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Title: Moments of sheer genius
Review: This is generally held to be inferior to its predecessor in the YCDTOSA series, but I prefer it. Apart from the always dazzling musicianship of the band, it has some of the funniest and most memorable onstage moments. Ike Willis reduces the band to fumbling hysterics with his unstoppable repetition of "Hi-ho Silver!" during Bobby Brown and Keep it Greasey - you can hear Willis taking a demonic glee in saying it just when somebody else has a line to sing. Cocaine Decisions and Nig-Biz are recorded during the famous riot in Palermo. The band keeps playing over the crack of tear-gas grenades; one of the most chilling live recordings since Bob Dylan's 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall gig (the "Judas!" concert.) There's a sprawling version of King Kong, recorded in 1971 and 1982, and featuring some, er, exuberant vocalisations from Ed Mann. Great fun, a real tonic.
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