Six

Six Artist: Mansun
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 074646974827
EAN: 0074646974827
ASIN: B00000IMY5


Release Date: 1999-04-20

Six


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Tracks:

  1. Six
  2. Negative
  3. Legacy
  4. Anti Everything
  5. Fall Out
  6. Serotonin
  7. Cancer
  8. Television
  9. Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate)
  10. Shotgun
  11. Being A Girl

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What's up with those Brits and their love of American soul? Not that everybody doesn't love Al Green, but there's something unique about the British way of grafting American R&B onto their pop music. Following in this tradition is Mansun, who is combining blue-eyed soul vocals with post-shoe-gazer, meat-grinder guitars. It's as if Kenny Loggins was leading an army of effects-pedals-crazed guitarists in front of a wall of Marshall stacks. But that's just the starting point for this oddly complex disc. Each listen will reveal more careful textures, peculiar details, and quirky sonic hallucinations. In "Legacy," a whirlwind of altered guitars threatens to swallow Paul Draper's gorgeous falsetto. But it's in "Fall Out" when the disc takes off for uncharted regions. Copping Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" and overlaying it with a funk groove, the song then goes into what seems like a hundred tempo and texture changes in only 3 minutes and 47 seconds--all before tumbling and tripping into the next track. And that sets the tone for the rest of the album. It barely sits still for a minute, from the rubbery guitars of "Anti-Everything" to the munchkin vocals at the end of "Serotonin." <I>6</I> takes the Abbey Road to hell. <I>--Nick Barry</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Obsessivicationary.......2006-04-14

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 out of 5 stars 5 stars for the album, just not the US version..........2005-07-19

...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!).

5 out of 5 stars Causes migraines.......2004-02-10

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. There is no effort to hide any seams, as the songs will change without any transition. 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.

4 out of 5 stars a must buy.......2003-12-16

sorry for them couse their're over but still one of my favourite bands. 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. great songs with complexe guitar sounds ... a must hear. be well

5 out of 5 stars My favorite cd.......2003-05-07

I own nearly 800 cds, but this one stands out as my favorite. It's so haunting and beautiful. But, I highly recommend spending the extra cash to get the UK import version. It's well worth the money. You get an extended version of the title track that blows the one on the US version away. Big time. Plus a lot more cool stuff including a dance remix of Wide Open Space. This album will not disappoint you.

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