A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets

Now, I get this album. It’s a lil episode in Mike Skinner’s existence. Where he loses a grand, bums on a bird name Simone’s couch cause she’s got a better tv that he can watch the game on whilst he punts and fiddles the fruit machines trying to win back his 1000. Mix this with the drugs and the paranoia and the inevitable heart break when he’s finally booted from Simone’s couch cause she’s shacking up with a new bloke, only to end it all in jubilation when he finds the grand with his buddy Scott. I get all of this and if you can get on board with Mike’s specific delivery? It’s a decent follow up concept record. But does it need to appear on a must listen list? I wouldn’t know how it ended up on one. Someone has to explain that part to me.

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