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This is one of my favorite early post punk albums that I've learned about through this site. I had never listened to The Soft Boys before, and damn, it's really good. The opening song sounds 7 years ahead of it's time.
Really enjoyed this. Pop guitars infused with the New Wave sensibility of the time. Some great tunes, delivered with punch. Good playful fun.
It was aight. Liked it more than I thought I would but not amazing. Generous 4.
20250627. Molt bon cd.
I like it it’s giving Lou reed.
I appreciate the weird bits in this one. "You've been layin' eggs under my skin / Now they're hatching out under my chin / Now there's tiny insects showin' through / And all them tiny insects look like you." Didn't go through the frightening mountain of extra material - I focused on the original 36-minute release.
Auténticos, buena producción musical
This may be my surprise album of 2025 up to this point. I think to truly appreciate, you need to listen to the full 40 songs as I think it just got better and better as the album went along. I have spent all this week trying to digest all the songs and the more I listened, the more I kept thinking Velvet Underground. Hell, he even starts to sound like Lou, imo. Especially songs like Like a Real Smoothie, Alien and Insanely Jealous and Leave Me Alone. Any song on the last half of the album. This is a really enjoyable album and my rating increased with each listen. I will be taking a dive into these guys. Still trying to sort out all the songs I'll be downloading, but no doubt this may be the best 2.5 hours of listening since mistakenly listened to 5 hours of Velvet, which turned out to be a blessing. Love Lou and Velvet and it may be a bit early to call it love with the Soft Boys, but this was a very very good album. Almost great. 4.5
Fun album. Did not listen to the full 2.5 hour Spotify extended mix
150/1089 - The melodies are repetitive and the voices are a bit on the grating side but other than that this was a good listen.
I really dug this. The influential effect it had on bands like REM, Television, Replacements is very apparent. Was always a Robyn Hitchcock fan. Makes perfect sense that Robyn Hitchcock and his new band were slated as openers on REM’s Green Tour in ‘88-89.
I enjoyed this more than expected. Never heard of them but apparently pretty big influences on other bands (namely REM...supposedly). Anyways, rounding up for the nice surprise. 3.5/5
This is really good — a delicious blend of post-punk, '60s pop, and new wave, all whipped together into a tasty treat
I Wanna Destroy You is a favorite song of mine (although I admit to liking the Uncle Tupelo and Circle Jerks covers more). I like the punk flavor but sometimes Robyn Hitchcock voice gets to me a little.
This was a new one for me. And I really liked it. If I do this challenge a second time, this is one that I could see even being bumped up a start, but for the first listen, it was really good. There's a longer version of this album that's also a decent listen, but I don't think the flow is as good.
Thoroughly enjoyed!
This album is laying eggs under my skin and they are erupting in my mind. Oddly archaic and contemporary at the same time. I don't know if I'm listening to a remaster, but every clang and wail of the guitar rings crystal clear and the vocal floats breathlessly bright on top. They seem to explore every vein they imply. I'd rest on the rocks too.
I never cared for this one as much as their debut, A Can of Bees. Today though, this one hit a bit harder. I still don't love it as much as some, but it's definitely fun and interesting and a little wacky.
Loved this. What a find!
Meh
This album seems to be sort of bridge between the jangle pop of the 80s and the beatlesque pop sounds of the 60s. An album that is both ahead and behind the times.
Outro caso onde streaming está completamente errado. O album não possui 40 faixas e 2 horas e meia de duração. Sua ordem original encerra com a faixa titular Underwater Moonlight. E foi isso que ouvi. Pra começar, o disco me lembrou muito os Beatles. O conteúdo lírico é inconsistente. Alguns versos são bons, mas alguns refrões são péssimos. De qualquer maneira, esse álbum parecia a frente do seu tempo, em certos momentos. Foi interessante e prendeu minha atenção.
Started off strong, but slowly faded throughout the album, but still very enjoyable.
Really good, very early 80s. Although I prefer their other album, A can of beans.
Fun album I'd never heard before. Make sure you only listen to the 10 original tracks.
364/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Hard
Power pop classic
Unbelievably inventive, diverse, and engrossing. 4.5/5
But if they can't be rabbits, they'll be friends.
Robyn Hitchcock is a brilliant songwriter and storyteller. There's no one like him and he's unapologetically himself. I like his later stuff, solo and with the Egyptians better, but that may be because I heard it first and loved it before I heard The Soft Boys...but this is obviously the basis for that and indie psychedelia.
Completely new to me, loved their sound especially the songs with the catchy harmonies, at times they sound like a post-punk version of the Byrds or Beach Boys. Will definitely have this on rotation.
3.5
84% Best: I Wanna Destroy You; I Got the Hots; Tonight; Underwater Moonlight Must-Hear? Sure
Nog nooit van gehoord, al komt de hoes me wel bekend voor. Dit klinkt echt heel goed! Precies waarom ik deze "challenge" wou doen, platen ontdekken die ik anders links zou laten liggen. Goeie teksten, strakke songs, tijdloos geluid. Prima!
I often see this album lumped in with post-punk classics such as Chairs Missing or Jane, from Occupied Europe, and while it does share some of that feel and sound, it has a much more varied sound than those. It might be more appropriately described as a pop-punk album with lots of jangle DNA as well. Really solid album.
Thoughts before listening: 80s new wave of some sort I believe. I don't really know much about these guys. Review: So I see this is Robyn Hitchcock's band. I've heard of him before but don't believe I have listened to his music. I always thought he was sort of in the Elvis Costello vein but this isn't Elvis' brand of poppy rock. It also doesn't sound new wave either, with this largely having a harder post-punk sound. I'd say it was probably a bit out of place in the early 80s, although there would be lots of alternative/indie/college bands that would take on this sound through the rest of the decade. I recognize the first song "I Wanna Destroy You" although I thought it was by a punk band. Overall this is a good discovery for the type of music I enjoy. 4-stars
Soft boys not so soft. 3 1/2 rounded up.
I'm loving this album! solid 4 stars.
I don't know about the Byrds or the Beatles, but I'm sure I detected influences of Dylan and Dire Straits on this album, which is a weird one to be sure. It's clear that this band were very serious about their music, and some of the guitar work is excellent. The lyrics are crazy to the point of being amusing, and I could never describe this album as being forgettable, as many have done. On a different day I might have smacked the album with a lower rating, but somehow it was just what I needed to hear last night, and all things considered, I think it's worth four stars just for its novelty.
