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From: <TwangBoy@aol.com>

> it's actually not too bad.........

I think it's an excellent album.  The Kinks and Bolan references seem
deliberate and reasonably witty. It's more of a knowing wink than a shady
theft.  The only peculiar thing about the album, for me, is the absence of
"I am rock", the absolutely superb single from a year or two ago.  Sounding
like a mixture of "Modern life is rubbish" era Blur and T-Rex, it leapt out
of my radio and onto my most frequently accessed CD shelf.  It's still a
fantastic song, which has been quietly brushed under the carpet in favour of
slightly less interesting songs.  Still, some of the tracks on SK1 are
exceptionally good.  "Drugs" in particular.  Some might wince at the
borrowing of Stevie Wonder's Clavinet, but I think it's a marvellous way to
spend 4 minutes of one's life.