Search - Sex Pistols :: Never Mind Bollocks (Mlps)

A Work of Art! Important Album! Poor Sound Quality!

Frederick Baptist | Singapore | 02/03/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The Sex Pistols and this album are very important in the whole history of rock and roll because of its influence on countless other bands and musicians to come such as Nirvana, The Clash, Green Day and other punk bands not to mention Heavy and Thrash Metal bands. Although they by no means were the first and only to start the punk movement as many others could lay claim to this honour e.g. The Ramones, The Velvet Underground and even Blondie but the Sex Pistols did have talent but they just chose to play in a certain discordant style to put their message across but that doesn't mean the album isn't good or that they're not good musicians. I thought the guitar solo on "God Save the Queen" was pretty good and I think this track is their best ever.



You have to listen to the album for what it is and what it stands for and as an early representative of the punk rock genre, this is actually very good. I'm just disappointed that after waiting for years for a remastered version ala what Iggy Pop did with his brilliant "Raw Power" album, this is what they came up with with any benefit from alleged remastering barely recognisable from the original cd I bought many, many years ago. The Stooges' remastering of "Raw Power" added extra life to what was a dated album and it now sounds like it could have been released today and this was what the Pistols could have done with this album but alas they let the chance slip away. If you already have this album, I wonder why you would want to spend so much more for pretty much the same disc albeit with an mlps packaging. The mlps design is made from thin, flimsy cardboard and is nothing to shout about given the many better mlps designs that I've seen out there although an insert with all the lyrics in both English and Japanese is included together with a fold out colour poster which is quite cool.



My recommendation: a must have for any serious music hobbist's collection but bear in mind that this version's sound quality isn't a material improvement over the version you already have and so you may end up paying a great deal more for what amounts to very expensive cardboard and a poster."