Maybe we don't need more obscure early 80s neo psychedelica, but I enjoyed it
This really didn't sound like an album released in 1980 that was mainly recorded in the late 1970s. It's a glorious combination of psych-rock with pop sensibilities, always entertaining, without overstaying its welcome. The guitar playing was particularly good, and the lyrics were suitably "odd" without being cringe. I would have liked this if I had heard it back in the day, before so many other bands came along with a similar style.
Underwater Moonlight is a wonderfully strange record that manages to be both catchy and completely off its rocker. It takes classic pop songcraft—verses, choruses, melodies you can hum—and runs it through a post-punk, psychedelic filter where everything sounds just slightly wrong in the best way. The guitars jangle and buzz, the rhythms twitch and tumble, and the whole album has this scrappy, urgent energy that keeps it constantly moving. It’s bright and abrasive at the same time, like a sunny day with a looming thunderstorm. What really makes it work is how it balances accessibility and oddness. Songs like I Wanna Destroy You and Kingdom of Love are loud, fun, and immediate, but they also have that slightly deranged edge that makes them hard to pin down. Even the slower moments feel slightly unhinged, like they’re about to spiral off somewhere surreal. There’s a real sense of forward motion in the album’s pacing too—it never lingers too long in one space, and even its stranger moments feel purposeful. It’s a smart, nervy record that still sounds fresh, full of colour and chaos.
Enjoyed it but the songs blend together. Pretty basic
Way better than expected. At first I was going to say it's a punk rock Beatles. The singer sounds like George Harrison and there is sitar in one of the songs. But they actually are not all that punk. I like it though. Queen of Eyes and Positive Vibrations are good ones.
I really enjoyed it but 40 songs is too many for one album
Surprisingly good, 4 stars
I zero percent expected to hear a veena pop up in the background of this. What? Loved it. There were a lot of great moments, and while I hear the proto-psychedelic sound there is also something very beach boys about it. There were times where it was less beach boys and more psychedelic and I did not like that as much, though I found myself appreciating the musical contribution.
What a discovery! Loved You'll Have to Go Sideways, real Yo La Tengo vibes.
Genial disco de rock que por momentos podría engañarnos haciéndonos pensar que se está inclinando hacia algo más pop, y de pronto sus guitarras, letras y una muy extraña y profunda oscuridad que se siente detrás de todo lo alegre de las canciones, nos toma por completo desprevenidos. Increíble que este disco no haya sido un exitazo y provocara el fin de la carrera de Los suavecitos.
My favorite band, R.E.M., was formed the same year as Underwater Moonlight was released. It's not hard to hear, how the jangly sound of The Soft Boys would have influenced the wave of college rock bands in the early 80's. Great record, mixing post-punk, psychedelia and jangle pop as easy as 1-2-3.
The impact was mainly in its influence, but it’s a sparkler to hear on its own terms, and a direct link from psychedelia to indie rock (hello REM). One gets that Robyn Hitchcock – the Peter Sellars of indie rock – can be an acquired taste for his elevated, arty silliness, but enough jokes land and there are enough inspired touches (sitar on “Positive Vibrations”) to make this a keeper. “Tonight” and “Queen of Eyes” and title cut and opener are all strong. One will need to access the bonus cuts on the remastered deluxe editions to get the answer to that critical music question “Where Are All the Prawns?”
If you look at the musical yearbook from 1980, you’ll smile as you remember an incoming, “freshman” band named U2, and you’ll also see older, cool kids like the Clash and Talking Heads. But wait, who were…the Soft Boys? This band might not have received much attention, and didn’t last long. But they carved out a unique lane. They weren’t as angry as the Clash, they weren’t as witty as Talking Heads—though they were a little of both. They also weren’t as serious-minded as U2, or as minimalist as some other bands in the post-punk world. But they combine all these elements into a rich, full sound and interesting songwriting. As it turns out, this was Robyn Hitchcock’s band… hmm, I've heard of that guy. Another band member formed Katrina and the Waves. It’s also said they were a big influence on R.E.M., which is believable based on those opening tracks. So a 4/5 for this pleasant surprise. It dips in the middle or I would have rounded up to 5.
This is what I signed up for, a fascinating (and long!) album from an artist I'd only vaguely heard of. Likely to come back to this
I'll admit, I was not at all jazzed about sinking into a 2 and a half hour long album, and while I still don't care for the length of this, it is an incredibly solid, modern-sounding punk record with so much weird shit going on I couldn't help but admire. We have tracks here reminiscent of early Pink Floyd that take wild left turns, paired with groovy post-punk beats. The only guarantee across the album is that there are no guarantees, and you have to respect the effort there.
such a long album but i did enjoy, pretty cool
This is one of the big surprises on this list - good stuff, particularly the guitar work.
Absolutely shimmering Robyn Hitchcock
A pleasant surprise. I really dig this edgy REM. Super good!
I liked it — cool to hear a clear contemporary of Pixies — but I dunno if it’s something I’d come back to. I think it’s a 3, but a high one. Nah, ok, I’ll give it a low 4.
Long but a solid album all the way through. Jammy without feeling directionless.
I didn't know such band or album before, but this was good album, liked the vibe.
Terrific – and the bridge from the ‘60s to the ‘80s. One’s always liked Hitchcock’s solo work but this is is excellent. Opener, title cut, “Tonight” and “Queen of Eyes” are the top tracks. Who this record influenced is important, of course, but it also works very well on its own.
Music: Kicks Ass Length of album: Kicked my Ass Best Song: I Wanna Destroy You Rating: 7.5/10 3 Stars
Like this a lot. Very nice discovery. Can feel the influence on a lot of stuff I love.
Interesting album I had not heard before
Wow, this sounds like the missing link between 70's Rock and Power Pop and all the Indie Rock that came afterwards. You can really hear how it was inspired by both Psych Rock and the later Punk and Power Pop. The songs are all fun listens even though they don't really stick yet. Probably gonna listen to this one more, it's a fun short and punchy album. The fact that the streaming version has 40 songs on it probably lowers the score a lot on here.
The best new wave album I have ever heard. Would be perfect If I liked new wave, but for it being a genre I am not keen to, this one rocks. 7/10
Really good, groovy, like if all those Beatles sounding bands took the good drugs. Too damn long tho.
Great underrated album.
