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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bill Drummond Techno Metal Art Terrorist goes folky, 30 Mar 2000
By A Customer
Bill Drummond found himself at a bizarre stage in his life here. Fresh from managing Echo and The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes, just about to form the revolutionary Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and the KLF, he branched out to record a bizarre country folk album that can only be described as, at best, eccentric, much like the man himself. Essential more for an insight into the mind of a man who deosn't know what's going on in his head let alone anywhere elese, THE MAN sees Bill rubbish former pop stars in "Julian Cope Is Dead", produce passable pastiches of the dire country+western genre in the shape of "I Want That Girl", and show that rockabilly lives and breathes in London. It also proves once and for all that he cannot sing. Fans of the JAMMS and the KLF's style should be warned it bears no links at all with any music he's made since. I love this album dearly, yet have never been able to listen to it all the way through. Imagine what might have happened if Syd Barrett hadn't gone mad in Cambridge, and you're only halfway to finding out what THE MAN is about.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
true! bill drummond can't sing, but it doesn't matter, 20 May 2000
By A Customer
i really like this album. despite the fact that bill drummond can't sing, the songs are great, some fun, some serious. it is interesting to hear the song "Julian Cope is dead" having read Mr Copes autobiographies. Apparently, Bill wrote to Julian explaining the raison d'etre for the song before he released it. It was written more out of concern for the singer's then state-of-mind, and out of a sort of love. this album has some good tunes and good musicianship. i'm a fan of self indulgent LPs, and defend the right of any man as inventive and clever as Mr Drummond to release whatever he likes. Recommended to anyone with an open mind.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
KLF man-to-be makes an album, 17 Nov 2003
OK OK OK, it's a self-indulgent album. And lets face it, there were never that many copies pressed. But, BUT, ths is a warm, kindly album that bears nothing in resemblance to what was yet to come in the shape of the KLF (and yes, that's why i bought it). Still, if you do find it, it's well worth snapping up just for curiosity value. Although i do admit, it's not o nmy "most played" lists....
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