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Title: Not Much Of A Turn On
Review: This music isn't very exciting and it's not nearly as dark as some would have you believe or what the title implies. This album has little in common with the surf tunes and buzzsaw distortion of their acclaimed debut PSYCHOCANDY. The song "Darklands" sounds too much like Bowie's "Heroes" (if you know what I mean - the melody is a little too similar) and I get the feeling that's not the only thing ripped-off on this album. Not that it really matters much anyway because there's plenty of songs I do like that rips off other peoples' music.I'm sure many would slag my opinion, but it just comes down to a question of taste - and this album tastes pretty bland to me. However, it's certainly NOT true that all of J&MC;'s albums sound the same and there's 2 very different sounding ones that I would recommend far more than DARKLANDS: the dancable shredfest HONEY'S DEAD and the laid-back, supercool and mostly acoustic STONED AND DETHRONED.
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