Tuesday, July 3, 2012

999: Takeover (1998)



Some critics have claimed that 999 (more HERE) really never had a particular point-of-view, unlike their class of '77 peers; The Sex Pistols (pro-anarchy), The Clash (pro-revolution) or The Damned (pro-smashing-it-up). Of course, when time moved on those very overwhelming points-of-view became hindrances to returning-to-form. Once you've backed off from such an all-consuming point-of-view, it's hard to just pick it back up. But for 999, with their straight-forward-but-intriguing subject matter (greed, murder, the inability to make it with girls), bouncing back after the mid-eighties-bottom-out all those artists went through was easy as one-two-three. Starting with 1993's You Us It!, 999 have released a trio of return-to-top-form albums. The middle album, 1998's Breakdown, is considered the go-to example of their on-going vitality. The guitars crackle, the rhythm section keeps a pub-rockin' beat and Nick Cash's voice remains startlingly familiar to thier glory days. On this out-of-print come-back, you get rip-roarers like "Fit Up", hang-em all put-downs like "Takeover" and even mid-tempo balladesque tracks like, "Damp With Tears". Check it out!





Tracklist
1         Takeover                 2:12    
2         Didn't Mean To                 2:26    
3         No Prisoners                 3:30    
4         Headcase                 3:17    
5         Salvage Mission             2:38    
6         Fit Up                     1:13    
7         Out Of Our Heads             2:13    
8         I Can't Wait                2:15    
9         Split Personality             2:17    
10         Damp With Tears             2:09    
11         Edge Of The World             3:17    
12         Falling                 2:35    
13         Really Like You             1:48    
14         Jam Me Up (With Something Nice)     1:33    
15         Pile Up           2:25




999 fans,
What do you make of the band's 
comebacks albums, especially Takeover?
Let us know in the COMMENTS section.


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5 comments:

  1. 999 fans,
    What do you make of the band's
    comebacks albums, especially Takeover?
    Let us know RIGHT HERE!
    https://rapidshare.com/files/1330149328/IX_IX_IX_Tkvr_98.rar

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  2. Hmmm, I sense the interest is waning with this later stuff. Takeover and You Us It are still quite listenable, they just don't bear comparison with the early records. I only listened to Death In Soho once, so I can't really comment on that one. Overall, though, give me the Buzzcocks later albums over these.

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    1. 'Waning" would be the polite term, 'crashing' the the starker one.
      Ah well we tried, thanks for the comments. I do enjoy the later Buzzcocks material but I rarely listen to the albums in full.

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