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HAPPY MONDAYS - Uncle Dysfunktional
| MusicOMH.com | | Let's not lie to ourselves, Unkle Dysfunctional The Mondays' first album release in more than 14 years was never going to be a masterpiece. Quite frankly nothing by the band could ever touch the legendary Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches, which owes its greatness to either a fluke or the right combination of energy, youth and belly-loads of drugs....full text |
| | NME | Happy Mondays' first album since 1992's
'...Yes Please!' is the sound of a damaged former addict being ushered into a studio for one last shot at the big time - before falling on his arse. Most of the burbling that makes up this record is painful, like watching a Russian dancing bear in a wig crying at a foam party. The opening pair of 'Jellybean' and 'Angels And Whores' are reminiscent of the brilliant old Mondays, albeit heavily sedated and struggling for breath. But as 'Deviants' rears its ugly head, the record begins a slow decline into the most putrid of doldrums. It really shouldn't end like this, but here's hoping this is the Mondays' final act and we're left to remember the good times instead....full text |
| | Virgin | | Back in the early Nineties, the Happy Mondays were easily Britain’s best band. The Stone Roses had the looks and melodies, but Shaun Ryder’s band of reprobates and their dirty, Madchester mix of house, funk and rock were the true pioneers. Since falling apart in a disturbing mess of drugs and crime, the Mondays have re-appeared in various live guises but following the end of protracted legal battles, this represents their first album since the shocker that was Yes Please! - released 15 years ago....full text |
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