pipe-bowl@liam1994: Auch die erste Erwähnung von „Nonsuch“ erfreut.
Ja, warum eigentlich? Müsste doch eigentlich in jeder Liste hier vertreten sein. Zu lang mit 63:29 Minuten? (Wie gut, dass ich grad noch Ferien habe.) Ich kannte XTC bisher nur aus den 80ern, und nicht einmal gut, aber Nonsuch packt mich spontan. Alben, die für Kontroversen sorgen, sind eh die besten: The Chicago Reader’s J.R. Jones dismissed it as „downright awful, and its album cover, a two-dimensional drawing of a Tudor palace, is an apt illustration for its opaque sound.“ Stereogum’s Robert Ham evaluated the album as the second-worst of the group’s discography. He criticised the production’s „digital sheen“ which he thought was most audible in „poor Dave Mattacks‘ drums. Each cymbal crash and snare hit appears to be spilling over with ones and zeros.“
Oregano Rathbone of Record Collector gave the album a perfect score, calling it „a paragon of peerless songwriting and enchanted, inimitable musicianship.“ Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described Nonsuch „modest, minor masterpiece“ and the band’s „most immaculate album to date,“ finding the album’s content to be „carefully composed and crafted.“ Wiki
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Dirty, dirty feet from the concert in the grass / I wanted to believe that freedom there could last (Willy Mason)