This is an album that i haven't listened to in a long time. I loved it when it first came out and it still sounds brilliant now, years later. From the most tender piano laden opening, "In the deep shade", to the very last song, "Mighty Sword", it is clear that this is The Frames best album to date. It is less throwaway, lyrically at least, than "Fitzcarraldo". It would have been very easy for them to make another "Dance the devil" pop rock type record but they didn't. They made the album that everyone that had ever gone to one of their incredible live performances and shouted at the top of their lungs "Celebrate Good Times, Come On!" hoped they had in them. And that is, one of the best Irish albums that has ever been made. Although, it is a shame that none of their subsequent albums ("Burn the maps"/ "The Cost") were up to scratch.
Key Songs: "Early Bird" & "Headlong"
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