That was pretty fun actually! I enjoyed it
I've never heard of the Soft Boys and was pleasantly surprised that this was a UK-based artist. The influence is very obvious over what would become later 80s music. This is a well deserved cult classic that will get a respin from me for sure. 4/5
How have I not heard of this band until now? This is totally up my alley. Whatever, glad I did check this out though, even if some pockets of it were a bit odd. Probably an 8
can definitely see the rem influence!! i quite enjoyed!!!
I liked this one! Good vibes 4 ⭐️
Made the mistake of listening to the full 2,5 hours only to find out the original album was only the first 10 songs. Still, did like it, would perhaps listen again in a while.
This is like a missing puzzle piece you find years later for a puzzle you’d already sold in a garage sale. Obviously influential to so many other bands who became a lot more famous than the Soft Boys.
4.5 Good listen for sure. I thought it sounded like a post-punk beatles (early beatles that is). Some interesting guitar work. There were a couple proggy spots that reminded me of a band I listen to now, Squid, that I like.
Good one
This is surprisingly good. I never heard of them before. I can see how it has been influential. Nearly took marks off for some of the daft lyrics. Want to give it a 3.5 but that’s not a thing so 4 it is
Simpatico
Only my second Joni album ever. I listened to Blue a long time ago and disliked it. I should revisit that album because this is really great.
When I heard the opening notes I thought "oh joy, more indie rock" and wasn't much looking forward to hearing the rest. The first track 'I Wanna Destroy You' is their most popular (according to Spotify) and I didn't like it much. I thought the chorus was weak. It didn't bode well. But after a lacklustre opener, it actually went from strength to strength. 'Positive Vibrations' picked things up a bit. 'I Got The Hots' was a slow, bluesy, country sounding song that chugs away nicely with a catchy chorus. 'Insanely Jealous of You' is a slightly frantic track, with an uneasy sound. 'You'll Have To Go Sideways' is a great instrumental. 'Old Pervert' almost ventures into heavy metal territory and the closer and title track is the closest thing to a ballad this album gets. I read that R.E.M. was inspired by the band, and I can certainly hear shades of them in certain tracks here and there. The vocals are pretty good and not monotonous like I thought they would be. The guitar work shines here, there's all sorts of little riffs and licks on every track. I don't really understand how this was "influential on the development of psychedelic rock" according to Wikipedia. I guess in 1980 it may well have been. What I thought was going to be a slog to get through turned out to be a good little album.
Wieso hat die Version auf spotify sooo viele lieder...da können sie ja nichts dafür. Man hört wie einflussreich das ding war
Good ass post-punk - it's been a while since I've heard post-punk as good as this! It's not special or anything, it strips the genre's generally varied sounds down to their most rudimentary, which might be exactly what draws me to it. It's not barebones by any means, but fundamentally strong and punchy. There are still some experimental genre fusion moments here, especially on the song 'Positive Vibrations', which gives off this particular '60s psychedelic and pop-rock vibe...reminds me of The Who in that sense. I'm not a fan of describing albums as "cool," but this album just feels like the people who made it are way fucking cool. Like how a song like 'Insanely Jealous of You' stutters its way through its bitter spoken-word passage with that tightly picked bassline egging it on. 'Tonight', for as catchy as it is, is quite unsettling lyrically—I didn't take it too seriously though; the album does an exceptional job at setting itself up to NOT be taken seriously on the lyrical front. 'Old Pervert' gives off very subtle 'Big Black' vibes with that cacophonous and twisted guitar riff - the subject matter too is very...ominous and quite disturbing. This is the kind of cheeky post-punk from the early '80s that I can always get behind. This album cover rules too and 'I Wanna Destroy You' is a great ass song!
Sounded like many British bands of that late 70s time, felt like the Siouxsie and the Bandhees, Talking Heads or even the Psychedelic Furs just produced new music. It wasn’t bad just not insanely original.
Interessanter psychedelic rock. Das Original-Album ist gut zu hören. Bei den Bonus-Tracks kam bei mir dann das Gefühl auf, dass es sich ganz schön in die Länge zieht. 4/5
Really enjoyed this one. Little bits of multiple genres perfectly smashed into one album.
Neither of us had heard of The Soft Boys before this, however, we will be regular listeners now
Ich hab mir leider meine Gedanken nicht aufgeschrieben
It wasn't anything particularly special, but really enjoyable to listen to. The songs that stuck out for me were 'I got the hots' and 'Underwater moonlight'. I'd put this album on again for sure. 3.5/5 stars
A gem of an album. Really enjoyed it.
Quite good and catchy
I really enjoy the first 10 songs but now I'm gonna take a break.
Robyn Hitchcock has long been one of my musical blindspots and this album, at least, makes me regret that. What a blast.
There's a lot of it some of which is a 'challenging listen' & a weird habit of the lyrics being the title repeated ad infinitum - albeit often in a very pleasant way. A tough one to rate, for all of the above there's several tracks that are absolute bangers.
How have I never heard of this before? When I pulled up the album on Amazon Music, it's 40 songs and 2.5 hours which is too much of anything. Except this is so good. I've rarely - maybe never - heard so many bands that would later come along within a recording. It turns out the original was only 10 tracks, but all 40 are worth it.
The original album is 10 songs of tight rock pop in the vein of Television and Big Star. Don’t be fooled by the 2 1/2 hour 40 track bloat of the reissue which is strictly obsessive fan only curiosities. Hugely influential on a generation of indie rockers especially creation-era c86 types. Great stuff following in the footsteps of greatness for which it almost but not quite reaches. 4.8 stars 😀
I'll admit: I didn't finish the whole album as it appears on Spotify. It was 2 hours and 40 minutes, which is pretty nuts. I enjoyed the first few tracks, but got annoyed after an hour and a half, so had to deduct a star.
They manage to cram every good sound from the 60s and 70s into this album and make it work.
Robyn Hitchcock is an excellent stylistic emulator of the songwriting of Syd Barrett. On Underwater Moonlight, it sometimes sounds like Barrett himself charting a curious course through the weird waters of the chaotic 1980s. Of course, Hitchcock stands apart on his own merits, yet the influence of Barrett-era Floyd’s sunny psychedelia shines through. And for all that, I’m a fan.
