30 years after the last album by Magazine, here came their 5th album. It's an album full of progressive pop-rock like I have never heard anywhere else and I like it a lot except for a couple of songs that's not as good as the rest. I like the psychadelic rhythms and guitar- and bassplaying that make the songs interesting all the way through.

Since the last album Magazine's guitarrist John McGeoch had died (in 2004, 48 years old) and bassist Barry Adamsondid not participate due to other musical obligations.

1)Do the meaning (8,0) Spacy guitar, mystic, melodic and very charming song!

2)Other thematic material (8,0) Advanced progressive pop-rock with some really cool guitarpicking.

3)The worst of progress... (7,0) Slow, heavy song that reminds of Midnight Oil but with very interesting noises and pianoplaying that don't fit but in this music it does anyway...

4)Hello Mister Curtis (With apologies) (6,5) Heavy main bass line but somewhat dull song.

5)Psysics (6,5) Kind of a ballad that sounds like Bryan Ferry.

6)Happening in english (7,0) Odd and cool rhythms.

7)Holy dotage (7,5) Uptempo rocker.

8)Of course Howard (1979) (7,0) Spacy and big sounding that draws my thoughts to Pink Floyd.

9)Final analysis waltz (7,0) Laid back and slow but anyway a good song but the album looses some of the good quality from the beginning.

10)The burden of a song (6,0) Odd rhythm again and not the best uptempo song they could have made.

Score: 7,05

Howard Devoto (Howard Trafford)-vocals (b.1952)

Noko (Norman Fisher-Jones)-guitars (b.1962)

Stan (Jonathan White)-bass

John Doyle-drums (b.1959)

Dave Formula (David Tomilson) -keyboards (b.1946)

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