Mammal Trilogy

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Customer reviews

review by: MB date: 2006-07-27 rating:
All Music Guide
"The case for a Martin Gordon box set is unimpeachable. Thirty years in the trenches have seen him incite, inspire and generally inveigle any number of bands to some degree of prominence or another, beginning with Sparks and rumbling unimpeachably on from there. An anthology rounding up all those activities, from Jet to the Blue Meanies, and onto his 90s production work, would truly be a sight to behold. br / br /But you'll have to keep looking for a while longer. For though this is indeed a Martin Gordon box set, and though it is as unimpeachably wonderful as the man's pedigree demands, nothing here predates his solo re-emergence in 2003, and nothing will be new to anyone who's been paying attention since then. Which could be called a crying shame, but it isn't, because any release that reminds the world of the brilliance of Gordon's first three 21st century solo albums can only be applauded. br / br /Handsomely wrapped within a box set that could have fallen off the back of a lorry full of prog rock artworks, The Mammal Trilogy rounds up the albums The Baboon In The Basement, The Joy Of More Hogwash and God's On His Lunchbreak. There are no bonus tracks - for those, you need seek out the sold-separately How Am I Doing So Far compilation. But the 41 tracks herein nevertheless represent the rebirth of foot-tapping, fast-punning, power-popping family entertainment at its lascivious best, and the only bad news is, it's such a limited edition (500 copies worldwide) that there really may not be enough to go round". br / br /Dave Thompson br / br /

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review by: highwaytrousers date: 2003-08-23 rating:
For collectors and curios only
If you want to have a complete collection - ie you must have all the versions of Bolan tunes that you can possibly get your hands on - then I suppose you have to buy this. However, there's loads of non-Bolan stuff on here so if you are an Andy Ellison fan then you might love everything on here, otherwise you'll have to press the 'skip' button until another Bolan track comes on. I'm glad I've got it but it's not the cracking album I was hoping for. Better to buy the superb double album 'The Complete John's Children' if you really want to hear some quality [and rare] stuff.


review by: date: 2002-10-10 rating:
John's Children / Music for the Herd of Herring
Brilliant live recording of all the great songs by the bands that the various members have been in - there's John's Children, there's Jet, there's Radio Stars, of course, and there's even Sparks in there. And there's Trvor White's Crazy Kids, with the author himself vocalising. A great sound and guaranteed to irritate the neighbours. It does mine, anyway.

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