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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
in my sleep i grind my teeth, 30 Aug 2002
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Considering this record was mainly written during the studio recording sessions, it is a wonder that it turned out to be such an excellent offering. You may not think this on first (or even first 10) listen, but once it gets under your skin you will come to love it. The highpoint (as of now - my favourite track keeps changing) is the particularly nasty 'neckfreak', other notable tracks being 'nausea', 'disgracelands', 'gone', and the fabulous 'teethgrinder', which the prodigy have ripped off massively on just about everything they have ever done since.Continuing their tradition of no two albums sounding the same, nurse is best described as halfway between caucasian pshychosis and troublegum in style. But then again, it is not either of these albums, and stands alone as a great piece of work. Buy it now!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
., 18 April 2008
"Nurse!" screams Andy Cairns at the outset of opening track - not as an introduction to the album, but more a frantic cry for medical relief from the various manias and afflictions that he'll lead us through over the course of one of the most jagged records in my collection. The levels of inspiration, ineptness, commitment and reckless abandon are paramount on this record, and their unlikely combination forms a real alternative/metal masterpiece.
There are some real classics here: "Nausea", live favourite "Teethgrinder", "Accelerator" and particularly the dark but surprisingly humane epic "Gone". Here Therapy? sit precariously in the intersection of a venn diagram comprising circles marked "chugging power chord riffs", "dance music beats", "hypnotic guitar noise", "classic rock grooves" and "singalong choruses". Imagine such a diagram if you can. I've never heard another record like it.
Aside from the classics I just mentioned, you may find one or two tracks that just seem... amateurish. I'm not marking this against the album though, since these songs are still performed with the same earnest integrity that comes as standard with Therapy? albums.
Unfortunately, as one earlier reviewer pointed out, the production quality is terrible; irretrievably muddy. One can't help imagining how great this record would be if the sound quality on tracks like "Teethgrinder" and "Nausea" could get anywhere near the sound of Therapy?'s live show. My assertion is that you'd be punching the air with your fist from start to finish.
If you already like Therapy? and don't have this, then get yourself a copy as soon as you can.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
it grows on you,and will pierce your soul, 13 Jul 2006
this is therapy?s first album and was released in 1992,they had released two raucous punky fuelled eps prior to this and this was a change of direction as it was more industrial and rocky affair and if im honest this isnt as infectious as troublegum on the first few listens,i think thats universally accepted but the more you listen the more rewarding the album becomes.
The album opens with nausea which is regarded as a classic for its sharp riffs and andy cairns laid back vocals,with a snarl in the undertone.Teethgrinder follows and thats still a live favourite,accelerator is also a bonafide classic,as are disgraceland and gone.
Its an album that has a very raw feel to it as the production isnt that polished,but in a way that adds to the albums mystique,its an album that delivers primal slabs of attitude but with hints of melody,they would of course turn into one of the 90s most accessible rock bands,here they started to turn peoples heads.
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