I saw Robyn Hitchcock at The Basement about 15 years ago, as support for a Q&A by famous 60’s & 70’s rock identity Joe Boyd (most notably worked with Incredible String Band, Nick Drake, John Martyn, R.E.M.). Can’t remember what he played except for a few Dylan covers & his voice, which was never the greatest voice, was in decline by then. So I was keen to listen to this album, particularly when I discovered that Kimberley Rew was a member of the band. When The Soft Boys broke up, Rew formed Katrina & The Waves & wrote their big hit Walking On Sunshine, but more importantly, wrote my favourite Bangles track, Going Down To Liverpool. And I wasn’t disappointed. This is a terrific record. Often influenced by the 12-string approach of The Byrds (which R.E.M. would cite as the influence they took from The Soft Boys) the music here is not one-dimensional. From the opening track, I Wanna Destroy You, which is very reminiscent of We Love You by the Stones, to Queen Of Eyes, which sounds so much like The Byrds, to the quality pop of Kingdom Of Love, every track is a delight. And then there’s I Got The Hots, which comes out of nowhere & almost steals the show. Really enjoyed hearing this album for the first time & I’ve just kept playing it.
This album is great. I love it!
Much less punk than yesterday's album. Another reviewer aptly called it "the Byrds, but punk."
My first time hearing this band I like the speed and energy it started with and the slower melodies at the end
That was long but good There was so much I couldn’t really take it in, but every song had groove and audible lyrics, an easy contribution to my full daily commute (to and from work) all the way up could hear Sid Barret, and Sid Barrett and other punk
That was a pretty good album!
I want to like this because if the year it came out, but I can't put my finger on anything it sounds similar to. Maybe 10CC a bit? It's dramatic and fun, 3 easy stars. Wait watt, this is Robyn Hitchcock and friends? Big hole in my listening history not knowing these guys, I need more
I did not know them before listening to the album. And I had to doublecheck the release date; it sounds more modern than when it was released! It's an interesting mix of post-punk/indie rock that prefigures what will come next in the decade. There are lots of good ideas, the songs are catchy and entertaining; that's a nice discovery.
This album smacks of the 60s. So it's not super groundbreaking anymore in the 80s. Still good though.
A few flaws, but this was pretty good. Cool psychedelic undertones here.
Never heard of the band. No idea what to expect. I really liked it! 4/5
Awesome. Had this on repeat all day
Have never heard of this band but I was only 9 when this album came out so I guess I can be forgiven. Turns out I really quite enjoyed it and will probably listen to it again in the future.
Why did I ignore the Soft Boys as a teen. Damn.
Is nice
I had no idea what to expect here, but I think I liked it! Maybe not as much as other post-punk of its era, but I'll be revisiting this one at least once.
Bell'album, somiglianza coi beach boys ma comunque canzoni belle, da ascoltare meglio perchè dura 2h e 30
Балдёж. Мягкие мальчики это бунтарский такой лёгкий панк-рок, как я понимаю в жанрах. Но слушалос приятненько
Some great songs on this album. I only listened to the main 10 tracks but I’d listen to the album again.
Really tough 4.5
This album is absurdly long on Spotify, but the original release is actually only the first ten songs. That's great news. The opening song is "I Wanna Destroy You", which I've heard before. I like it, it's simple but catchy. "I Got The Hots For You" is fun AND funny. "Insanely Jealous" is also cool. "Kingdom of Love" is probably my favorite song. The guitar part is really awesome. "Queen of Love" has great vocal harmonies and a fun guitar part that's similar to Kingdom of Love. I don't have too much to say but I liked this album a lot. The songs were all cool, good runtime. I'm surprised to read that this album was totally panned in it's time. 8/10
This album came out in 1980. I "discovered" it in 1994 thinking it was new. Great album, wrong time indeed.
No standout tracks to me, but just a solid album all around wish I could go 3.5 stars but I’ll round up to 4.
I've never heard of this band but the lead singer's name, Robyn Hitchcock rings a bell for some reason. "I Wanna Destroy You" is a total banger, I saved it to my Spotify immediately. 1980 must've been a strange year to release a psych rock album, so I respect the band for doing so despite genres like post-punk being much more fashionable. Apparently, R.E.M. were very influenced by them which is cool and makes sense given this album's jangly sound.
I only listened to the first 10 tracks of this thing, which according to Wikipedia was everything on the original vinyl release. From the album art, to the vocal delivery, to the lyrics, this was a weird one, but a weirdness that I vibed with. Although I definitely enjoyed the A side cuts over the B sides. Fav Songs: I Wanna Destroy You Kingdom of Love Positive Vibrations I Got The Hots
The Soft Boys were a short-lived British band that only recorded two albums. Underwater Moonlight, their second, is an album that was very influential on 80's alt-pop. They created a psychedelic version of alt-rock that sounds like a step between the punk-pop of the 70s and the alt-rock of the 80s.
Very nice surprise. I knew I Wanna Destroy You from Uncle Tupelo. I liked a little bit of Robyn Hitchcock in the 80s, and I loved Katrina and the Waves first album. Never listened to a Soft Boys album until now.
Very much enjoyed the experimentation going on. Each song felt unique and worthwhile to listen to.
This one came out of nowhere for me. Not including the 30-some bonus tracks on Spotify, this album did a lot of interesting things musically that really caught my interest. Every song sounded unique from the last and tried to do something interesting , and It works very well for me. My favorites were Tonight, Queen of Eyes, and Underwater Moonlight
This album was very good. Felt like something that could have come out much more recently. Favorites were I Wanna Destroy You, Positive Vibrations, Queen of Eyes, and Underwater Moonlight.
Starts off as a standard early 80s album and then branches more into the psychedelic.
