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Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon Image
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  • Summary: The 13th full-length studio release for the British rock trio led by David Tattersall was produced by Billy Childish.
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I Could Hear the Telephone (3 Floors Above Me)
All the night the wind ruined up the pumpkin patch and all that day old tennis balls all silk clued their catches and I was in a sleeping back on... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. 85
    So, it seems that band that once loved us all like madmen have mellowed and become more self-assured with age. But they've definitely not lost their spark.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 12, 2015
    80
    Probably the closest anyone has come to capturing the 40-year-old virgin spirit of the seminal Modern Lovers album. [Mar 2015, p.84]
  3. Mojo
    Feb 13, 2015
    80
    Ain't nothing original, but it feels--and sounds--mighty fine. [Mar 2014, p.98]
  4. 70
    It sounds like the start of another beautiful friendship.
  5. Feb 13, 2015
    70
    It’s a messy record, in the best possible way: organic and live sounding, with few overdubs and little complication, tipping its hat constantly to its retro inspirationg.
  6. Under The Radar
    Apr 17, 2015
    60
    Execution-wise, it's perhaps a little too disjointed in nature. [Apr - May 2015, p.88]
  7. Feb 20, 2015
    59
    As it is, the album feels slightly cluttered by a surfeit of dry minutiae that calls for a cutting room floor of its own.

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