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18 Class Clown Spots a UFO

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      Introduction Interestingly, my review of Let's Go Eat The Factory provoked the most divisive comments that I've seen so far. Not particularly regarding my review itself, but opinion seemed very polarised about the 'reunion' albums. 'All reunion records belong at the very bottom of the rankings,' commented Matthew M Leclaire on the Facebook group. On the other hand, Rob Shepherd averred that, 'For me, the 6 album run that starts here is absolute perfection.' I am - for now - keeping myself distant from the context of the band's history, so I'm not fully cogniscent of the reasons for these strong views. My approach is, as Matt Harnish noted, to '[go] in  with no expectations whatsoever and just listen.' As noted in the previous post, we're rapidly approaching the end of the LPs that I've had on rotation; as a result, this was another that I didn't know that well before settling down to give it a focused listen... The Alb...