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Mansun - Little Kix Audio CD

A fair review of the Mansun "Little Kix" 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: Little Kix
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-08-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Butterfly (A New Beginning) 2: I Can Only Disappoint U 3: Comes as No Surprise 4: Electric Man 5: Love Is... 6: Soundtrack 4 2 Lovers 7: Forgive Me 8: Until the Next Life 9: Fool 10: We Are the Boys 11: Goodbye

Great album
Each song just reaches into you and pulls you into the music. Every song has a hook, and you can really feel the emotion in the slower tracks - in the lead singer's voice. It's an unstoppable force. It's Mansun.


Actually, I'd give it 4.5 stars
That being said, it is still an excellent, majestic, and beautiful album. Little Kix is Mansun's third and final studio album proper, and while it is indeed and excellent record in its own right, it's not as strong as Attack of the Grey Lantern or Six. Gone are the ambitious song-suites-as-entire-album concepts that were the first two albums. Although most of the songs still segue together, this album focuses more on individual songs, and it has a wealth of goodies. Butterfly (A New Beginning) is a gorgeous opening track, fading in beautifully and wrapping you in its soaring beauty. Other great tracks on here include Electric Man, Soundtrack 4 2 Lovers, I Can Only Disappoint U, and Love Is. Fool is excellent as well. And the abrupt cut-off at the end of Goodbye is jarring and, in light of Mansun's abrupt split in late 2003, hautningly prescient. Great album. .


'Little Kix' is...
Mansun appear to have found a new lyrical base and a more ballad-like sound. The third album from the Chester three-piece comes as a slight change from the last two ambitious albums.
Gone are the old familiar characters such as Mavis and Egg-shaped Fred, and this album is a far stretch from Mansun's claim of having only one love song. Lyrics on this album are about love, disappointment and forgiveness. They seem to have opted for a softer album this time around, with sweeping strings and emotional depth. Though, the sound is very much still Mansun. The recognisable electric guitar rock of the previous albums is still there, but the whole tone seems to have mellowed out somewhat. "Love is. . . " seems to be a good example of Paul Drapers new unguarded state of mind.
The album opens with the hypnotic song "Butterfly (a New Beginning)" which could easily be influenced by Bowie's 'Station to Station'.
Although, on the whole, a good album, it doesn't really compare to the last two albums. This one seems to be breaking no barriers but keeping in tune with the other new bands who do not want to break the commercial rules of what music should sound like.


well, it's better than "Six"...
Their first album was a brilliant piece of arty guitar-pop with great, tight, songwriting, and their second album was an overblown, pompous mess that suffered from being overly ambitious without the songs to back it up. I was apprehensive about this album.

This third album falls somewhere in between, but is a mostly solid effort. It's very enjoyable, and if it was any other band besides Mansun I'd give it four stars, but this one is certainly the most conventional record this unconventional band has made. Luckily the songwriting is much more focused and structured than on "Six," and there's some classics here, but the arrangements are much more simple and generic than a normal Mansun record, with little to distance this album from other contemporary British LP's.

With people like The Verve (+ Ashcroft's solo disc) and Spiritualized raising the bar on overblown pop music, Mansun needed to evolve and create a new style to keep up, and instead they seem to have reverted backwards again. However, if you're a fan, you'll still love this, but if you're new to the band, start with "Grey Lantern" (and if you can, grab the UK version, the US version is a sham). Highlights are "Soundtrack 4 2 Lovers," "We Are The Boys," and "Electric Man. ".


Simply their Best so far! Magnificent!!!!
This is their best so far with superb melodies and hooks. Gone is the complexicity of their second cd. The guitars are in the right mix position along with Paul's voice which sounds so confident and emotional at the same time. The lyrics are intelligent too. This third album by Mansun is trully magical. The future looks bright indeed.


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