SUPERGRASS
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Dark Jesters
by Tezcatlipoca Espinho,Portugal
Reviewed on February 27th, 2004
In their second album the britpop buffoons attempted to tone down a bit their habitual sillyness and came out with their best recording to date.That's in no small part due to Gaz Coombes unusually far reaching pop sensibility which grants him a broader palette of influences than that of most of his peers. The only downside to "In it for the Money" is that it doesn't contain a song as upbeat and with the imediacy of"Alright"or"Caught by the Fuzz".
But give it a couple of spins and you'll probably fall in love with almost every song. It kicks off with the building crescendo of the title track leading to the great"Richard III" which is as fast,if not faster,as any track from their debut(its considerably darker though). "Late in the Day"is a ballad that starts similarly to "Space Oddity" but then is twisted towards uncharted territory and becomes,well,brilliant. "Tonight"and"G-Song" are both cool tracks but become nothing when compared to the rollicking"Sun hits the Sky".In "Going Out" Gaz applies his usual trick of turning a song completely around only by means of a chord change. "Cheapskate","It's not Me"and "You can see me"all walk the line between an acoustic part and a heavy and raucous bit."Hollow little reign"uses a wah wah pedal(!?!?)to set the mood and by the time the sonic experiment called"Sometimes I make you Sad" halts to a stop you'll have no choice but to play the record from the beginning and be again marvelled at such inventiveness.
More "In It For The Money" reviews:
[2004-12-01] Can't get these songs out of my head (10)
[2004-11-29] Super-duper (10)
[2004-09-29] No sophomore slump and then some (5 Stars) (10)
[2004-02-27] Dark Jesters (10)
[2004-01-25] 5 or 6 excellent tunes rather than the usual 2 or 3 (8)
[2003-11-13] supergrass (10)
[2003-07-13] SUN HITS THE SKY! (10)
[2003-05-13] Perhaps my favorite LP of all time (10)
[2002-11-26] Great songs with short service life. (6)
[2002-04-30] More good Britpop (8)
[2002-04-07] The Beatles Reborn (10)
[2002-01-27] In It for the Money (8)
[2001-07-18] SuperGrass RULES! (10)
[2001-05-10] Wylie-Gaz-ote...SUPER GENIUS. (10)
[2000-10-11] I Wish I Had More Stars (10)
[2000-10-06] wake up america to supergrass! (10)
[2000-07-23] Britpop Classic - Absolutely Gorgeous! (10)
[2000-07-16] Supergrass shake off their brit-pop tag and mature with age (10)
[2000-05-07] Britpop enters a new age (8)
[2000-03-17] The forgotten modern British band (10)
[2000-02-11] Where have all the pop bands gone? (10)
[1999-08-02] Masterpiece. (10)
[1999-07-26] Moog solo (10)
[1999-06-17] album of the late nineties (10)
[1999-04-30] SUPERGRASS:Geniuses at Work (10)
[1999-02-26] 100% USDA Grooviness (10)
[1999-02-24] In my top 5 of all time (8)
[1999-01-11] British and great!!!!!! (10)
[1999-01-07] Biggest britpop cd this year! (10)
[1998-09-27] Pure pop (10)
[1998-09-20] It's all about da benjamins (10)
[1998-06-03] Rocking, Stomping, an occasional crash... (10)
[1998-05-13] Aye, brit-pop lives! (8)
[1998-05-08] FUN-ROCK! (10)
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