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Free Music Review: The Best Supergrass Album to Date (Buy Them All)
Hit: 5 Stars
The most consistent band of the last ten years is Supergrass hands down. All five albums are instant classics but the best is still the second release, In It For The Money. From top to bottom listenable all the way through which is rare these days, In It For The Money demands your attention from the get go in the opening moments of the title track. Once listened to the album becomes apart of your soul. Each song is different from the last: some hard, some soft, some fast, some slow. The songs tread on familiar themes of love and loss, and greed, and sunshine. With whatever happens in your life with In It For The Money it will all be okay.Free Music Review: a defining album....
Hit: 5 Stars
after the 'grass's first album, a fun, sarcastic romp through the britpop weeds, i was uncertain where they would go next, and that was based on the assumption they actually *would* go somewhere. for as fun as 'i should coco' was, it was two or three steps away from being a novelty album. with songs like 'caught by the fuzz,' 'man-sized rooster,' and 'sofa for my lethargy,' i feared the 'grass was a band of perpetual teenagers and frat-boys who happened to write great rock 'n roll tunes with goofy subject matter.
happily, the second album, 'in it for the money,' a tongue-in-cheek album title, destroyed any notion that the 'grass were a one-album-wonder and that they would wade in their own goofiness. 'money,' instead, proved that the 'grass were 1st rate musicians--you'd be hard-pressed to find an album of solid and interesting songcrafting and musicianship. they defy any conventional songwriting techniques. top to bottom sure they look like planet of the apes redux, but don't let the looks fool you -- gaz *shreds* on the guitar. he's one of rock's great frontmen, and nowhere is more evident that on 'in it for the money. furthermore, the rhythm section is tight, melodic and prodigiously talented. 'richard iii' is a huge song, as its follower 'tonight.' they're classic rock songs in the true sense. 'late in the day' starts off as an acoustic ballad before exploding into a piano-driven, rollicking song. 'the sun hits the sky' is another husky, sunny guitar number complete with a dizzying organ solo courtesy of gaz's brother. 'cheapskate' is another infectious three-minute single, and 'you can see me' is yet another great example of the 'grass relentlessly interesting songcrafting.
what makes 'in it for the money' so great, aside from it's impeccable songs, is the sense of energy, fun, and even a bit of danger. the trio, now a four-man group, is criminally underrated--both at home and in the u.k. they never became the britpop pastiche so many of their peers did. they never brought out the brass and strings. they never wrote about laddism. they never drifted into broody, cinematic territory. straight up rock 'n roll. nothing more, nothing less. twelve years into their career they continue to make great rock 'n roll. let's hope they do it another twelve years. and to think they made 'in it for the money' while still in their early twenties is nothing short of a marvel.
if you can get 'in it for the money' with the bonus disc, do. 'sex' is one of the funniest songs i've ever heard. ever.
Free Music Review: In it for the Money - Supergrass
Hit: 5 Stars
Just wnet to a concert here and it was the best of my life. This is a classic Supergrass CD and has all of the sounds and beats they are known for.Free Music Review: Supergrass defy "sophmore slump" with second release
Hit: 4 Stars
In It For The Money, a riff on the Montey Python-esque Beatles spoof of the same name, has been hailed as Supergrass' masterpiece. I Should Coco, their first album, was a masterpiece that displayed brilliance albeit sophmoric brilliance. In It For The Money abandons most of the punk silliness of its predecessor in favor of melody driven alternative pop. Many have compared Supergrass to Green Day; a comparisson I have never quite understood. You see, Supergrass, on only their second album, achieve a maturity that Green Day hadn't until their most recent album, American Idiot. Supergrass opens the album with the song of the same name. The droning opener establishes what has become a Supergrass trademark -- coming out fast from the gates -- and the album rarely lets up from here on in. This is most evident on the anthemic Richard III. While frontman Gaz Coombes has never been a lyrical master, on this track he pens a slogan (I know you wanna try and get away, but its the hardest thing you'll ever do) for the post-modern, technology-driven age of alineation that is today. Other strong tracks that will drive you insane because they'll be stuck in your head for days are Late In the Day, Sun Hits The Sky, Its Not Me, and You Can See Me. Unfortunately, the third track, Tonight, returns Supergrass to their Coco days of youth and as a consequence, I feel it is one of the weakest tracks on the album. On the flip side, you must check out one of the most insanely catchy songs ever written, Cheapskate, which basically embodies everything that makes Supegrass a great band. Supergrass is an amazing band, with their ability to sound retro and contemporary at the same time. This is one of the strongest albums in their cannon and although I Should Coco and LOOP are better, I recommend this album as essential to your record collection.Free Music Review: In It For The Money (1997)
Hit: 5 Stars
When the British press go on about BritPop, and that ever expected re-invasion of American shores by a wave of British bands 'par excellence', the names Oasis, Blur and Pulp are always pushed forward as the Great White Hopes of their generation.
Personally, the only band I ever bought albums by in that wave of groups, was Supergrass.
To me they were the only band writing truly creative, innovative pop, while harnessing all the tools of the trade that other British invasions proved were successful. With an Oasis song, I always heard the song it previously was by another band or two. With Blur, I could always pull out the David Bowie or XTC album the song[s] were reminiscent of, or blatantly inspired by. With Pulp, I just truly found them a bit boring, nothing that The Kinks hadn't done 10x better back in the 60's. But with Supergrass, even if I could name the influence (and The Kinks are certainly in there), I absolutely thought the song[s] were incredibly catchy, totally Supergrassed, and most bands would love to have at least 3 songs of that quality on an album, let alone issue album after album of strong material track to track.
Supergrass, to me, is Britain's Great White Hope. Their style and influence comes from the Bowie's, Bolan's, Pink Floyd's and Davies' of the pop world, but its the absolute quality of the songs one after the other that says Supergrass takes, but gives back. And its very rare that a group's 2nd album outshines their debut, but this album does this. Their 3rd and 4th albums push that envelope even further, but its wiser to start off with their debut album, or this one, to get what it means to get Supergrassed.
It's sheer pop, and I have never minded the 'slightly kooky' nature of the Supergrass material or its members, because underneath all of that is a band who is immensely creative with their studio time, plants hooks galore in its songs (and there's always something placed in a Supergrass song that is instantly latchable), and mixes their albums with diverse, and always interesting material. The 60's, 70's, and 80's are all covered, sometimes within one song, but it always sounds like Supergrass. One could say that of any of the Britpop bands, especially with Liam Gallagher's ''vocal'' stylings in Oasis (not particularly a fan), but with Supergrass it sounds unique. It sounds different, and not so reliant on The Hype, but more on The Music, and the creativity of the writers.
And ''Richard III'' is an anthem. Maybe in 20 years time, it'll be recognised as that anthem, or at least nostalgically remembered as the anthem that could've been, but from beginning to end, the song screams 'make me a standard', 'play me incessantly until people get sick of me', 'make me an institution'. From its theremin guided Bridge section, to its hard driving opening, ''Richard III'' sets the Supergrass standard above its more celebrated peers. Unfortunately for Supergrass's peers, there's a lot more material on this album that matches that standard. Basically, Supergrass's only competition is itself. And that's what being creative is 50% about. The other 50% is enjoying it.