Like their Factory import-only debut, Squirrel And G-Man Twenty- Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile, much of the material on their second album sounds rather...
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Happy Mondays first essayed their fusion of dance-club beats, hip-hop, funk, and rock & roll on Bummed. A considerable improvement from the unfocused Squirrel and G-Man,...
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Oddly enough, a greatest-hits set from the Mondays surfaced in America first rather than the U.K., but whatever the reason for its existence, Double Easy is a nicely random...
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This EP, featuring the Mondays in full-on rave mode, represents their greatest nod to dance culture. These anthemic, beat-heavy tracks are Ecstasy-fueled classics...
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This American-only release was something of a catchall, drawing together tracks from the breakthrough Madchester, Rave On EP plus the WFL and U.K. Hallelujah remix singles....
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More an artifact than a great recording, this live set captures one of the Mondays' first and last attempts at a stadium gig (recorded at Elland Road, the Leeds United...
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While the band frequently sounds stiff, and Paul Ryder frequently sounds stoned, Live is a better proposition than it sounds. Instead of relying strictly on the studio...
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The perfect Happy Mondays album. Great production, classic stolen riffs, funky looped drums and Ryder's best lyrics (much to fans' and critics' surprise, he proved a...
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A swirling, neo-psychedelic kaleidoscope of hallucinogenic drugs, trippy beats, borrowed hooks, and veiled threats, Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches is Happy Mondays'...
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The last real attempt to break America by the Happy Mondays, or more accurately the band's American label, resulted in this single, which wasn't a great success but did...
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Yes, Please! 9/22/1992, Yahoo! Music, Dev Sherlock
As notable for the circumstances under which it was recorded (see artist bio) as for the actual material contained within, the final Mondays album, despite the ace single...
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The German collection of Happy Mondays' Greatest Hits closely contends with 1995's excellent Loads, though the absence of a few classics, and the inclusion of a few inferior...
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