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Longpigs, ???????? | Format: Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (24 Jun 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B000001EJB
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,206 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Did you know that a longpig is the name cannibals give to their prey? Don't say we never educate you. Anyway, this Sheffield band, led by the sweetly cross-eyed Crispin Hunt, sound like they should be your common indie rock band, but somehow manage to avoid this by sounding a bit deranged, particularly on the opener, "Lost Myself". (This is a Good Thing, by the way.) The wonderfully unhinged "She Said" nestles next to the blissed out "Far," which in turn cuddles up to a sweetly in-love "On And On," which is holding hands with ... well, you get the point. And "Sally Dances" is fantastic, but you won't be sure why. None of this should work, yet all of it does. Who cares how? --Emma Johnston

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Sorry, this is another sycophantic review...

From the opener "Lost Myself" to "On & On" to the emotionally gob-smacking finale "Jesus Christ", this album does not put a foot wrong. I bought it a few months after it originally came out, and can honestly say it's one of the best albums I own. The music press compared it the Radiohead's "The Bends", a universally recognised classic album, but personally I think the Longpigs debut is the better record. Rather than wallow in mauldlin sentiments (which "The Bends" can be accused of at times), "The Sun Is Often Out" expresses a masive range of emotions which leaves you stunned at just how well this album achieves it's aim of making you sit up and recognise this is one the 'great' debuts.

The album is beautiful, raw, sexy and original, which is in itself is a rariety nowadays. In Crispin Hunt the band have (or had, since they've all now gone their separate ways) one of the most expressive and affecting vocalists I've had the pleasure of hearing, with no other vocalist I've experienced able to trip between heart melting sweetness to emotion shredding explosive bombast in the space of one song.

If all these reviews seem suspect in their overwhelming positivity, it does tend to suggest there's something there. Buy this album. It really is that good.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I like this a lot 1 May 2003
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A couple of years I went through a stage of buying records mainly by obscure rock bands. I got so into it that if you mentioned any band outside of dance music to me, I could probably give you an entire discography. The problem was is that I had to go mostly on word of mouth and the music press, since such bands were not (by definition) played on the radio. Now the music press give some very medicre 4 and 5 stars out of 5, and as such I now own many dull records by total unheard-ofs. But I did find the odd gem during this phase of mine, and this is one of them.

It followed the general path of every classic in my collection. On first listen, appeared little more than an average rock album. I thought On and On was very pretty, but that the album suffered from a general lack of tunefulness. But, inexplicably, it got stuck in my discman and was all I listened to for quite a while.

It was during this time that I started to hear just how good the vocal harmonies were, how deep the textures of each song were, how soulful Crispin Hunt's vocals are. I also noticed how well the album held up as a whole. There was definitely something about this album, that special thing that no-one quite knows what is, that separates the classics from the merely good.

One of those albums that gets better with each play, in trying to pick my favourite tracks I listed three quaters of the album! Lost myself is so brilliant and I have no idea why, Happy again has the most beautiful chord change in the chorus that I have ever heard, Jesus Christ is one of the best heavy rock song ever, and Over our bodies is an improved, more emotional version of Radiohead's Lucky.

I'd recommend this to anyone, and I don't say that about many albums. I suppose it would particularly appeal to fans of the radiohead/pavement scene, but anyone really into music would like it given time.

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What do we say about this recording. It amazes where the inspiration for this came from. This is RARE quality on a grand scale. This album is one of those very few albums that you remember exactly where you were when you first encountered it and upon every subsequent listening, you are stirred back to those Happy (or perhaps not so happy) feelings generated by the Longpigs somehow mysterious emotional extraction. This album must have Voodoo qualities. Dont be fooled by rash "I love this" reviews....they are all correct!
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Brilliant!
This was the first "proper" indie sounding band I heard back in 1996. A sort out of my CD collection was in order and I realised I didn't have this on my iTunes, so here I am at... Read more
Published 18 months ago by ek01
on and on and on
My brother copied this for me to tape years ago. I loved it then and now that Ive rediscovered it, I love it again. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by R. morgan
Britpop wasn't rubbish - the proof is in the pudding
and boy what a pudding this record is. Perfectly offset from the records of it's ilk at the time. Deliciously mangled guitars intertwine with the more poppy elements of the songs. Read more
Published on 1 April 2008 by Steve
Timeless, classic, intelligent, passionate
As far as I'm concerned, the Longpigs were never really a part of the Britpop phenomenon -- their debut album is too savvy and intelligent to be pigeon-holed like that. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2007 by Monkey Magic
STILL........
Still, after 11 years this album graces the speakers of my car, house and Mp3. I've come on here hunting the rare and much dismissed second album, but felt I could not pass... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2007 by Michael A. Williams
What can I say??
There aren't too many albums in my collection that I can listen to from start to finish without thinking there is a "duff" track or two thrown in just to get the thing overwith and... Read more
Published on 23 July 2006 by A. C. A. Vine
I hope by reading this review...
I hope by reading this review you are persuaded to take a chance and buy this amazing album.
For me it has many memories being the first album I ever really 'got... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2006 by Edward Pugh
Forgotten Genius!
I, like many reviewers dug out this album from my mid 90's Britpop CD collection only to find a beautifully timeless debut album which ranks up there among the best! Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2005 by "braintumour4breakfast"
Long missed
Massivley underated, massivley talented, quite simply one of the best albums of the last 10 years. And do you ever see them on VH1? NO! Read more
Published on 29 April 2005 by "ianburley3"
Beats off most competition from 'back in the day'
There was a time when britpop made indie seem the most exciting music around. That time is long past and most of the stuff from those deays just sounds embarrassing these days. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2003 by Tom
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