James Dean Bradfield

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"Futurology" remains one of their finest releases, it's very early '80s Simple Minds in places - think stuff like "I Travel" and "Theme for Great Cities" ...
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StanInBlack wrote:"Futurology" remains one of their finest releases, it's very early '80s Simple Minds in places - think stuff like "I Travel" and "Theme for Great Cities" ...
I think they admitted that was an influence

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I thought the last one Resistance is futile was even better.
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jason wrote: 09 Jul 2020, 00:54 I thought the last one Resistance is futile was even better.
At this point I'd rank Resistance is Futile alongside Postcards from a Young Man - the sort of sweeping, dramatic rock album they can do in their sleep, whereas Futurology was more out on a limb and better for it.
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StanInBlack wrote: 09 Jul 2020, 10:32
jason wrote: 09 Jul 2020, 00:54 I thought the last one Resistance is futile was even better.
At this point I'd rank Resistance is Futile alongside Postcards from a Young Man - the sort of sweeping, dramatic rock album they can do in their sleep, whereas Futurology was more out on a limb and better for it.
Completely agree. Futurology is far and away their best of the past decade imo. I found Resistance is Futile pretty disappointing tbh and not dug it out for a while.
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What amazes me is they're a band perhaps in their Autumn years that can still bang out a decent album. And I don't mean just rock n roll, they're still pretty experimental.


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They are definitely in my top 5 bands.
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In my top 3
1st The Stranglers
2nd The Smiths
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theraven1979 wrote: 09 Jul 2020, 12:33 What amazes me is they're a band perhaps in their Autumn years that can still bang out a decent album. And I don't mean just rock n roll, they're still pretty experimental.


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Yeah, definitely agree with this. I get more out of their post-Richey work than I do the first three albums these days. I like how they're this big "name" band that just do whatever feels fresh and exciting to them at the time, and they somehow almost always manage to pull it off and take their audience with them.
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Recent interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9eEJX ... e=youtu.be . At the 14 min mark he mentions the Manics needed to take time out to refresh. Wish another band did that in 1990 :smile:


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His new album is out now.
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...and it's a hell of a lot better than I thought it was gonna be!
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