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Track Listings
| 1. I Can Only Disappoint U |
| 2. Wide Open Space |
| 3. Stripper Vicar |
| 4. Being A Girl (Part One) |
| 5. Negative |
| 6. Take It Easy Chicken |
| 7. Legacy |
| 8. She Makes My Nose Bleed |
| 9. Closed For Business |
| 10. Six |
| 11. Getting Your Way |
| 12. Electric Man |
| 13. The Chad Who Loved Me |
| 14. Egg Shaped Fred |
| 15. Slipping Away |
| 16. Fool |
| 17. Taxloss |
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Kicking off a 'Best Of' compilation with a song titled "I Can Only Disappoint U" is not a usual tactic but then Mansun never even thought about approaching usual in their seven year recording history.
Their debut album Attack of The Grey Lantern, six tracks of which appear on Legacy, included an ace song about bondage based around a Bryan Adams riff in "She Makes My Nose Bleed", the hilarious Buzzcocks-style ditty of "Stripper Vicar" and a warped Bond theme that never was: "The Chad Who Loved Me".
Attack... was a surprising listen in 1997 and a ballsy, sexually ambivalent record that didn't just wink back at the Britpop it followed, but spanked its naked buttocks.
Fans soon began idolising Mansun in ways not seen since the glitter-heavy early days of the Manic Street Preachers five years before. After Cast, Shed 7 and the rest banged through 60s pastiches, Mansun larged it with nail varnish and songs about twisted little towns where the sun didn't always sh-iii-iii-ne, as surely as the introspection of The Smiths followed punk.
The next year Chester's finest musical export put out Six, an astounding, baffling seventy-minute tour de force. It included a guest vocal from sometime Dr Who, Tom Baker, samples from Swan Lake, approximately one chorus, a jittery yarn about getting an AIDS test ("Negative", included here) and references to Taoism and the title track, also included here. It was despised and admired in equal measure, but any day you listened to it the world leapt from monochrome into mind-melting Technicolor.
Mansun couldn't top Six or Attack... and limped along for one more LP (the underwhelming Little Kix) before splitting up. So here's a collection of neutered radio edits of what started off as bizarre and interesting songs coupled with the odd non-descript filler track. They've even missed off "Everyone Must Win", a soaring race into the sky that summed up the odd vision of frontman Paul Draper and his bandmates better than this sorry cash-in. Seek out that and the first two albums instead. --Lou Thomas
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Compiled by EMI Arabia, this single CD collection brings together 15 of the Arabic world’s all-time saddest songs, by some of today’s biggest artists including Nancy Ajram, Shereen, Yuri Mrakadi Tamer Hosni, Yara & many more. Most of these songs were and some are still huge hits, that topped the charts and are still requested even many years later.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If Mansun had arrived on the scene in the last couple of years, armed with these songs, they would be HUGE by now! Think Kaiser Chiefs, only much catchier songs and twice the amount of genius. Although you won't see too much of the latter here (that came mainly on their album tracks), what you will get if you buy Legacy is a fantastic collection of guitar-driven pop songs that you'll be singing along to in no time.
If you're already a Mansun fan, it's worth buying this to fill holes in your collection. If you're not familiar with them, then this is a must-have if you're trying to build up a collection of solid albums to go alongside the latest offerings from Kaiser Chiefs, We Are Scientists, Futureheads, Keane, The Automatic, The Killers, The Kooks, Muse and Razorlight.
If you're already a Mansun fan, it's worth buying this to fill holes in your collection. If you're not familiar with them, then this is a must-have if you're trying to build up a collection of solid albums to go alongside the latest offerings from Kaiser Chiefs, We Are Scientists, Futureheads, Keane, The Automatic, The Killers, The Kooks, Muse and Razorlight.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As with any musical movement, Britpop had its share of stars - Oasis, Blur, Pulp, the new incarnation of the Manic Street Preachers - and it also had a string of underrated B-listers. Unlike, say, Dodgy (who had two excellent hit singles and not much else) or Kula Shaker (who recorded as much rubbish as they did good stuff and made a woeful comeback last year), Mansun whilst not gaining much respect in Britain, were critically acclaimed in the US and their loyal fans ensured they remained a chart concern until their demise a few years back. As such, this best of collection is far better than you may expect.
