Going For Gold - Shed Seven

So what if I told you that in the early 90?s Oasis were playing second fiddle to an up and coming band from York. How about if I told you they were tipped to go on and rule the Indie world? I bet you wouldn?t believe me on either count would you? Well that was exactly how Shed Seven started out, being tipped to be more successful than Oasis. Well I can testify that the Shed are still going with the original line up re-united and still belting out the classics. I saw them on Saturday night and they really were on top form. They had some huge singles that people didn?t even realise was them, they ruled the Shine albums along with Dodgy, I don?t think there was on ...  Read the complete review

In the nineties, I really started to enjoy going to gigs, and especially so when the acts were newcomers. As a result of some of these gigs, I was introduced and started to follow some excellent bands, such as Cast and Mansun, but it was always Shed Seven who I paid the most attention to, and I think that sadly, although the band were praised by many people, they were accused of being Oasis wannabees, and as we all know mud sticks, and the criticisms made a difference as their releases did not sell the numbers that they deserved to. This CD is a culmination of six years and three albums worth of material, and it is an excellent addition to anyone's collection. ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album after hearing a few songs like chasing rainbows and high hopes. After hearing Disco down I was really impressed and various disk jockeys such as Chris Moyles and Mark and Lard were saying this album was a real solid album offering real quality throughout. The album does offer 13 top 40 hits and I have to ask how many compete with this or how many indie bands compete with this? And I must also say they arent the most well known band. This was something I was looking for as before I was buying albums on the strength of one song. This time I took a different approach and bought the album as a complete set of songs. Going for Gold: Good ...  Read the complete review