Diamond Hoo Ha

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Oxford's Supergrass have relaxed into a comfortable sort of middle age, the youthful rush of their early albums replaced by a muscular, if somewhat conservative breed of rock'n'roll. Diamond Hoo Ha, however, shows their early mischief hasn't entirely deserted them. The opening "Diamond Hoo Ha Man" surfs out on a distinctly White Stripes riff, Danny Goffey's drums beating out a distinctly Meg-like pulse; Gaz Coombes' lyrics, meanwhile, rock out with tongue firmly planted in cheek: "When the sun goes down, I just can't resist… bite me!" Supergrass' sixth album continues along such playful lines: "Bad Blood" melds swooning melodies and gloomy lyrics ("Milk and honey!/Won't heal my heartache") to lolloping, upbeat glam riffs, "Rough Knuckles" gets surprisingly funky with some great keyboard work from fourth member Rob Coombes, and the hilarious "Whiskey & Green Tea" is a gonzoid rock number peppered with horns and lyrics about "being chased by Chinese dragons". The heartfelt "Ghost of a Friend", meanwhile, is a Dylan-tinged number that mourns the loss of an old acquaintance to the "vultures, peacocks and hounds"--a veiled diss at celebrity culture?--and throws some grand shapes towards the close. --Louis Pattison

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-09-09 rating:
4.5 Stars
Now, had this been another band, this album would be easily a 5 star. It's just, all of Supergrass's albums deserve 5 stars!

I must say, at first I wasn't too excited about this one. I already had 4 of the songs (the best ones really) - Hoo ha, Rebel in you, Whiskey, and Bad Blood. And the others just didn't seem to come close. But after listening more, as with much other Supergrass stuff, they get better every listen (the opposite of most good stuff). I really don't know how they do it!

And each album (although with much variation) has a different sound and feel to the others. While 'I should Coco' is the crazy one, the Xray album is the darker one, and 'Road to Rouen' is the mellow one, this one is the glam-rocky one (not traditional glam-rock like Queen, but their own version of glam-rock).

Get this!

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review by: date: 2008-08-01 rating:
Plenty of Hoo Ha but no Diamonds...
I recieved "Diamond Hoo Ha" with much anticipation after the successful "Life on Other Planets" and their best album yet "Road to Rouen", but unfortunately to my ears sems a bit of a disappointment, just a collection of unexceptional, rather average songs apart from "When I Needed You", also "345" is a good song, I like the speeded - up "Clapton" guitar effect but overall the album isn't bad, maybe average, it just lacks the progression, immediacy and novelty of their previous LP.

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review by: mike32514 date: 2008-07-21 rating:
Definitely back in the groove
After Road to Rouen, I must admit I thought Supergrass had lost it. But here they are, less than two years later with a real cracker of an album. Not a bad track on it and Butterfly just shot into my all-time top 10 songs. Well done boys. Out of the rut and into the groove.

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review by: date: 2008-05-14 rating:
Consistently strong album
Supergrass have been producing consistently excellent for years and only a couple of listens will tell you this is pretty much as good any of their previous efforts. This marks album marks a return to the more energetic sound of their past albums, following the more mellow and mature Road To Rouen.

The two openers - Diamond Ho Ha Man and Bad Blood are both catchy and entertaining setting up the album perfectly. But things get better with Rebel In You which is infectiously bouncy and upbeat. When I Needed You is a darker affair and probably as Road To Rouen as you're going to get here. Some good rocky tracks are then followed by Ghost Of A Friend which is a catchy sixties-influenced number. Whiskey And Green Tea sees the silly side of Supergrass re-emerge and is very much Life On Other Planets territory. The final track, Butterfly is the stand-out track on the album and I would consider this to be as good as anything the Oxford band have ever come up with them - spine tingling stuff.

Supergrass have proven with this album that they are easily the most consistent and long living of any of the Britpop bands of old. Whatsmore, they clearly still have a few more albums in them. They continue to produce both technically excellent, fun, mature and great albums.


review by: date: 2008-05-10 rating:
the almighty Supergrass strike again....
Long after many people had forgotten about Supergrass following their debut album, they are still churning out awesome albums. The last was a slower lennon-esque piece of awesome songwriting quality. This latest example shows that they can also play more mainstream indie-pop to a tee. Long may they rule the world :)This album has me playing air-guitar more than most :)

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