"Underwater Moonlight" is the second studio album by English rock band the Soft Boys. A number of genres describing their music include neo-pyschdelia, post-punk, new wave, pyschedelic pop, jangle pop and power pop. Yes, they kind of fit into all of them but it's also tells me their music is pretty unique which it is. The album was initially unsuccessful but is now considered a pyschedelic classic, influential in the development of neo-psychedelia. The bandmembers included Robyn Hitchcock (vocals, guitar), Kimberly Rew (guitar, vocals, synth and later formed Katrina and the Waves), Matthew Seligman (bass) and Morris Windsor (drums). "I Wanna Destroy You" blasts out with the guitars forward and the rhythm section rockin.' This is power pop and sounds like a cross between Cheap Trick and early Pyschedeic Furs. Harmonized vocals with lyrics ranting against neo-fascists and neo-nazis. This is a great song. They slow things down to a grungy-bluesy vibe in "I Got the Hots." Hitchcock is talking. This reminds me a lot of Frank Zappa's "I am the Slime." Pyschedelic and funny lyrics. "I got the hots for you said the dentures to the peach." Echoing vocals and a creeping guitar and bass open "Tonight." The song then explodes into power pop. A nice vocal chorus and song overall too. We finally get that jangly guitar I'd been reading about in "Queen of Eyes." Melodic guitar chords. R.E.M. was listening. " Underwater Moonlight" closes the album. An anxious guitar and beat which goes to power pop. More jangly guitar. The album closes with a rocker. I have no idea what this is about. An older couple goes under water then gets set free. This album is pyschedelic, power pop and melodic. There's weird lyrics as you would expect from Robyn Hitchcock. I was reminded of Pink Floyd (Syd Barret era), Cheap Trick and Feank Zappa. Most of the songs are very catchy. This is a really good album. A high recommendation for everyone.
Nice album.
Positive vibrations was my favorite. But I loved the sound of the soft boys. Good listen.
So my Spotify now seems to love these guys and are shuffling into every playlist I have, Im not too mad I also dug this alot
Liked this more than I thought. A pleasant surprise. Some good stuff on here. Not perfect but I will revisit this one again.
Ya con los primeros minutos de la pista 01, uno se da cuenta de cómo esta banda influenció en los sonidos de los '90: como expresa la reseña oficial de éste disco, R.E.M. Me recuerda también a Dinosaur Jr y, en algunas canciones, a The Strokes o a Tame Impala (sobre todo en las voces). Grata sorpresa esta banda que demuestra lo divertido que bucear en el universo musical.
Amazingly straightforward!!
I like the sound :-)
Soft Boys is one of those exceptional punk bands that's unlike anyone else and sorta sounds like your favorite 80s indie bands. You can hear the Violent Femmes' folk punk ("I Got the Hots" and "Insanely Jealous of You"), Byrd's jangle pop ("Queen of Eyes"), and even some dark ambient ("You'll Have to Go Sideways"). The mixture of jangle pop and punk in a carefree style predates REM. It's known as neo-psychedelia, but really only a few tracks has just hints of psychedelia ("Underwater Moonlight" and "Positive Vibrations"). Every track is memorable. Even the bonus tracks are fantastic. They lack coherency and could all certainly be stronger (doesn't have the same impact as Violent Femmes' s/t or REM's Murmur), but it's a standout in innovation with a ton of diversity. It's a blast listening to this, aged decently well, and I'll find myself coming back from time to time.
This is definitely an interesting listen. I kind of feel it would be worse if he were a better singer. I enjoyed the lyrics quite a bit more than either the vocals or the music, but I legit think that I'll try and listen through this again.
This is great. Really enjoyed this
Ez influenced by Beatles
4/5 Really good
I had some familiarity with the main single on this but not the rest of the material. Very happy this was on here. Lyrics and music both enjoyed.
A rare day. A new discovery of something interesting. Not one you return to every week but interesting.
Cool jangly stuff. Sounds like an influence to Let’s Active
Good
Pretty great stuff here. Psychedelic but also punky and kinda poppy? Such an eclectic mix, I can see why audiences weren't ready for it at the time but it really does hold up. I can very much see the influence this would've had on a lot of bands I dig.
Great. I never heard of them, but I knew the Circle Jerks' version of I Wanna Destroy You. It has too many bonus tracks, but some of them are even better than the original album. Favorite from the original release: Positive vibrations. Favorite including the bonus tracks: Where are the prawns
Wish I had heard this sooner. Can hear the thru lines to more recent bands.
Good Album, New for me but it sounds great
Surprisingly good album
I'm actually going to make this the rare 3.5 rounded up just because it has a couple super killer tracks and it's a lot more interesting than most of the dross I've been getting lately.
Liked this one, solid rock album that seems to take inspiration from a lot of influential bands like beatles. Some of the psychadelia is coming through which I like. Punk elements too. Cool fusion
Cant believe this is Robyn Hitchcocks band im such an idiot! some really catchy tunes! Dig it.
New to me and I like it!
This band reminds me of Sonic where you are listening to them and immediately seeing all the bands you love that they influenced. A lot of reviews probably ignore that this sounds a bit less unique because we have 40 years of bands borrowing from the influence of the album. I don't think I've listened to this album before front to back and was shocked by the length of it, but I had heard multiple of the tracks from looking up the original after a band I liked covered it. The kind of post-punk guitar folk just works pretty well for me. It's a style where even the okay tracks are pretty solid and never offensively bad. It is pretty long and self indulgent, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Highlights - I Wanna Destroy You, Insanely Jealous of You, Tonight, There's Nobody Like You
This goes harder than soft boys should. Love that contrast. You know these guys are probably sweethearts
This album really impressed me, it was not at all what I was expecting. They sound very similar to The Rolling Stones Top tracks: I Wanna Destroy You, Positive Vibrations, Tonight, Dreams
Pleasant surprise, never heard of this band. Thoroughly enjoyed this 2 and a half hour long album.
A gem that I have never heard before
I really liked this. New to me, can see how this was a big influence on REM and a lot of 80s rock to come.
I never heard this band before. I enjoy their music.
Ive definitely heard of The Soft Boys, but I don’t think I’ve heard their music before. I love the band name though. I’m expecting either punk or really ballady pop music. Let’s listen and find out. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: I Wanna Destroy You This was a lot of fun. As a general rule, I tend to avoid listening to extended editions of albums for this daily review thing, but I didn’t actually realise that I’d downloaded that here. I was bopping away and enjoying the music, before I realised I was deep into the bonus tracks. This is a really fun mix of punky, jangly fun. I don’t know if the lyrics are super deep because I was honing in more on the fun of the music. Recommend!
Will be coming back
George Thorogood meets Elvis Costello. Interesting and creative. Some goods cuts here, led by strong guitar playing. This group has potential!
Super sprøde guitarlyde, meget spøjse og høhø-agtige tekster. Synes det kan noget, men så catchy er det heller ikke. Det er meget de to gode spader der trækker den op
Really enjoyed this one. Sounds like The Who, a bit of Rolling Stones, the Police, Beatles
Decent album. I might listen to it again
I love this record. The artwork, the feel. It’s driving and snotty without being annoying. That is truly a feat. “I wanna destroy you” is a fave, love the gang vox. “Insanely jealous” is a song I wish I’d written. Lots of things just work for me: bass lines, guitar choices, the hooks, the irony. I also really want to buy a flanger pedal now.
