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We Should Have Gone to University - Reuben Album Review
Album Review
Musically, Reuben sit somewhere around the Foo Fighters & Biffy Clyro territory - angst power-metal for the more discerning of snail-raisers across the land. They have also built up a considerably partisan band of followers during their short history, and although they have announced a hiatus (NOT a split) their music lives on.
This set of 3 discs pulls in all of their non-album tracks, some singles and demos from the early days including the entire "Pilot EP", including the original's initial hidden track, "Shambles". As a package, it can't be faulted - a good place to start or a detailed round-up of their most potent songs, including new single "Blitzkrieg", you can see it either way. My problem with the album is the sheer length of the thing - Camberley's young guns certainly wrote a lot of songs, aside from the albums that is, that this feels almost overwhelming. It all blands out into a seemless run of noise that tested my patience after 15 songs or so - "Numb At Four In The Morning" was a welcome strum-drum break from the bombardment.
But, it's so chock full of single versions, rarities, live 'Truck Festival' excerpts and coughs and sneezes to pep up proceedings, that by the time you get to disc 2, Gordon Brown has joined the Tories, Jenson Button has won his 6th F1 Championship and Reuben have reformed and played Wembley with Them Crooked Vultures in support - well, it could happen......
A further DVD with another 24 performances ties it all up like a huge joint of ham hock that you got for Christmas and you don't know what to do with. I'm all for value, but this release will appeal to fans only - there is just not enough variety to pull in outsiders.
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