On the negative side, fans will dispute the compilation on at least two levels. Firstly, the inclusion of 'Fool' (even in the liner notes, the band state it's their least favourite song) over, say, 'Mansun's Only Love Song' may cause disappointment. What's more, despite their short shelf life, Mansun were insanely ambitious, their albums complex conceptual works with musical twists and turns and segues. As such, virtually every song is a new edit (which is sort of a good thing, making it worth listening to all the way through) but is also taken out of context, place and order. It can also mean, like in the case of 'Being A Girl,' that songs are presented in a hacked up form, in that song's case being the single mix, a full seven minutes short of its actual length.
However, to a new fan - or indeed, someone not bothered by such trifling - this is a brilliant place to start or end your collection. Almost all of Mansun's essential songs are here. Opening, bizarrely, with 'I Can Only Disappoint U' from the much derided Little Kix, from there the collection winds through EP material (the quasi-baggy 'Take It Easy, Chicken') to the big singles (defining Britpop moment 'Wide Open Space'), elegaic album tracks ('The Chad Who Loved Me') and the band's high-water mark, the stunning 'Taxlo$$.'
The band's propensity for blending countless genres often within one song, progessive songwriting style and unashamedly pretentious ambition all made Mansun a unique band, one not destined for massive success but one to be held close to the heart of the few. Make yourself one of those few!
On the negative side, fans will dispute the compilation on at least two levels. Firstly, the inclusion of 'Fool' (even in the liner notes, the band state it's their least favourite song) over, say, 'Mansun's Only Love Song' may cause disappointment. What's more, despite their short shelf life, Mansun were insanely ambitious, their albums complex conceptual works with musical twists and turns and segues. As such, virtually every song is a new edit (which is sort of a good thing, making it worth listening to all the way through) but is also taken out of context, place and order. It can also mean, like in the case of 'Being A Girl,' that songs are presented in a hacked up form, in that song's case being the single mix, a full seven minutes short of its actual length.
However, to a new fan - or indeed, someone not bothered by such trifling - this is a brilliant place to start or end your collection. Almost all of Mansun's essential songs are here. Opening, bizarrely, with 'I Can Only Disappoint U' from the much derided Little Kix, from there the collection winds through EP material (the quasi-baggy 'Take It Easy, Chicken') to the big singles (defining Britpop moment 'Wide Open Space'), elegaic album tracks ('The Chad Who Loved Me') and the band's high-water mark, the stunning 'Taxlo$$.'
The band's propensity for blending countless genres often within one song, progessive songwriting style and unashamedly pretentious ambition all made Mansun a unique band, one not destined for massive success but one to be held close to the heart of the few. Make yourself one of those few!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Lost in the mists of time approximately 15 years ago there was a band called Mansun, their first album (Attack of the Grey Lantern) was a masterpiece, lacking only the awards that it deserved. This band however were more than just an album band they created some genuinely great singles/EP's as well.
This collection is a fair summation of those lead EP tracks and some choice album tracks. However I must recommend the version which comes with a DVD. There are some great Videos which accompany the singles, I doubt if Taxloss would be made now as the chaos caused would probably result in the Met police shooting someone as a terrorist, it also highlights greed quite well.
A must for any music fan.
This collection is a fair summation of those lead EP tracks and some choice album tracks. However I must recommend the version which comes with a DVD. There are some great Videos which accompany the singles, I doubt if Taxloss would be made now as the chaos caused would probably result in the Met police shooting someone as a terrorist, it also highlights greed quite well.
A must for any music fan.
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