I quite liked parts of it. It was probably somewhere between a 3 and 4 for me
This was a good album - a group I wasn’t aware of. Great sound.
Never heard of them before, glad I did now. Enjoyed it and will give them another listen!
This is a weird one, but its highest points are when it's allowed to get weird. Influences are all over the place, at the same time sounding influential to so much that came after it. It's an album out of time in a way. It would be nearly as at home 10 years earlier or 25 years later. I struggle with a numeric value here, but I think "3.5" in my head means "4" in practice.
Really dug this
Easy to see why it was influential to the next generation of pioneering musicians!
super solid album. a couple really good songs and cool guitar lines throughout.
Gitarrenpop. Geht ganz gut rein. Gefällt mir ziemlich gut. Insgesamt erste Sahne, höre ich noch mal an.
The Apple Music description of this album as "80s college rock before its time" is apt. Although it was new to me, it definitely reminded me of music I heard on campus in the 80s. It made sense when I made the connection that Robyn Hitchcock was a part of this band, since he indeed was frequently played by college friends in those days. I enjoy the jangly songs, and can definitely hear the influences this album had on later artists.
Surprisingly enjoyable. Liked it quite a bit!
This was a very interesting listen in that at times it felt almost Beatles, at times proto-new wave, at times it hinted at college rock. I didn’t feel a lot of cohesiveness necessarily on the album, but I did like a lot of what I heard and it definitely was interesting.
I really like this quirky, eccentric album that simultaneously looks back to the paisley-flecked psych of the 1960s and keeps track with the new wave. I can definitely see how this might be an acquired taste - but give me a fey English lad singing about fish any day of the week!
I was actually more acquainted with their album called Invisible Hits, but this is a solid record as well . Reminds me of the Buzzcocks and also Oasis but with a darker sense of humor. Old Pervert is the goofiest song I've ever heard since Boris the Spider- but i love it for how bizarre it is.
Really fun album overall. A little punky, a little Beatles, it just sounds like they're having a great time. The songwriting is tight and catchy, and there's a lot of variety.
Sounds like a 90s band not 80s kinda cool
Massive album. Many songs felt like a reimagining of a hit/classic through a punk/post-punk lens
Kooky. Combining some of the influences of late 70's punk with some more resonant tones and interesting topics, this album can be heard in a surprising amount of future bands ranging from REM to King Gizz
Shades of The Stranglers, The Replacements, The Beatles, Graham Parker. I like it.
Really enjoyable! Sits at a nice point between jangly post punk and power pop. I like both of those things, so I also like this!
Really fun. It sounds almost like if the Beatles started off as a psychedelic band with the way they harmonize. Such a unique blend of new wave and 60s psych. Rating: 3.8
Proto-College Rock vibes. I think it's interesting to hear that psych-thread being pulled through some other musical context. In this case, it's within the swell of what would become new wave.
Listened to the deluxe pack with all the extras. Some good clean playing
The Pitchfork commentary about this album mentioned on the Wikipedia page is perfect. They were ahead of their time, and I'm sorry to listen to this album more than 40 years after its release. If someone presents this album to me without revealing that it was released in the 80s, I think I (or probably anyone who doesn't know it) will guess it was a modern album.
Neither heard of them nor this album, which seems strange. Loved it. Absolute melting pot of styles and songs. well played
Post punk power pop. Full of melody, intriguing lyrics, obviously influential, and very catchy. An unexpected gem. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Positive Vibrations Date listened: 15/10/23
Damn Mike Stipe you ain't slick. 8/10 Fave track: Kingdom of Love
Nice.
Soo many bonus tracks. A lot of really good stuff though.
Never heard of this or The Soft Boys but enjoyed it. Lyrics were a bit strange but melodic and interesting. Will listen again
This is a really great album. The Soft Boys were another blindspot for me. I had definitely heard of them and recognized this album cover but for whatever reason had just never taken the time to listen. This really falls into my musical tastes. I found myself listening to the album a number of times throughout the day. There's not really a song I don't like on it, just ones that didn't stand out as much for me. I will definitely be checking out their other album this week as well. Very solid music. Standout Tracks: I Wanna Destroy You, Kingdom of Love, Positive Vibrations, Insanely Jealous, Tonight, Queen of Eyes, Underwater Moonlight
Jangly guitar rock, recalling a rockier Kinks. Some is quite quirky. The title song is particularly enjoyable. I like it (the original 10 tracks) and what’s more is that they come from, and even recorded some of the album, here in Cambridge.
Hit me like a breath of fresh air. A tall glass of iced tea. A refreshing frolic of an album. Two thumbs up.
Vet ikke ble opptatt med skole men spotify radioen er ganske bra så rater fra den😎
So the release I listened to had 10 tracks and 30 bonus tracks which was a bit of a slog to get through after 20ish or so tracks. But I still really enjoyed it an just listened the 10 tracks for my second listen. Fave Track: Positive Vibrations. I Got the Hots is funny, so is Old Pervert. Underwater Moonlight is growing on me too.
I liked this pretty well. Never heard of them.
Great surprise! Never heard of this band before, but that's the fun of this list!
A little long but I actually really enjoy it
Okay I actually really like this album, I would jam out to this if I was animating or drawing.
HL: “I Wanna Destroy You”, “Tonight”, title track, “Positive Vibrations” Soft boy summer Wasn’t too hot on “I Got The Hots”, but for the most part I had a good ol time. As soon as I read the Wiki blurb mentioning that they influenced R.E.M.’s sound I suspected that I’d enjoy it. Some offbeat musical choices such as the sitar in “Vibrations”, the fiddle in the title track & the wonky time signature in “Sideways” enhance the experience without feeling gimmicky. July 13, 2023
I had never heard of these guys before but immediately heard their influence on the Pixies and REM, two bands I love, from the opening track. This was such a pleasant listen.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the album. It wasn't until a lot later that I read the background behind it. I would say DO NOT listen to most of the bonus tracks, the demos are pretty bad. Even hearing their cover of "Vegetable Man" seemed... out of place. The instrumental "You'll Have To Go Sideways" was really impressive. That was probably my favorite of all the songs on the album. Definitely would listen to this album again, but the bonus tracks do not add to the album.
