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Summary: a lovely upbeat guilty pleasure
Comment: The alphabeat album is bound to help lift the gloom of those who had a hard days work with poppy
upbeat tracks like "10,00 nights of thunder" and "fascination" which are popular updated throw backs
to the 80's when the commitments, housemartins and everything 80's music had to offer but thankfully
without the ott fashion statements.

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Summary: Disappointing Rehash
Comment: This is not the original album. Three of the best tracks have been removed (Into the Jungle, Ocean
Blue and The Hours) and replaced with sloppy generic synth-pop dribble (Gogo, Public Image and Touch
me touching you). Get your hands on the original. Its much better than this one.

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Summary: At once frothy and retro
Comment: A great album, all high-octane Scissor Sister-esque camp one moment and full-of-itself grandeur the
next.

"Go-Go" and "Boyfriend" sound like True Blue-era Madonna, having a mix with
Opportunities-era Pet Shop Boys, whilst "10,000 Nights" and "Fascination" could have been on the
last SS's album.

There's also a Grease soundtrack / rockabilly thing going on, which
resurrects the shades of Aqua and <> The Cartoons, but there's a great sense of genuine fun
and songwriting nous which elevates this album way beyond any of that.

The male
vocalist has a kind of twang to his delivery that put me in mind of the lead vocalist of The Tubes
('Fee' Waybill) - no bad thing, in my book.

I didn't expect to like this, to be honest,
but it has an inevitability and joie de vivre that's simply irresistible, as Robert Palmer once
said.

Yes, there are other acts exploring similar ground, but this lot have the smack
of authenticity about them.

Fun!

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Summary: Alphabeat - Fantastic!!!!
Comment: Alphabeat are brilliant! I saw them live twice recently in London and after the first performance i
bought the album. The only disappointment was that one song - 'the message' is not on the album but
was performed; it is a great song, other than that the album is terrific. I am eagerly following
news of this band as i think that they will be around for a while.

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Summary: It definately has the beat...
Comment: "This is Alphabeat" can only be described as 'a grower'.
The two singles "Fascination" and
"10,000 Nights" are the most up-beat tracks on the album, making the others seem slightly... less
enjoyable. After a few run throughs though, many other songs come into their own (such as
"Boyfriend"). Oh, and the cover is nice too!
Overall a good buy!

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