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Dizzy Heights, singer, songwriter, and producer (Echo & the Bunnymen, the Fall, Sleeper) Ian Broudie's fourth album under the moniker Lightning Seeds, further refines his attempts to meld There Are But Four Small Faces and the Pet Shop Boys. Predictably ravishing on the surface, the results can also claim quite a lot of bite, snippiness, and even sorrow. "Imaginary Friends" spews more believable Kinks-style bile than other contemporary competitors have mustered, while "Sugar Coated Iceberg" is a sneering appraisal of the pop scene that only an indignant true believer could manage. "Waiting for Today to Happen", co-written with Nicky Wire, seems at least partly informed by the disappearance of Wire's fellow Manic Street Preacher Richey James. Broudie, though, is solely responsible for what proves the most affecting moment here, "Touch and Go". Both a celebration of friendship and a lament for those who have drifted into other lives, the song is an anthem for former new wavers who've long since left childish things--e.g., school and its shifting allegiances--behind for office jobs. That our emotional tour guide was born to be a light-handed chronicler of loss, innocence, and lost innocence is further underscored by the ambivalent tone of his karaoke turn at the Turtles' "You Showed Me" from the Austin Powers soundtrack, but "Touch and Go" sits at this record's heart. --Rickey Wright
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LIGHTNING SEEDS Dizzy Heights (1996 UK 12-track CD includes You Showed Me and Sugar Coated Iceberg picture sleeve)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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If you want to hear how pop music should sound listen here....
Broudie's grasp of the telling hook, the wistful word and the killer bridge linger from Jollification [now a little overplayed thanks to countless ads] - a Sugar Coated Iceberg indeed with the profound and sometimes bitter message coated in the purest pop wrapping.
Money well spent...you'll be listening to this for years!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first of The Lightning Seeds albums I bought, The first time I played it I loved it and it comfirmed me as a fan of the band. I still play it a lot and it remains my favourite of their albums and is in fact one of my all time favourite albums. It is filled with mostly upbeat perfect pop songs, that really put you in a good mood. There are also a couple of slower, but equally as good tracks that make this a classic album.
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Dizzy Heights is without a doubt one of the most complete albums ever written. The lyrical genius shown by the Lightning Seeds front man, Ian Broudie, is simply superb. The album contains well known classics such as 'What if', 'Sugar Coated Iceberg', and 'Ready or Not', along with some unknown gems, the best of the bunch being 'You bet your life' and the fantastic 'Touch and Go'.
If you like your music then you really can't go wrong with Dizzy Heights, there's not a track on it requiring the skip button. The album really is pop-rock at its very best.
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