Label: Kscope
Reissued 2019, Originally released 1998
UK Import
Mansun was one of the most iconic and innovative British bands of the late '90s. Tearing up the expectation laid by their smash hit #1 debut album Attack of the Grey Lantern, Mansun followed up in 1998 with their leftfield cult classic Six. The music is a unification of numerous ideas and inspirations, with elements of pop, electronica and progressive rock. They included a Tchaikovsky sample interlaced with electronic drums and spooky synth lines, references to religious skepticism, Winnie the Pooh, Stanley Kubrick, Marxism and spoken word from the legendary fourth Doctor Who - Tom Baker. It's varied sounds result in dynamic switches mid-track to seemingly new songs, making the album a timeless record and it's not short on strong individual tracks with the singles "Legacy", "Being A Girl", "Negative" and "Six". The audio has been fully remastered from the original master tapes by Jon Astley (Van Morrison, The Who, George Harrison, Norah Jones, Rolling Stones).
Track listing:
- Six
- Negative
- Shotgun
- Inverse Midas
- Anti Everything
- Fall Out
- Serotonin
- Cancer
- Witness to a Murder (Part 2)
- Television
- Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate)
- Legacy
- Being a Girl