Spiralling the Dizzy Heights (Dizzy Heights - Lightning Seeds)

Member Name: cpf1993

Product:	Dizzy Heights - Lightning Seeds
Date:	03/10/00 (10 review reads)
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Advantages: Generally a very good album - familiar sounds of the Lightning Seeds

Disadvantages: A couple of not-so good tracks

The Lightning Seeds' 1997 release in the album charts is almost the equal of their prior release Jollification. I listened to this album many times upon driving home from work during summer evenings that year, and it is an album I really like.

Dizzy Heights is an apt title for this album, as it was released less than a year after the tremendous success that Ian Broudie enjoyed due to his collaboration with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel, the football anthem "Three Lions". However it seems that it did not fully satisfy Broudie, as the lyrics to "What if..." seem to indicate. A song showing that Broudie still wanted to go further, the line "What if everyone you've got made you want more?" seemed highly personal when compared with past Lightning Seeds lyrics.

For me the best track on the album is "Sugar Coated Iceberg", a quick, punchy tune. The album has twelve tracks on it, making it the longest Lightning Seeds album at the time. At the beginning of the first track "Imaginery Friends" you wonder a little what you have let yourself in for, but the sound is familiar and fans of the previous releases will not be disappointed, although as I said before it is not quite as good as Jollification in my eyes.

Also featuring are the singles "Ready or Not" and "You Showed Me". Highly recommended if you liked the Lightning Seeds' previous releases.

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