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Cassette Kids Uprising Reviews

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jason-cobb

I've always found this such an uplifting album full of optimism. Our Favourite Shop may be TSC' masterpiece, but this is equally worthy for the joy it spreads. The two contrasting sides work really well. Weller was pushing it / taking the piss with the jazz club feel on side 1. Flip it over and side 2 makes you want to run free and celebrate life. I still get that buzz almost forty years later. Headstart for Happiness is such a calling card for all that is possible. Infectious.

5

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boombox-generation

Bit too smooth, and a bit too jazzy for my tastes. Didn’t mind the more Go-Go inspired A Gospel, but it all sounded very much of its time. I also prefer the voices other than Weller’s here. I kind of get what they were trying to do but wasn’t grabbed by it all.

2