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Bummed

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One of Martin Hannett’s last full album productions, Bummed is a wonderfully strange listen then and now – starting with the twangy stomp of “Country Song” that sounds like it shouldn’t work but is a treat. By all accounts the Happy Mondays were happily in the thick of ecstasy and rave culture during its recording, and while Bummed isn’t quite yet at the chaotic fusion that would result, it’s an energetic collection of psych-tinged jams, Shaun Ryder’s attitude-tinged singing about wild scenarios on “Mad Cyril,” “Lazy Itis” and the storming “Wrote For Luck” driving the party.

Ned Raggett

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