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Mansun - Six Audio CD

A fair review of the Mansun "Six" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Mansun reviews here, or go back to the Mansun tabs.

Mansun Band: Mansun
Title: Six
Rating:
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Six 2: Negative 3: Legacy 4: Anti Everything 5: Fall Out 6: Serotonin 7: Cancer 8: Television 9: Special/Blow It [Delete as Appropriate] 10: Shotgun 11: Being a Girl

Mind blowing music -
I'm really not good at critiquing music, but I can tell you that this album is like a hypnotic trip back up the rabbit hole. This was my first Mansun experience. Everything gets clearer and you get sucked into the spiral that is Mansun. You think you might break free and end up back at the base of everything that is pure and safe, but then you're surprised and tripped into a circle of raw emotions and powerful riffs. It's addicting. Once you start listening, you can stop. Each song melds with another, and there is no break. And you won't want a break. It's one long procession of swirling jams that you can't get out of your head for days on end. You'll be strung out on Mansun, and it's a wonderful feeling.


Obsessivicationary
I start to write as the Fairies fall into the rabbit hole. . or Fall Out. . . I am still in awe of this twisted tale of musical chicanery and depravity. . . this is listen 3 straight thru, and still my skin tingles; my saliva thickens, and the body remembers an acid trip in L. A. in the 70's. . . my amazement at finding this album amid the great wasteland of music out there knows no bounds. . . If an album should ever be recommended with a guarantee of absolute proportions, it is this. . . Pure Genius.


5 stars for the album, just not the US version...
. . this is a FANTASTIC album, but this US version is not the one to get. The UK edition is the full album the way Mansun intended it, with the right tracklisting, track order, and artwork. As such, I'm not going to review this in depth (I already did that for the UK version. . . go read it!).


Causes migraines
There is no effort to hide any seams, as the songs will change without any transition. What could you say about an album that interrupts your daily routine and sleep paterns? This sounds like a group of musicians who just found a bunch of different sounds to throw into an album and are uncertain about what it is trying to say. Just a pause. . . maybe a whistle (like in the schizophrenic closer, "Being a Girl"). It't ideas and artists like this that make the most interesting albums. It is the perfect blend of experiment and melody. It's the same thing that makes Sonic Youth hard to listen to combined with what makes so many bands from the 80's a guilty pleasure (a meaningless word to me, really). Then we have Paul Draper's completely unique voice. Like an amateur opera singer from hell. And since it's less than $4 used right now, I suggest you buy it.


a must buy
six it's a album that probably you won't like it at first time you hear it but with time you'll be on with it. sorry for them couse their're over but still one of my favourite bands. great songs with complexe guitar sounds . . . a must hear. be well.


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