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On How the Illustrious Captain

~ Hookers Green No. 1 (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (16 May 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Snowstorm
  • ASIN: B0009EM0SW
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 307,607 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gasss, 3 Nov 2006
By Steven Dedalus "Steven Dedalus" (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
Hookers Green No1, an Aberdonian group with a shifting membership, have big ideas. And they want to share them with you.

This record takes in indie-rock, psychadelic flights of fancy, jazz, pop, jazz-pop, and much more. And it's all totally accessable. True, there is a disparity of styles used on the record, but the band manage to blend them all together into an (almost) seamless whole. And even the abrupt shifts in genre add to the over-all experience of listening to the record.

A large part of the charm is that this is an 'album'. In a time where it occasionally feels like albums have reverted back to their primal selves and are merely a couple of singles, a few more potential singles, and then some filler, "On How the Illustrious Captain Moon Won the War for Us" holds together as a cohesive whole. Songs flow into each other, melodies and themes are reprised, and it has the feel of listening to a musical at times. Which it might well be, for all we know.

Lyrically, the album deals with a startling range of themes, taking in life, death, love and loss, and everything else in between (that would be...um...all human existance then). The opening line "I have killed again, but I didn't mean to," sets the scene perfectly, the mixture of esoteric certainty and doubt. Things are rarely as they initially seem in the world of Hookers Green No1.

At times, the album can seem bewildering, as it ambles from section to section, almost like scenes from a movie, but once again, if you are open to it, then it really adds to the impact of the record as a whole.

And few albums can boast of a song as powerful as the final track. And that's a fact.
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