Bob wrote: ><<IMHO The Sundays' body of work is quite respectable, and you have to >give the band credit for coming back together after the raise-the-kid hiatus.>> > >Respectable, but they never grew at all from their debut, nor were they >able to come up with songs as strong as "Here's Where The Story Ends" or >"You're Not The Only One I Know", both of which are as perfect as pop can >be. I hope their next release proves me wrong, because you gotta root for >a rocker named Harriet! :~)
Oh, Bob, why must you be so right all the time?!?! Yes, I have all the Sundays I can find, B sides and so forth, but the only way I could get myself to listen to anything past the first album was to burn the oeuvre to a coupla CDs, which made me appreciate the later works more ... but you're right, that first album is unbeatable. Great tunes, downer lyrics that are practically unintelligible with the words in front of you (like *that* matters), and Harriet's amazing voice. I thought they went off in different directions with both successive albums, but the growth curve is a shallow grade at best. I hope their next release proves us both wrong, too. And that's another category: artists who never grew from the first album. Makes the transient fans happy, I suppose. Gil
