This being the bubblegum power-pop debut from this criminally underrated yet influential band. This certainly slipped into the altern-rock bracket despite lacking any weight to consider it even hard rock. But hear these songs just the once and you'll be hooked by this magical mystery tour of psych-pop and wonderful, blissful harmony. 'The Man I Used To Be' and 'That Is Why' have that hooky, Enuff Z Nuff meets the Beatles meets Cheap Trick via ELO, purely magical, sugary and ridiculously catchy. I recall 'The King Is Half Undressed' making a few noises back in the day, but I can just imagine the talent of these guys being overlooked and swamped by the hordes of bands at the time screaming "Alternative!!!!"
'The King...' begins with a 'Revolver' backwards drum-loop, summery chorus, 'I Want To Stay Home' will have you asking, "Have I Heard This Before ?". Truly inspiring, sad, emotional, supplying the same magic that, dare I say, Mother Love Bone could provide, only this time this is certainly more '60s influenced. Think Crowded House also. Ten tracks of scrumptious, genial music, not really for the metalheads...but who cares, especially when we hear Saigon Kick, Enufff Z Nuff etc, striving for similar bamboozlement.
8/10
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