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Dec 16, 2014It's the familiarity that's the winning element on Inspiral Carpets. There isn't any attempt at updating the group's sound with glossy production.
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Oct 14, 2014The sound has clearly dated, and John Cooper Clarke’s guest vocal on ‘Let You Down’ feels phoned in, but uptempo limbshakers ‘You’re So Good For Me’ and ‘Changes’ are as solid as anything they did 20 years ago.
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Nov 3, 2014The homogeneity is so pervasive that the few exceptions stand out.
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Oct 14, 2014Only the spirited, psychedelic chug of “Spitfire” and the handclap-catalyzed go-go of “Hey Now” come close to clicking with—let alone recapturing—any portion of the band’s former glory. The remainder of the record is filled out with either bland mediocrities or downright embarrassments such as “Flying Like a Bird”, a sappy ballad that sharply delineates every weakness Inspiral Carpets has, from a dearth of energy to a lack of melody.