There must be something about Liverpool. This is a strong and competent pop album that reflects the passion for 1960s retro prevalent in the 90s.... actually, technically most of these songs were written in the 80s.
The band had been trying to record the album for 3-4 years with 3-4 different producers and were never quite happy with any of these attempts. The record company finally pushed for it to be released and the band (or at least songwriter Lee Mavers) was dissatisfied with the results, and didn't mind telling people.
Not sure what Mayers' problem was; it's great collection of concise pop songs. The main frame of reference is early-to-mid-era Beatles played through a 1990s filter. The most instantly recognisable song is "There she goes", and surely there can't be too many people in the western world who haven't heard it, due to its radio play and extensive use in film and tv. The rest of the album is hardly filler though, with memorable upbeat pop tracks, the vaguely musichall "Freedom song" and the glorious "Looking glass" that starts off simple but builds to noisy-yet-melodic crescendo.
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