Released: 1995
Formed by Shaun Ryder following the break up of Happy Mondays, Black Grape brought a funkier and more chaotic sound to Britpop, as you might expect from Ryder, with some added hip hop influences.
The album itself is something of an oddity. Featuring outstanding singles 'Reverend Black Grape', 'In The Name Of The Father' and 'Kelly's Heroes' within the first four songs, the first half of this ten track album is very good, save for track five 'Yeah Yeah Brother', which sounds dated, almost like a song from about five years previous, and certainly sounds dated today.
The second half of the album is not as good as the first. 'Shake Well Before Opening' and closing song 'Little Bob' are quite poor, and although the other three songs are pretty good, they too sound dated, even by 1995.
That said, this is a very entertaining album, and a whole lot better than you could have expected from Shaun Ryder given how poor Happy Mondays had become by the time they split. A minor triumph and almost excellent.
Rating: 3.5/5
The album itself is something of an oddity. Featuring outstanding singles 'Reverend Black Grape', 'In The Name Of The Father' and 'Kelly's Heroes' within the first four songs, the first half of this ten track album is very good, save for track five 'Yeah Yeah Brother', which sounds dated, almost like a song from about five years previous, and certainly sounds dated today.
The second half of the album is not as good as the first. 'Shake Well Before Opening' and closing song 'Little Bob' are quite poor, and although the other three songs are pretty good, they too sound dated, even by 1995.
That said, this is a very entertaining album, and a whole lot better than you could have expected from Shaun Ryder given how poor Happy Mondays had become by the time they split. A minor triumph and almost excellent.
Rating: 3.5/5
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