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GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL
(1993)

THIS ALBUM IS WIDELY HELD UP AS THE ONE WHERE SEAN REALLY GOT DOWN AND DID HIS HOMEWORK. WHILE THE HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTION ADDS ALOT OF GLOSS, THE DRUM TRACKS ARE STILL VERY COOL AND COLLECTED. I SUPPOSE YOU COULD CALL THIS SEAN'S OFFICIAL DEBUT ON AN ALBUM WITH THE MANICS, AFTER THE DRUM MACHINE FIASCO ON GENERATION TERRORISTS! THE STANDOUT TRACK HERE HAS TO BE SYMPHONY OF TOURETTE, WHICH FEATURES SOME VERY OPEN AND EXPRESSIVE GROOVES. 

SLEEPFLOWER 4/4 145 WAV MP3 CLICK
FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE 4/4 131 WAV MP3 CLICK
LA TRISTESSE DURERA (SCREAM TO A SIGH) 4/4 98 WAV MP3 CLICK
LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE 4/4 109-113 WAV MP3 CLICK
DRUG DRUG DRUGGY 4/4 120 WAV MP3  
ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL 4/4 118 WAV MP3  
SYMPHONY OF TOURETTE 4/4 126 WAV MP3 CLICK

NOTES

1) THE TEMPO FOR LA TRISTESSE DURERA IS TAKEN FROM THE VERSION PLAYED BY THE BAND AT THE READING FESTIVAL, 2008.
2) LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE FEATURES A TEMPO CHANGE.
3) THE TEMPO AND STRUCTURE FOR ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL IS TAKEN FROM THE VERSION PLAYED BY THE BAND ON THE 2007 WINTER TOUR.

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