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Amazing bl(e)a(c)k comedy
Released in 1989, this is almost the kind of Shamen most fans know and love. Therefore it's a radical change they made with this album. Throwing away the psychedelic indie rock they had used on the album Drop. And what a difference! Whereas Drop was more of the usual dour indie rock that you get no matter where you go. This, at the time, was something slightly different. It also showed that the band had a sense of humour. Admittedly you may want to have your sense of humour completely black. It's amazing to hear televangelists sounding completely unhinged to the point of being insane ( " GOD WILL DESTROY RUSSIA " ) - admittedly such hatred was understandable but there are some people who take things too far....! And for anyone who moans about getting biased reports from TV and newspapers, Misinformation will surely give you a chuckle. In fact, despite some of its politics being completely dated ( Russia, The Cold War etc. ) there are elements that surely hit home to some disenchanted people. <
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>But it's not all doom and gloom - there are songs to lift you up and make you feel good. They wanted to change from being politics to partying.....but again at the time of these raves that were going on, these were intensely political statements itself. So it's funny, the album comes across as a really big political statement even though the songs about partying and drugs seem......well they seem normal these days....the edge has been taken off them slightly. <
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>Most Shamen fans will see this as a transitional album to bigger and better things. And while some tracks do feel a bit off ( the start of Yellow Cellophane Day really doesn't do anything ), there are many delights to be found here that won't disappoint.

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The production's improvable,but the songs...
This is for me one of the best albums in the border between electronic music and pop music,before Bjork,and before many others (I don't say that this album should be better,but only different).You must regard that in 1989,album's edition year,this scene was not the big that nowadays is... There is at least three or four unforgettable songs in this album;moreover,you should listen to the lyrics:the compromise with their enviroment,politically but not only politically... It's not a concept album,but the concept is in the album... For people who think art had to be in the streets...