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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

Group Rating: 3
Global Rating: 2.97
Global Reviews

Cassette Kids Uprising Reviews

boombox-generation

Some great lyrics here, and a lot of spirit. An archetypal punk set of that time. The singles are great but a bit too familiar these days. No Time and Safety are two of the best here. And there is something about the sound of this that is quite shambolic. Not just the band, but the sound seems to change from track to track, making it feel more like a compilation. Polished in the wrong places, and rough at all the wrong edges, somehow. 11/10 for effort, intent and enthusiasm, but slightly less for the actual execution.

4
jason-cobb

I struggled to get my head around this. It's more rock than punk, even taking a few unwelcome steps towards goth. What a racket from a bunch of young Herberts. It's a sludge of an album that sounds as though it's stuck in time. I've never got on with Gary Gilmore's Eye. Sixth form humour at best.

2
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