Reviews
"...reliably guitar-laden tunes bomb along happily, their churny meaty sound is offset by Kelly Jones' jittery words....Grim, yes. but bearing it well.", Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997.", Ranked #37 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", "...much in the same way The Smiths signposted Manchester, the 'Phonics catalogue a series of suicides, sexual assaults and glorious dreams collapsing beneath the weight of boozing sessions and emotionally bruising occasions...", Ranked #25 on Melody Maker's List of 1997's "Albums of the Year."
