Lollipop Magazine

The Lurkers – Greatest Hit – Review

January 1, 1999

The Lurkers, FYI, were first generation UK punkers, messy partiers like the Damned, but musically more deliberate.

The Charlatans U.K. – Melting Pot – Review

January 1, 1999

Ah, yes, a seventy-five-minute stroll down Hazy Recollection Lane. The stuff of Electric Lucozade Acid Tests U.K.-wide.

Bauhaus – Crackle – Review

January 1, 1999

Far from being bleak and forbidding, Bauhaus was inclusive, their cold blood a warm sacrament for the scrabbling weevils crawling over the teenage underbelly.

Tones on Tail – Everything – Review

September 1, 1998

Guitarist Daniel Ash, roadie Glenn Campling, and drummer Kevin Haskins after Bauhaus’ breakup, has had its output reconfigured into a number of releases.

Random – Review

October 1, 1997

A two-CD, 26-artist tribute to the Original Replicant just in time for the new millennium he monotoned about in “We Are Glass.” His songs hold up.

The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace – Review

October 1, 1997

Cements their ability to be both of the pop moment and miles beyond it simultaneously, resulting in one of their full-fledged classics.

The Fall – The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall – Review

October 1, 1997

Now nearly twice the length of the English vinyl original due to the many contemporaneous tracks tacked on over the years, bursts with expanded possibilities.

The Fall – Seminal Live – Review

October 1, 1997

Their integrity and refusal to bow to fad except as it suits them remains a model of the punk ethos and an iconoclastic beacon for unorthodox music-makers.

The Fall – The Frenz Experiment – Review

October 1, 1997

With the twin-babe presence of Brix and keyboardist Marcia Schofield adding sex appeal, The Fall crafted one of the least challenging records of their career.

The Fall – I Am Kurious Oranj – Review

October 1, 1997

Kurious is a perfect snapshot of a band, a country and a planet teetering on total collapse and Smith channels the tension into a handful of brilliant songs.