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Re: (TV) NME Review
if the numbers reflect scores (out of 10), they are
ridiculous
--- Michael Cross <mike-tv@mjckeh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> This week's NME also reviews the reissues:
>
> Television were hailed as geniuses by NME on the
> 1977 release of their
> debut album "Marquee Moon" (8), and this new version
> includes the
> awesome single 'Little Johnny Jewel', whose
> garage-jazz craziness is
> is a treat for beat diggers. The band's follow-up
> "Adventure" (7) is
> more polished - 'Days' is truly beautiful - but a
> little less unique.
> Julie Burchill kicked it to pieces in these very
> pages, effectively
> ending the band's career. Nearly 30 years later,
> she's a middle-aged,
> podgy columnist while these albums remain eternally
> youthful and angular
> - which is as close to justice as life gets.
>
> - Rob Fitzpatrick, Reissues Roundup column (which
> also covers Dylan, Felt,
> and "Pet Sounds" this week).
>
> all the best,
> --
> Michael J. Cross Visit
> http://www.mjckeh.demon.co.uk for
> BSFA Magazine Index, Hull SF Group, J Cipollina & M
> Kurihara Discographies
> New, improved BSFA Index at
> http://www.santaroga.uklinux.net
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