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Supergrass
In It For The Money

(Parlophone, 1997)

The Banana Splits of Britpop grow up fast, deliver their masterpiece.

The dizzying success of I Should Coco typecast Supergrass as bouncy Britpoppers, but anyone expecting a further instalment of Student Union jukebox fodder would have to brace themselves, because In It For The Money would unveil Supergrass the thinkers, the musos and the studio nerds, ready to indulge an experimental bent and a wealth of musical ideas. Here we also see the birth of Gaz Coombes, Guitar Hero: head-down and riffing on Richard III (a song whose Theremin howl and bad day griping is far uglier than anything on their good-natured debut); wheeling like Pete Townshend through the excitable Sun Hits The Sky, which breaks down and fades out into a mantra, as if to usher in side two and Going Out (a retooled version of an earlier single). Pegged their ‘psychedelic’ album at the time, In It For The Money follows a variety of muses with admirable disregard for any particular tradition. These days plenty of young bands have access to the wealth of music history and think nothing of bumping a deep soul boogie up next to an exploding punk chorus the way Supergrass do here on Cheapskate. Or to finish an album with a human beatbox looped over a twisted lyrical nod to Syd Barrett (Sometimes I Make You Sad). But in 1997 Supergrass didn’t have itunes, just inquiring minds and a truly maverick approach to pop music.

Jenny Bulley

Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/06/2008

Further Listening

Supergrass – Supergrass (Parlophone)

The Kinks – Face To Face (Sanctuary)

Mothers Of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money (Rykodisc)

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Third LP is even better than this one. Nothing to die for but still pretty enjoyable this guys.

Posted by Dj Garza at 4:13 PM GMT 27/06/2008 Report Abuse

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