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Review title: I Want My Money Back
Product review: The album blurb states "If you LIKE Sigur Ros; Boards of Canada or Bjork, you'll LOVE mum's stunning new album". This is where I went wrong.I think Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada or Bjork are AMAZING AND BEYOND. The concept of just LIKING them is plain absurd.The album is a third-rate attempt to re-create the undercurrent of Boards Of Canada's "Music Has The Right To Children". It certainly doesn't stand up against "Geogaddi" in any way. My advice is~ by-pass mum and head straight for BOC.As for the haunting soundscapes of Sigur Ros, or the indefinable art which is Bjork, they didn't appear here.The production is raw in places and just plain grating in others and the album never moves beyond the mediocre, despite the promises it will at some stage burst into full life.The lesson for me has been ~ buy the real thing at all times and wish the also-rans success as some sort of tribute band.I balk at giving 1 star, and I'm ashamed to own it.
