huge marks on the music at play here. Yet, it is all entirely its own thing here, with each song having this unique charm that feels just new wave enough to be catchy enough without coming off as just jumping in on the times. The change of music from ballads to bopping pop tunes is great and balanced well, and that fiddle is a fantastic addition to make it all its own musically. Not every slow ballad grabs me, and the hit here, Come On Eileen, I've heard far too much to give it a proper time of day, but otherwise this album is great, and I hope the somehow other two inclusions by the band on the list live up to being as good as this one.

This is just a fun album. Standout tracks: The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You) - great opening track, Jackie Wilson Said - fun version of the Van Morrison song, Come On Eileen - a worthy hit. Would definitely revisit.

In het begin van deze plaat denk je al snel: Come...On... Toch doet deze referentie te kort. De plaat is ondanks de eigen sound veel gevarieerder. De gemene deler is dat het blijft swingen. En dat bouwt op tot de uitsmijter Eileen. Een plaat waar ik mij vroeger behoorlijk aan geërgerd heb. Maar op dit album ineens perfect past. Mijn jongere ik zal wel laaiend worden. Die had voor de hit met moeite twee sterren gegeven. Pech voor de jongere ik.

HL: "COME ON EILEEN", "All in All", "Celtic Soul Brothers", "Old"

There's been some fine 80's cheese this week! I wasn't entirely sold on the plastic (rubber) soul sound & spoken word bits throughout the record, but by the famous last track I found it charming overall. Appreciated the few Gaelige lyrics in "All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)", even if the Celtic influences aren't on display all the time.

Surprisingly great. Fun sound to the songs. Would 100% revisit. 4/5

kinda liked it, was surprised

Come on Eileen on ihan hyvä biisi, muuten aika eh levy.

a special kind of mood. aka family functions and carmel radio.

No More, Please, Thank You.

I hate "Come on Eileen," but I was expecting to be pleasantly surprised by this album. I wasn't.

Another album that's just fine. A couple of good songs, and Come On Eileen is a banger, but overall it's fairly forgetable.

Falsetto and fiddles, swaggering saxophones blasting in time to my heartbeat gait, oh my! So this is where that "Come on Eileen" song comes from. Huh.

Our second Dexys Midnight Runners album. Seriously? I'm definitely starting to see the UK bent the list has that others have mentioned in reviews. It's not bad I guess but did I really have to hear this before I die? Strangely enough my favorite track is the last one Reminisce with all the talking.