This is a fun little bit of jangle pop! Or punk? Or new wave? Or maybe something else entirely? Whatever it is, they're definitely in the same vein as artists such as R.E.M. -- a proto-indie rock, fun, energetic, and hooky, with a little underlying darkness. This is the type of stuff I'd have been listening to, were I alive in the '80s.
3,7
8/10. This was really rather nice, and I could even see it growing on me further
Kinda punky, kidna post-punky. Some hints of the Beatles, perhaps I liked it
Musically its excellent, but some of the lyrics are as silly as its mammoth run time.
Cool punk band that i didnt know yet. Nice discovery. Quite variated. I gave a like to a few songs. It was an extra long edition of the album, so i didnt hear all of it yet.
This was a nice surprise! Never heard of this group before, and based on the name and album cover, I would've guessed '00s or later. But 1980 it is, and sonically it sounds a bit older than that. Some cool pop-rock sounds on here, and I dug handful of tracks. The version on Apple Music had about 30 bonus tracks and I didn't get into those, but the core album was really solid. I enjoyed this quite a bit, great job Soft Boys. Favorite tracks: I Wanna Destroy You, Kingdom of Love, Queen of Eyes, Underwater Moonlight. Album art: Some goofy puppet couple, the old man on the right looks like that Jeff Dunham puppet. Also reminds me a lot of some other album cover with people sitting on the rocks like this, can't quite place it. 4/5
The opening is a guitar based pubertal college rocker that could be from any US college, but then it becomes something more detuned and interesting
Jangle psychedelia from Robin Hitchcock outfit. Though this was gonna be one of my standard 3s but its pretty distinctive and I don't think there is s duff song on the album. 4
A rockin’ good time.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Positive vibrations, Insanely jealous of you
Första spåret är otroligt, otroligt bra. Sen dalar det lite men överlag ett riktigt dunderalbum. Synd att så många bra b-sidor inte var med på albumet och kanske bytte ut några svagare låtar. Men man kan inte få allt här i livet va
Robyn Hitchcock has a very distinctive style, whether it's the Soft Boys or the Egyptians. Solid album.
What a great find...really like it. Had seen RH live before but didn't appreciate him as much as I probably should have. 4/5
great album - a hidden treasure
Some rad post punk with 60s influence. Nice 👍
Great album, I really enjoyed it.
Mekani momci sa ne tako mekanim albumom, mogu priznati. Insanely Jealous je bome kombinacija psihodelije i nekog post punka? Općenito album miriše post-punkom, ritmičnim tonom sa šlagom na torti (psihodelijom), gdje još se može pokoji jangle pop zvuk (Queen of Eyes), a isto tako i tu sirovost u instrumentalu koju ja dost volim. Mislim da bih se mogao vratiti na ovaj album tu i tamo.
Solid
I was introduced to The Soft Boys from their debut, A Can of Bees, which never really caught hold with me so I never bothered ny further exploration at least for a couple or 10 years. Then I came across a couple songs by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians that really sounded good with solid hooks and a psychedelic feel that worked well for me. Then a bit of research and it turns out Underwater Moonlight is the Soft Boys consensus masterpiece....so I tried again. This album is so much better than A Can of Bees it doesn't even sound like the same band. Every song has solid hooks, and the psychedelic flourishes in tunes like Insanely Jealous make it a new and interesting listen each time through. Robyn Hitchock rules. 4.5 stars
thought it was 3.5ish, apparently it was influential tho
first listen kinda boring at times, but a vibe, and the bonus tracks were better than the ones on the OG record
Lekker hoor
This was another new album to me. Fun very early 80s Brit pop/rock. I could see how this album could grow on me, and I could definitely hear the influence of the Byrds on these guys and the later influence this would have on REM or even later stuff like Pixies and Pavement. It didn't totally blow my mind but it is fun fun fun rock and roll. I could see myself returning to this. 3.5/5 rounded up to 4.
Never heard of them but glad this hidden gem of a late 60's early 70's British psychedelic vibe made it onto the list.
Another album that doesn't feel like it came out when it did -- really enjoyed "I Wanna Destroy You" and "Queen of Eyes." They are what elevates this to a 4 from a 3
I was hooked right away, but by the time hour 17 came along I was growing a little exhausted. Fun and a great rhythm. Psychedelic and different. I had never heard of them but liked the music and the vocals.
Never heard of this before it was a pleasant surprise how enjoyable I found it. Also can people just do a quick google search before listening to these albums so that they are not needlessly listening to 30 bonus tracks before they rate a 36 minute album low for being "too long"
Hadn't come across this group before, and for the first few tracks I thought I understood why. It starts off as a fine but forgettable post-punk collection, but then evolves into something really special. The second side of it is one of the best new finds I've come across in ages. Best Track: Tonight
The melody of the Byrds meets the sound of 3rd Floor Elevators meets the mood of Pulp.
Really enjoyed this one. Elements of Lou Reed, Stone Roses and the Beatles in there. I Got the Hots and Tonight the standouts for me
The unfamiliar band name and mildly terrifying artwork led me to expect the worst, but this was great. Has a slightly eccentric and psychedelic bent, but never inaccessible. Feels like it spans about 20 years. Always something interesting going on. Prime cuts: You'll Have to Go Sideways, Old Pervert, Underwater Moonlight
Excellent. Never heard of this band or album before, but a great surprise. Will probably require a few listens to fully appreciate. Didn't have time to get fully stuck into this but love the bridging between classic psych-pop and what would become alternative-pop/rock. - 4/5
cover is scary
I like jangle pop. Not as much as power pop, but I like it quite a bit. I blame the Beatles and Byrds for it. Robyn Hitchcock was on a roll here - writing wonderful, tight pop songs with awesome hooks that stayed in your head long after the record was over. Sometimes this music dwelled on trivial matters. Not The Soft Boys. The songs here are tightly wound and angst ridden. Icing on the cake.
Never heard of this band or album. I like it! Really good post-punk power pop. Upbeat throughout. Good guitar parts and clever lyrics. Will listen again.
Really enjoyed it, very fun album. Only listened to the first 14 (like the original album) - would listen again.
I have never heard if this band before. This is really good and should be with Robyn Hitchcock and Kim Rew. Reminds me a lot of Cheap Trick.
