Search - The Sugarcubes :: Stick Around for Joy

Return to roots, and it's great!!!

Daniel | 04/02/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is like flashback to the first album with some ingredients of the second. It is really joyful, and refreshing, and a lot easier to get than the second album (here today, tomorrow next week!). It has very emotional songs about sex, warmth feelings, and love. It is full of musical textures and exciting melodies, like the first album (Life is is too good).Einar is gentler with his voice; he does not scream as much as in the second album and Bjork sings marvelously and makes other beautiful sounds that make you feel relaxed but full of energy at the same time!!! If you bought the previous one you have to buy this."

The sin of success

Paul Farr | Sharpsburg, GA USA | 03/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album kicks, with wide-ranging compositions, tight performances, steel-driving percussion, blood-pumping syncopation, rollercoaster vocals, and a good dose of fun. Post-punk at its best. We-were-here-first Sugarcubes purists will of course claim it doesn't measure up to Life's Too Good, but you see that same attitude with every edgy band -- as with every album after Murmur, the REM amen-corner prophesied the apocalypse. Don't buy the hype. If you're not interested in being uber-cool, and you just want great music, this record is one of the best. Buy it, listen, and enjoy. If you're not a critic, and not interested in fan-club honors, give it a listen. Those Icelanders, they do satisfy."