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Title: POPTONES-More than punk, better than new wave
Review: This is the best band musically, John Lydon ever assembled through all the Sex Pistols/PIL permutations. And, aside from some of the writing on the Pistols "Bollocks" cd, this is far and away the best writing and singing he recorded. The band lays down a low funk, dread bass drone, repeating lines in a sort of musical hypnotic mantra. "Careering", with it's CHIC inspired bass line is about the Northern Ireland conflict. No preaching,no corny dogma, just ,"careering across the border". But it is "Poptones" that is a masterpiece. You can hear different vocal takes being punched in and out like a sound collage, but it's not a punky flip-off to studio etiquette, rather than a search for the version that matches the song's lyrical intent. You'll need a good stereo to hear all the thought and musicality (yes) that's on this transcendent cd.
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