[.ca] In It For The Money

Chronique amazon.fr:
Pour de nombreuses raisons, les Supergrass sont les superstars de la pop anglaise qui représentent le mieux la jeunesse et le côté positif généralement associés à ce mouvement. Leur premier album de 1995, I Should Coco, contenait "Alright", hymne au bien-être comme pouvait les écrire Noel Gallagher. Deux ans plus tard, les membres de Supergrass sont encore dans la vingtaine mais veulent clairement montrer qu'ils ont grandi. L'album qui suit, In It For The Money, contient "Tonight", ode à la fête sans ambiguïté. Même s'ils ne sont pas devenus un groupe sérieux comme les Manic Street Preachers, l'approche est ici plus mesurée avec un sens plus aigu du théâtral, si ce n'est de la gravité. Des touches de cuivre et de clavier apportent une finesse (même sur un titre rythmé comme "Richard III") qui était totalement absente de leur premier opus. Avec sa guitare acoustique, "Late In The Day" est un peu lourd avec ses paroles sur la quête de l'âme, mais Supergrass arrive à communiquer des passions avec succès sur "Sun Hits The Sky", plus entraînant. On retrouve également logiquement le sens de l'humour de Supergrass sur ce disque avec In It For The Money : dans le livret, une plante en pot représente le quatrième membre du groupe. --Rickey Wright

From Amazon.co.uk:
They could only record at their Cornish studio when the tide was in, you know. "The acoustics", apparently. But what an investment that tide almanac was. From the vein-busting opener "In It For The Money" to the stoopid, human-beatbox closer of "Sometimes I Make You Sad", Supergrass's second album fairly defines the term "classic". "Going Out" swivels on an outrageous, 14-bar passage of Memphis brass and buzzes like the Beatles on the roof at Apple, while "Sun Hits The Sky" has all the furious bass-runs of the Who's "I Can See For Miles". And "Late In The Day" breaks into a guitar solo of such unindulgent homesick beauty it could cause pavements to weep. God would have to buy a Gibson and crib off John Lennon to top half of the songs on Money. --Caitlin Moran

supergrass:
who could imagine that the same band that gave us "I should coco" as joyful as it was, was capable of doing this masterpiece?. Britpop at its finest. Mature, funny, great melodies, roaring guitars, interesting.

SUN HITS THE SKY!:
what a great cd.i remember this when it came out,what a great cover,i thought these guys would be the next biggest thing since cream cheese.it didn't work out that way,but who cares.they are the best brit band out there.this is still there best work,but all their cds are fun!

Perhaps my favorite LP of all time:
This is a great record. I base this on the fact that I've listened to it about 25 times already, but it keeps getting better. This one is so much better than "Coco" or "Supergrass" or the new one for that matter. This album is so good, I feel compelled to buy a copy for all my unaware music-loving friends. Incredible...

Dark Jesters:
In their second album the britpop buffoons attempted to tone down a bit their habitual sillyness and came out with their best recording to date. That's in no small part due to Gaz Coombes unusually far reaching pop sensibility which grants him a broader palette of influences than that of most of his peers. The only downside to "In it for the Money" is that it doesn't contain a song as upbeat and with the imediacy of"Alright"or"Caught by the Fuzz". But give it a couple of spins and you'll probably fall in love with almost every song. It kicks off with the building crescendo of the title track leading to the great"Richard III" which is as fast,if not faster,as any track from their debut(its considerably darker though). "Late in the Day"is a ballad that starts similarly to "Space Oddity" but then is twisted towards uncharted territory and becomes,well,brilliant. "Tonight"and"G-Song" are both cool tracks but become nothing when compared to the rollicking"Sun hits the Sky".In "Going Out" Gaz applies his usual trick of turning a song completely around only by means of a chord change. "Cheapskate","It's not Me"and "You can see me"all walk the line between an acoustic part and a heavy and raucous bit."Hollow little reign"uses a wah wah pedal(!?!?)to set the mood and by the time the sonic experiment called"Sometimes I make you Sad" halts to a stop you'll have no choice but to play the record from the beginning and be again marvelled at such inventiveness.

5 or 6 excellent tunes rather than the usual 2 or 3:
This is their best album.Easily better than anything the likes of Oasis ever managed.Richard III,Going Out,Late In The Day and the title track are all top quality.If you rated Blurs 3 "Britpop"(horrible term really) albums from the 90s then get this.Its up there with them.Simple as that.

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