Friday, June 14, 2024

500 Greatest Albums of the 1980s ... Ranked! # 342 The Pale Fountains - Pacific Street

 


A record that was lost in the rush when it was released but has grown in terms of appreciation and general standing since. It doesn't compare with the truly great examples of Literary Leftfield Guitar Pop from the same peiod. High Land Hard Rain, the first few R.E.M.an Smiths albums. The Go Betweens. The Triffids. Steve McQueen, Rattlesnakes.  

The trumpets sound anoydne and faulty attempts at Sixties majesty. Unless is a near masterpiece but is slightly shrill and verges on hysteria rather than grace. The record sounds not fully thought through and overstraining. But there are no end of indications that the Heads are forces tobe reckoned. This would be fully realised over the coming decades. 



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