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| | Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches [Japan]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | A swirling, neo-psychedelic kaleidoscope of hallucinogenic drugs, trippy beats, borrowed hooks and veiled threats, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches is the Happy Mondays' masterpiece and the peak of the entire Madchester craze. |
 | | Lifting melodies at will, Ryder paints a bizarre vision of modern urban life, fueled by sex, drugs, violence and dead-end jobs -- and instead of lamenting the state of affairs, he celebrates them in his hoarse, arhythmic, tuneless holler. |
 | | His thuggishly surreal sense of humor and appropriation of hooks became enormously influential on British rock and roll in the '90s, particularly on Oasis [+]' sense of style. |
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