Reviews
"It’s the unconsciousness, that not knowing, that makes the record so great, that makes it sound like it’s beamed in from some vast emptiness. It was pop music that resembled the most enduring pop culture in history...", Ranked #69 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "This glorious daft creation is as Northern as FA Cup Giant killing....they conquer the world with a slightly wonky brand of techno that was more Norman Wisdom than Giorgio Moroder...", Rated #78 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Eighties" Survey. (November 1989), 4 Stars Out of 5-"...A Timeless Pure Pop Fusion of Deadpan Heartache and Noirish Electronica...", 4 Stars Out of 5 -- "Urbane, Futuristic, and Just a Bit Silly, It Still Sounds Fantastic.", 3 Stars Out of 5-"...Tuneful and Oh-So-Charmingly Dated Pop...", 5 stars out of 5 -- "A record that nonchalantly pulls off the rare trick of capturing its moment while never seeing to age.", "The band’s music relied heavily on synthesizers, but it was DARE where their more avant proclivities met with pop and even elements of Bowie-esque glam.", Ranked #18 in Nme's List of the 50 Greatest Albums of the '80s., Ranked #2 in Cmj's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982".
