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Amount of 5s in this thread is incredibleā€¦ Must be a ā€˜you had to be thereā€™ thingā€¦

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Tough one. I used to absolutely love them - bought all their records and used to see them live a lot when I lived in London (they were a great live band). And yetā€¦when was the last time I put one of their records on? Theyā€™re all on the shelf but I just dinā€™t feel any excitement about them at all.

I wavered long and hard between a 2 and a 3 but in the end went for a 3 on the basis that they gave me a lot of fun once upon a time and I think there is a fair chance Iā€™ll go back to them at some stage.

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A good solid 4 - not one of my absolute favourites, but make consistently great and genuinely inventive music. Herman Loves Pauline for the single, Smokinā€™ for album track and Radiator for album.

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My head says 4, but Iā€™ve gone 5 because of the haters

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4 from me, great band, catchy tunes but often lots of interesting things going on. I would have voted for ice hockey hair as my fave single though.

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Once I got home still full of drugs and put Radiator on, then stayed up for another 6 hours doing a perfect recreation of the cover in MS Paint. So, 4 I think?

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5/5 - my second favourite band of all time.

First saw them in KIng Tuts in 1996 and must be a good 7/8 times since.

Would have thought this is a band that nobody could give lower than 3 for, but there you go. Clearly they havenā€™t connected with everyone in the way they have with their fans as theyā€™d have had a series of no.1 albums if they had. Never mind, they left that to Coldplay, eh?

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Do you still have it?

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I created a new cover for a fictional Radiator follow up for my GCSE Art coursework. Didnā€™t get a good mark for it. But my art teacher was a knob.

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Sadly not, it was 3 laptops ago. It was actually very good though.

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5/5 but only because 10/5 isnā€™t an option

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l love the idea of SFA but the reality never lived up to it for me. really liked the first 2 albums at the time, thought were a bit of a slog though, and theyā€™re a really good singles band. decent live the one time I saw them. 3/5

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Fair enougg, I actually have put Songbook on this morning and I am enjoying it more than I expected to

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Itā€™s a 5 from me Funkster. One of those bands Iā€™ll always see when theyā€™re touring. Hardly a bad song across their entire discography.

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MATE.

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Just the best band. 6/5

How many other bands have their own tank!

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I can also completely see why people wouldnā€™t like them as well to be fairā€¦

Think the zanyness might put a lot of people off.

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First 2 albums are good, Radiator especially. Only got into those when they were touring them in full a couple of years ago which was a lot of fun. I only really know some singles from the later albums. Been meaning to listen to Guerilla next.

4 based on what Iā€™ve heard

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Bit clever clogs. Some good songs, some bloat, donā€™t like his voice much. Abstain or 3, who knows?

Edit: fwiw I have no beef with clever clogs, especially if it aids the music but doing your gigs in 5.1 just because or whatever isnā€™t really improving anything for anyone imo

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Agree about Hey Venus! Didnā€™t think much of it when it was released but listened to it recently and it sounded like a proper lost classic.

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