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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
FIVE STARS BY FAR! *****, 26 Jul 2002
After having read the one star review, I felt compelled to come in here and redeem the Tin Planet CD. The CD is brilliant. I think what I like most about this band is that even though they have a very signature sound, each song on the cd changes with a blend of creativity that makes the cd very easy to listen to over and over again. Each listen is a new discovery. Tin Planet begins with the passionate 'Begin Again' and is chased by Avenging Angels and The Ballad of Tom Jones which are both extremely brilliant and a nice alternative to some of the very monotonous and uncreative lackluster crap that many artists are putting out these days. Space had created their own formula on Spiders and followed it up quite nicely. Tin Planet does have a few weak moments such as Piggies, Disco Dolly and Fran in Japan, but the other ten songs on the cd make it well worth the purchase. Apparently Gut Records decided to not release the third corner of their cd releases 'Love You More Than Football', but I'm sure the cd promised the same freshness that Tin Planet brought out. Unfortunately, most of the world will never know....Well, all I can say, bottom line, Tin Planet rocks. Very unique, fresh, and creative all the way around.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I like it!, 26 Feb 2006
By A Customer
I love this album. I remember listening to it continuously around the time it was first released after hearing the infectious 'Ballad of Tom Jones' and a couple of singles off 'Spiders'. I have recently discovered my old space albums after a long break from them, and rediscovered a sound found nowhere else in music, making me realise why I liked them so much in the first place.
Comparisons to Blur, Pulp and Suede are misleading in order to understand the full extent of the sound that is Space. While darker tracks such as ‘Piggies’ should appeal to rock fans, indie fans should enjoy the melodic ‘Bad days’, while other tracks could interest dance and even jazz fans. It is simply impossible to pinpoint Space’s genre, or to categorize them; their music is a mixture of so many different sounds and styles, creating something unusual, bizarre and completely original. The sounds are likely to appeal to a music fan with a sense of humour, who would like to hear something different and complex.
To summarize, the album is entirely unique; a quirky and exciting adventure from first to last. 'Begin Again' has an amusing edge and starts off the album intriguingly. This is continued with light-hearted tracks ‘Be There’ and ‘Unluckiest Man in the World’.
The contagious sound combined with the distinct, idiosyncratic vocals make the songs fun, catchy and altogether thoroughly likeable. My favourites include ‘Avenging Angels’, ‘The Ballad of Tom Jones’ and ‘Disco Dolly’.
Although ‘Tin Planet’ may not appeal to everyone, there are far too many people who have not heard it. Overall, Space are underrated, the album is an unobvious classic and should be an essential experiment in every music fan’s CD collection.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This really is a great cd even 6 years on, 26 Jun 2004
Space's sound has matured and become fuller than on Spiders (their debut)and much more themed, for instance there's a fantastic playful 50's rock n roll style solo in 'A little biddy help from elvis' And the opening combination of synth, guitar and synthesized orchestration on 'Begin again' really starts the album off on the right foot. 'The man' and 'Fran in japan' are great electronic songs which have such a good vibe to them they're song's which wouldn't be out of place on Primal scream's Screamadelica. Tommy's lyrics have matured and become a perfect balance of cynical and humorous in a style which at this stage of space's history present him as a veteran of 'fun' rock n roll.
'The Unluckiest man in the world' show Space as a fluent talented intelligent band flying their banner far above the indie genre they were dumped in.
Tin planet as a whole shows Space as a band who have created a perfect involving, party, sitting at home, listening to whilst driving, humorous, satirical, yet ultimately misunderstood album.
The synth's feature heavily in Space's sound courtesy of a genius named Franny (his lines may not be cutting edge but he gells Space together so well) To me Tin Planet says music rather than band so if you are looking for guitar orientated brit-pop buy a supergrass album, meaningless party indie try black grape, but if you are looking for the rarity which is a band that creates flowing music something along the lines of Beck's midnite vultures meets the divine comedy. At £8.99 this is definately worth trying if it's not something that would immediately grab you.
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