The vitality of Burning Cities and the renewed vigour of Skids truly compensates for the thirty-seven year gap between this new album and its 1981 predecessor. It definitely re-establishes the band as one of the pillars of Post-Punk/New Wave music and reaffirms Skids’ rightful place in the history and development of the much beloved music genre. It’s as powerful as all of their old albums, in fact it’s arguably better overall than any recent albums by bands who Skids influenced; Manic Street Preachers, Green Day and even U2! More than just a ‘comeback’, Burning Cities is a great 2018 rock album, not one last tilt at the windmill.
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just a wee quiet re-up fo those who searched Skids...I'll be back for this one later
Thanks for this one! Looking forward to hearing it. I have a lot of Armoury Show (including non-LP singles and live sets) if you want any.
ReplyDeleteThanks jonder, any non LP singles woud be great.
DeleteThis is indeed a great album but I've read recently that Richard has been slagging it off as "not being very good", I don't know if that has been a tongue in cheek comment or not. There's a new album coming later this year which should be good.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw Skids live in 2019 they only played the title track from this album, which was great because I could sing along with everything else they played. I not sure what Jobson is expecting or aspiring too because this is a good album
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