Figuring that it probably wasn't top form to choose to play our red cards so early on in the game (plus we actually haven't chosen our wildcards yet) we decided to bite the bullet and listen to the first album, even though, had it been further up the list we probably would have copped out...
I actually bought the album a long time ago on the recommendation of Uncut magazine and didn't like it but decided to give it a second go.
Stephen listened at work while knee deep in code and I was also at work. I listened first so was a few tracks ahead of Stephen and could warn him of what was approaching.
It's probably worth stating at this point that, honestly, genuinely, neither of us embarked upon this determined to hate everything. It was done purely our of a desire to listen to new things that would help round our musical education (or something).
So it is with a heavy heart that I have to sadly report that be both thought this was really horrible, almost without exception, from start to finish.
It didn't exactly help that the version we listened had four bonus tracks, including a second and (even more saccharine? no, it couldn't possibly be) version of Candle in the Wind. Which I actually couldn't make it through.
Stephen battled through and by the end of the album it really was more like an endurance test than anything else.
That said there were moments when it was almost nice, Stephen quite likes Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, which sadly didn't appear until six tracks into the second disk.
I personally quite liked Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll) purely because there was a bit in it which sounded like The Beach Boys. However Jamaica Jerk Off and Candle in the Wind far outstrip any good feelings that these songs could conjure up.
Stephen: Sub par 4/10
Sam: My ears are full of cheese 5/10
(Honestly, I wanted to like it, really I did!)
Now we need to get choosing our wildcards in preparation for next week :)
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