Review:
Happy Mondays deliver an album here that plays like disco for a party that should have ended hours ago. Monotonous and hypnotic, it emphasizes the mindless repetitiveness of its rhythms ("Brain Dead," indeed). This is music that I'd describe as indulgent, as a compliment. The band is credited with doing much to jumpstart the Manchester scene, but this is closer in spirit to Can's groovy experimentation than most Britpop of its era. That's probably to the album's credit, resulting in a decadent, catchy sound that stops just short of being clearly meaningful.
Top Tracks:
The anthemic "Wrote for Luck." The middle finger to The Beatles that is "Lazyitis."
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