GarethA

Haven't used this site in a while, just wanted to say that this has slowly grown into one of my favourites, it's just so fun and sounds truly wild for something which came out in 1991. Mercury Rev is an exceptional band and they'd go on to release a number of other great albums, but to me none of them quite measured up to this one, their wacky neo-psych masterpiece.

Favourites: Chasing A Bee, Frittering, Coney Island Cyclone
Least Favourites: Syringe Mouth

Honestly this resonates far more strongly with me than many albums AnCo put out as a group. It's short, but it's also consistent and feels very emotional. Also starts and ends with two especially strong tracks, the beautiful "Golden Chords" and the atmospheric "Good House". Not really much else to say, just a damn solid album. Not the best AnCo solo work since Person Pitch is pretty tough to beat, but still an album which is more than worth your time to check ... read more

Hello all I haven't posted anything on this website in a while but I have returned to say that this album is still (to me) just pretty good with one exceptional standout. Outside of "The World Is Yours", there isn't anything here which really wows me, it's obviously impressive lyrically but the beats and flows are what kind of lets it down. Also decently frontloaded in general, the second half definitely has some relative misses like "One Love".

Obviously this album's still ... read more

It's a little padded out with filler at times and some of the skits really did NOT age well, but the good stuff on this album is really impressive and holds up very well. Songs like "Gimme The Loot", "Everyday Struggle" are strong highlights thanks to timeless production and Biggie's impressive rapping. However, there are also songs like "One More Chance" and "Me & My Bitch" which in my eyes could have easily been cut to make the album more focused ... read more