I spent the majority of the early nineties salivating with anticipation any new british band that carried a psychedelic side to them. Remember when you first heard the Inspiral Carpets? Stone Roses? Ride? Those bands led you to the past incrementally or haphazardly and you discovered The Teardrop Explodes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Syd-Barret, and you realized...there has been great music to find all along. Sometimes you just have to look harder. I was so anxious to hear the Coral after reading that they were from Liverpool and were embracing the Psych-scene. If you love the Teardrops, the La's, by way of early bluesy Captain Beefheart, this album will positively KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF. The vocalist sounds amazingly like Julian Cope. Syd Barrett is in there bouncing around too. Why is this so special to me? Maybe it's because I get a chance to appreciate all over again a new breed of bands that follow in the footestps of their forebarers yet have their own sound. The Coral provide a great soundtrack to the latest (and possibly greatest) resurgence of psychedelia (it's like the tide you know, ebbs and flows, always coming back). We need the Coral and their brethren if for no other reason than to celebrate the real joy of music for music's sake. forget the calculated hit-machine, this is the real deal. if your 20, new at college, get it. You will be on your way to being part of a worthwhile scene worth further investigation. Thanks to Amazon for having it available.