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  • Audio CD (27 Nov 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hut
  • ASIN: B000024KD9
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,448 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Yes (Full Version) 4:53£0.69
Listen  2. What's The Excuse This Time? 4:13£0.69
Listen  3. The Right Thing 6:13£0.69
Listen  4. Although 4:21£0.69
Listen  5. Don't Call It Soul 3:05£0.69
Listen  6. Disappointment / Interval 8:57£0.69
Listen  7. The Debitor 5:11£0.69
Listen  8. How About You? 4:10£0.69
Listen  9. Tonight 5:02£0.69
Listen10. You'll Lose A Good Thing 4:25£0.69
Listen11. You Do (Full Length)11:09£0.69

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Vocalist David McAlmont and guitarist Bernard Butler made an odd couple--McAlmont, dreadlocked and openly gay, Butler floppy-fringed and guitar-obsessed. However, The Sound Of McAlmont & Butler stood singularly out in the mid-Nineties for its grandiosity and ambition. McAlmont's falsetto vocals, whipped up into a sweet-and-sour cream of estrangement and infatuation, found a perfect vehicle in Butler's arrangements. His use of big guitars and epic strings on "Yes" and "Disappointment" reminded of a lost pop tradition harking back to Phil Spector and Al Green's "Hi-Sound" of the early Seventies. An antique pop sound to be sure but one which could have been developed in a Nineties context. Sadly, however, the pair duly fell out after this album, which stands as a single glimpse of what might have been. --David Stubbs

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5.0 out of 5 stars A work of Pop-Art, 22 Jan 2004
I re-discovered this glorious piece of music recently whilst thumbling through tapes when stuck in traffic. How glad I was to be stuck in traffic because this is a complete gem... a lot of people who do know of McAlmont and Butler will know of them because of the massive hit, 'Yes', but thats the first track and only the start of something very special indeed. Bursting with highlight tracks and standout moments, 'Whats the excuse this time?' and 'The Debitor' are both splendidly imaginative groovers, while 'Dissapointment', with its soul-funk feel gradually builds into respectable pop-anthem status. The highlight for me has to be the simply wonderful 'How About You?' which has a soaring summer melody capable of breaking many a heart, but the whole consistancy and mood of the album is a credit to 2 fantastic artists in their own right in a fascinating collaboration.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best 90's album - the only one I still listen too, 7 Mar 2001
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99% of my cassettes are in a big box in the cupboard, only a few of them have lasted from the time I bought my CD player. One of them is the first Portishead album and the other is this masterpiece.

Starting on a high with 'yes' the album continues for an hour with some of the best music you will ever hear.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect Pop moment, 25 Feb 2001
David McAlmont's vocals and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler combine beautifully to make this album a special pop moment - on songs like 'Yes' and 'You Do', the pair make the best music of either of their careers. Personal differences led to their split very soon after this album, making this a once-off opportunity. If you've never heard it, get hold of it - its really not to be missed. Magic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a treaure has come to the surface once more
It is so good to read so many rave reviews of this great and unexpectedly neglected masterpiece from the end of the last century. Read more
Published 10 months ago by David Spanswick

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Guitarist of the '90s & Best Vocalist
Again, as always, I owned this on tape in the '90s and binned it. Bought it the other day and it's still stunning. Read more
Published 16 months ago by G. Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars chameleons of music
I've always been a fan of this duo, Butler's jangly guitars, that kept the indie edge to their music yet had a hint of the Philly 60's sound. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2003 by A. Hughes

3.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff.
Yes, so McAlmont can sing and pen his personal emotions and experience in lyrics. But it is Butlers influence that really makes this album worth listening to. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars superb
Swooping vocals and incandescant guitars send me to heaven every time with this album. Buy it!
Published on 6 Dec 2000

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