Brilliant album. Punk energy with a splash of pop sensibility and a generous helping of the surreal. Robyn Hitchcock's clever, wonderfully warped songwriting is a delight. There's nobody else like him in music. This is an extremely high 4 for me. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): I Wanna Destroy You, Positive Vibrations, Tonight, Queen of Eyes, Kingdom of Love, You'll Have to Go Sideways, Underwater Moonlight, Insanely Jealous, Old Pervert, I Got the Hots
Great Robyn Hitchcock
Pretty awesome psychedelic rock
Surprised to enjoy this so much! Can see the influence on Pixies/Stone Roses in some of the jangle pop numbers. I Got The Hots / Insanely Jealous the stand outs
I can tell how this band came to be, and I can hear the influence they had on alt-rock bands of the 80s and 90s. "I Want to Destroy You" is timeless. Kingdom of Love musically sounds like a lost Talking Heads song, but lyrically - kind of gross. Positive Vibrations is the most retro of the songs structurally with elements of The Who, The Byrds, and The Beatles. I Got the Hots is a throw-away track to me, but it sounds a little like Oasis did in their throw-away tracks. Insanely Jealous is like alt-rock Bob Dylan. I love the way it builds. I can't fault this album much. I will throw it in my rotation.
Weak 4, catchy and fun
Surprisingly good, but not quite great. Much better than I expected, and much rockier and louder too. Bonus tracks on the Spotify version are actually longer than the original album, for some reason.
This album feels both like the past and the future, with plenty of hints of psychedelic rock from the 60s along with some of the foundations of what was to be 90s indie rock. There are plenty of catchy tunes and good vibes.
nunca tinha nem ouvido falar e gostei bastante Gente, como assim um album com 40 musicas? Que loucura
Really fun post punk new wave thing - completely new to me - loved it - only fault is slightly awkward lyrics - but otherwise really fun
Note, if you're listening to this on spotify, one of the versions of this album is listed as 2+ hours long. Only the first 10 tracks are actually from this original album. It also says 2010 but the original album was released in 1980. I thoroughly enjoyed this album and could hear its influences in Lou Weed, err Reed, REM, and even a Minutemen track.
Big Robyn Hitchcock fan from way back. This a straightforward but super English psychedelic rock album
Odd one for 1980. Could have been released in 68 or 92, but this is right down the middle. Better than average though, so I’ll sneak it a cheeky 4.
When I was in my twenties many, many years ago I knew a girl who was obsessed with Robyn Hitchcock. The few songs I heard by him I didn’t love. They were too cutesy and clever. But this album I really liked. Great tunes. I’ll definitely listen to this again. 4 stars.
Was surprisingly good. Reminded me of a few other artists, though now that I'm rating this a few days late I can't recall who they were. I think Bowie was one that came to mind?
What a gem. Awesome punk rock
Insanely jealous va megabanger Ja va först sådär att dang dehär låter old skewl å d e e från 2010 men sen kolla ja wikipedia lol
Epic!
Wist niet wat ik moest verwachten. De beschrijving zijn psychedelische rock, maar ik vond het al bij al wel goed
A pretty cool marriage of new wave and psych rock. I bopped hard to a lot of these tracks, but there are definitely a couple fumbling ones tht significantly decreased my enjoyment.
I never heard of these guys although we probably all know Rew's post Soft Boys' composition Walking on Sunshine. His one hit wonder band sold more records but his no hit wonder band makes the 1001 list. On the first track, Wanna Destroy You, the band is on fire. What a song! On Positive Vibrations I really like how both guitarists play lead. They don't take turns doing a solo but during some segments continually come in and with a new riff and have very different sounding guitars. This is really well done. I Got the Hots wasn't doing it for me but the Earl Slick-like guitar in the last minute is quite good although for some reason the last 20 seconds are mixed down to almost zero volume. I don't get it. The Psychedelic stuff like Queen of Eyes is kinda neat since it fuses in some riffs of the day but I'm still sick of Psychedelic (Blame the App for sending too much in a short time). The album never recovers to the level of I Wanna Destroy although Old Pervert comes close and the title track is a strong finish to the album. There's also lots of excellent off the beaten path guitar on the less strong songs and this gets the LP over the 3 hump. The cover is so cool it might even be better than the song.
Yeah this was quite good actually. Not what I was expecting really, thought it would be more experimental for some reason. I think I knew one already... probs from Luke.
Big fan of sitar on track 3 This was pretty fun, never heard of them before. Can definitely hear how they influenced other bands
God, this record rocks.
This is a great album. Love it. Robyn Hitchcock criminally under-rated (by me). I only had Can of Bees previously but this album way better. 4.5
Really interesting album. Treads a line between pop, punk, and classic rock. Ending up somewhere around modern indie. I imagine at the time it was pretty unique. Enjoyed, will definitely listen again in the future.
Great album by a great band.
Really like the vocals and guitar sounds. 1st song is great.
This is great. Extremely difficult to pigeon hole but quintessentially British in delivery. Would listen again!
I was late to this album - but then so was nearly everyone else. Now seen as highly influential and regarded, rightly, as a classic.
Not bad
A surprise 4 for me. I wasn't familiar with them but I definitely like. And that cover art is wonderful.
this shit is fire as fuck , simple as
(Only listened to half) It was great :D
Fantastic album, psychedelic new wave, was not familiar with this band at all.
Definitely coming back
Never heard of them before but really enjoyed this album
4/5 actually this was a solid album. And huge one too
Brand new band for me! Great psyc/power/indie pop. Dark lyrics underneath jangly tracks. Great find. Best tracks: I Wanna Destroy You, Kingdom of Love, Queen of Eyes
never heard of them / this. Really enjoted it and reminded me why i'm doing this! 4.
Enjoyed this a lot - listen again
Liked this. Took a couple of listens and the 'extended' version isn't worth the hassle.
A pleasant surprise. Some ballsy tunes
Fun and wonderfully weird. Makes you want to move. Would be fun to run to.
I like the sound, simple and catchy rock, kinda reminds me of The Beatles in a modern way
A very good album. Several great songs.
Production: 7/20 Songwriting: 16/20 Innovation: 11/20 Bangers: 20/20 Emotional response: 15/20 =79 Very impressed by this - full of absolute bangers. And now I know who Robin Hitchcock it so I know who Michael Legg keeps offending!
Weird but I kinda love it? Some Beatlesy moments. 3.5 rounded up.
A 60s rock album in the 80s.... who knew?